Comprehensive Immigration Reform issues seem to be back on the front burner, at least for now. While a potential House approach on legalization would allow fewer unauthorized immigrants to gain lawful permanent residence than Senate bill S. 744, it could form the basis for an agreement on immigration reform, according to a new analysis...

Department of State (DOS) regulations permit certain non-immigrants to re-enter the United States after a 30-day or less visit to Canada or Mexico without having to obtain a new visa prior to re-entry. This is called automatic visa revalidation.

F and J non-immigrants also benefit from automatic revalidation when re-entering from the adjacent islands, except...

U.S. immigration laws specifically authorize the issuance of E visas to nationals of a country that has qualifying treaty[i] of commerce and navigation with the United States. Such qualifying treaties may include treaties of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (FCNs) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs).

A BIT is an agreement establishing the terms and conditions for...

On November 5, 2013, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued an unpublished decision that reverses the denial of an adjustment application and holds that the respondent was not required to obtain an employment authorization document as the spouse of an E-2 treaty investor (Matter of Lee, November 5, 2013). While this may seem...

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

CONTACT: David Nachman, Esq. - Managing Attorney - Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C.

RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY - The House of Representatives' Republican leadership released a set of standards related to immigration reform. The release of these standards is a sign of movement on the issue of immigration. The...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Ridgewood, New Jersey - January 9, 2014 - This week, as the Senate decides whether to extend unemployment benefits, some Senators are looking for "offsets." Unfortunately, a fallback for some members of Congress has become targeting programs for immigrants, without regard to the true fiscal or social impact.
One recurring target...

Several years ago, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the release of revised Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions, for those seeking an exception from the English and civics requirements for naturalization because of disabilities. Immigration law requires that individuals applying for Naturalization/Citizenship must exhibit proficiency of U.S. civics and the...

The "Green Card" is the permanent resident card that is issued to a foreign national who has immigrated permanently to the United States. As many foreign nationals think, immigrating to America and getting a Green Card to remain permanently in the country is not an easy task. The United States welcomes foreign nationals but...

The federal government has already reached its limit on the number of U visas-a special category for crime victims-available for the 2014 fiscal year. After only two months, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials have already filled the 10,000 visas available this year. Every year since the visa program began in 2008, USCIS...

Have you had an issue with an Application at the U.S. Consulate abroad? Has your case been placed into a 221(g) Administrative Hold? Are you waiting and waiting and now and feeling like there is nothing that you can do? Well, . . . we have some recent guidance that may be helpful to...