President Trump recently made the shocking pronouncement that he intends to end birthright citizenship. Trump declared to news media sources that he wishes to advance his agenda to end birthright citizenship through an executive order. Trump urged that the U.S. is the only country where a person can enter illegally and have a baby,...
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Trump Proposes Rule to Limit Asylum Seekers
How would the Trump administration’s new law impact migrants seeking asylum?In its latest move intended to crackdown on the number of immigrants in America, the Trump administration has issued a new rule that would...
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UPDATES FROM DOS’ DECEMBER VISA BULLETIN 2018.
The U.S. State Department (DOS) released the May 2015 Visa Bulletin. The major development in the May Visa Bulletin is a significant forward movement in EB-2 category for India and also for the EB-2 category for China. The EB-3 category for the Philippines moved back by seven (7) years and, as predicted, the...
UPDATES FROM DOS’ DECEMBER VISA BULLETIN 2018.
The December 2018 Visa Bulletin brings some welcome changes—a three month advancement across the EB-1 categories; the EB-2 China Final Action Date again surpassing EB-3 China; the gap between EB-2 India and EB-3 India narrowing to one month; EB-4 El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras advancing one week; EB-4 Mexico advancing five weeks; and...
New USDOL Form 9035 for H-1B Visas Promulgated Consistent With Trump’s “Buy American – Hire American (BAHA)” Initiatives.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) announced revisions to Form ETA-9035, the Labor Condition Application (LCA) for H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 employment. This was expected. We just did not know when the new Form was going to take effect.
Employers use the LCA to disclose and post information about wages and working conditions offered to...
Preparando-se para uma Possível Deportação/Remoção
Na posição de um imigrante sem documentos, como posso preparar minha família para uma possível remoção/deportação?
O aumento das detenções de imigrantes e remoções/deportações tem feito com que muitos imigrantes sem documentos considerem pela primeira vez o que pode ocorrer caso sejam deportados/removidos.
Imigrantes sem documentos que não estiverem preparados para uma possível deportação/remoção podem se...
Obtenção do Green Card por meio do Casamento
Quanto tempo leva para obter o green card para o meu cônjuge?
A cada ano, dezenas de milhares de americanos se casam com pessoas de outros países. Estrangeiros que casam com cidadãos dos Estados Unidos ou residentes permanentes a princípio podem se tornar cidadãos permanentes dos EUA ao obter o green card. As aplicações para...
TRUMP‘S NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - There have been widespread reports, including tweets from the President himself, that next week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be conducting mass round-ups of vulnerable families from Central America who fled to the U.S. to seek asylum and have since been ordered removed. While the word...
UPDATED GUIDANCE ABOUT DEFINITION OF “SAME OR SIMILAR” WITH REGARD TO JOB PORTABILITY UNDER AC-21 AFTER FILING AN APPLICATION TO ADJUST STATUS TO LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
The Case Assistance Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) recently monitored a problematic trend in which the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) was issuing Requests for Evidence (RFEs) for birth certificates and other documents that members already submitted to USCIS. Here’s what you must know.
A Summary of the Issue:For the...
TARJETA VERDE (GREEN CARD) A TRAVÉS DEL MATRIMONIO: CÓMO OBTENER UNA TARJETA VERDE POR MATRIMONIO EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS.
Según el tipo de solicitud que presente con USCIS, es posible que deba presentarse en una oficina de USCIS para llevar a cabo su cita para la toma de huellas biométricas. Por ejemplo, es posible que se requieran sus datos biométricos si usted presenta un I-485 (ajuste de estado o solicitud de tarjeta verde),...
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