On June 19, together with Attorney Nancy Miller, I appeared before an en banc panel (11 judges) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to argue in favor of a provision of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) which Congress meant to allow nuclear families to remain together during what can be a long […]
The Obama Administration has issued a memorandum to confer immigration status to DREAMers. Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced that, effective immediately, certain individuals who were brought to the United States as children and meet specific criteria will be considered for relief from being put in deportation proceedings or removed from the country. Let […]
Do you want to learn more about employment based immigration? In this video, Attorney Carl Shusterman explains how to obtain permanent residence in the United States through your job.
Did Congress pass legislation known as the Child Status Prevention Act? On June 19, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit en banc (11 Judges) will hear oral arguments in a case which challenges the BIA’s interpretation of the “automatic conversion” clause of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) in Matter of Wang. We have discussed the […]
Government I-9 audits are spreading like the plague. I-9 audits are silent raids which have increased from virtually zero under the previous administration to over 7,500 under President Obama. The number of employers arrested by ICE for criminal immigration violations this year is over 100 and we are only in May. The amount of administrative fines levied […]
Volume Seventeen, Number Four SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 30 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of […]
On April 20, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit granted our Petition for a Rehearing En Banc in De Osorio v. Napolitano. The issue in this case is whether a child, who is a derivative beneficiary of a visa petition, who ages-out before his priority date becomes current may retain the […]
There is little good news, but a lot of bad news, in the May 2012 Visa Bulletin. The worldwide family categories all advance modestly, from 3 to 5 weeks. For persons born in Mexico and the Philippines, many of the categories fail to advance at all. The worldwide EB-3 category moves forward 3 weeks while […]
The general H-1B cap is set annually at 65,000 with an advance degree cap of 20,000 for professionals who have a Master’s degree or higher from a U.S. university. Detailed information is available on USCIS’ H-1B Fiscal Year 2013 Cap Season web page. The USCIS has reported that this year’s general H-1B cap was reached […]
This seems pretty obvious, doesn’t it? However, during the past week, I had the opportunity to talk to two different immigrants who are headed for immigration disaster because they relied on the legal advice of a paralegal rather than speaking with an attorney. Immigration attorneys constantly warn potential clients about the dangers of hiring immigration […]
