US Immigration Blog by former INS Trial Attorney Carl Shusterman. How to get a temporary working visa, a green card and U.S. citizenship.
Today, I read an obituary in the Los Angeles Times entitled “He documented 1930s deportations”. As an immigration attorney, and a former INS prosecutor, I wondered “What deportations?”. The obituary was about Raymond Rodriguez (1926-2013), a historian from Long Beach, California who died on June 24. When Raymond was 10-years-old, his father, who had immigrated […]
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill which was introduced in the Senate in April 2013 would make significant changes in the existing family-based immigration preference system. The number of family-based preference green cards would fall from 226,000 to 161,000 annually. However, by expanding the immediate relative category, the bill would increase family-based immigration. In addition, all […]
In addition to creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (“Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act”) recently introduced in Congress would make significant changes in the legal employment-based (“EB”) preference system. Added to the current 140,000 annual cap on EB numbers would be a recapture of unused […]
USCIS published regulations in 2013 and 2016 allowing a person who entered the US without inspection or who is otherwise ineligible to adjust his status in the US to apply for an I601A waiver to excuse his unlawful presence in the US. Once the I601A waiver is approved by the USCIS, he will be eligible to attend […]
On September 10, the State Department released the October 2012 Visa Bulletin. Considering that October marks the start of the 2013 fiscal year for the federal government, the new visa bulletin spells disaster for would-be immigrants playing by the rules. The preference categories should move forward at least 4 weeks each month just so the […]
In this how-to immigration video, Attorney Shusterman discusses how to sponsor your relatives for permanent residence in the US whether you are a US citizen or have a green card.
On June 19, Attorney Nancy Miller and I argued in favor of the rights of a class of immigrant families before an 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The Court’s decision is a few weeks or months away. Many immigrant families are asking what this lawsuit means to them. 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 […]
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 […]
