A maioria dos americanos considera que o casamento com um cidadão americano e outras relações familiares dão direito ao imigrante para residência permanente (um “green card”), mas há barreiras que muitas vezes impedem ou atrasam esses membros familiares de se tornarem residentes permanentes legalizados, mesmo que eles ja estejam nos Estados Unidos. Entre...

 

Por: Michael Phulwani, Esq., David H. Nachman, Esq. e Ludka Zimovcak, Esq.

O Serviço de Cidadania e Imigração dos Estados Unidos (USCIS) começou o seu Programa de Visita e Verificação Administrativa do Local de Trabalho (ASVVP) em 2009. Pelo programa, essas visitas são conduzidas pelo diretório de Detecção de Fraude e Segurança...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for fiscal year 2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the master’s cap.

The agency will reject and return filing fees for all unselected...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced multiple measures to further deter and detect H-1B visa fraud and abuse. The H-1B visa program should help U.S. companies recruit highly-skilled foreign nationals when there is a shortage of qualified workers in the country. Yet, too many American workers who are as qualified, willing, and...

The Justice Department cautioned employers petitioning for H-1B visas not to discriminate against U.S. workers. The warning came as the federal government began accepting employers’ H-1B visa petitions for the next fiscal year. The H-1B visa program allows companies in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations such as science...

Upon return to the United States from travel abroad, Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) or Green Card holders have certain due process rights, including the right to a hearing before an immigration judge before they can be stripped of their permanent resident status. In addition, given increasing reports of CBP inspection of traveler’s electronic devices...

On March 9th, 2017, the Department of State released the April 2017 Visa Bulletin. EB-1 India and China have already surpassed their per country limits of 2,800 visas, with EB-1 India using more than 9,000 numbers, and EB-1 China using more than 4,500 numbers. DOS is watching these categories very carefully....

What are my rights if I am facing removal?

It is estimated that between 11 and 20 million undocumented immigrants currently reside in the United States. Undocumented immigrants typically enter the United States without legal permission or inspection, or through the use of false papers. Immigrants that enter legally but remain on expired...

The immigration law community has received information that ICE has, once again, commenced “targeted enforcement” actions by reinstituting "Operation Cross Check." The operation is focused on three populations:

1. Fugitives - Anyone with an outstanding order of removal;

2. Individuals who reentered after they were deported. No need for criminal conviction related to reentry to be targeted;

3. At large...