2012 - Page 12 of 15 - Getson & Schatz

04 May House VAWA Bill Threatens Protections for Immigrant Women and Children

Posted at 20:51h in Uncategorized

The American Immigration Council reported that this year, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is up for reathorization. Last week, the Senate passed a reauthorization (S. 1925)—which provides protection to people who are the victims of domestic violence, rape, trafficking, sexual assault, stalking, and similar crimes—by...

03 May Supreme Court to Decide the Retroactivity of Padilla v. Kentucky

Posted at 18:54h in Uncategorized

The Supreme Court granted certiarori in Chaidez v. United States to determine whether Padilla v. Kentucky applies retroactively to persons whose convictions became final before the decision was announced. Padilla held that criminal defendants receive ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment when their attorneys...

28 Apr H-1B Cap Petition Approved for Transportation Engineer

Posted at 17:45h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Our Philadelphia Immigration Lawyers received an approval for an H-1B cap-subject petition for the position of Transportation Engineer that was filed via premium processing. The H-1B Petition was filed by a nationwide Engineering Firm with a distinguished reputation. One aspect of the transportation division of...

23 Apr US Supreme Court to Hear Case on Arizona Immigration Law

Posted at 23:16h in Uncategorized

Reuters reported that a clash over immigration law will go before the U.S. Supreme Court this week, pitting the state of Arizona against President Barack Obama in a case with election-year political ramifications for him and Republican rival Mitt Romney. In its second-biggest case...

23 Apr Thousands of Deportation Cases Closed under Prosecutorial Discretion

Posted at 23:15h in Uncategorized

The National Journal reported that a federal initiative that asked immigration authorities to focus their attention on immigrants convicted of crimes has resulted in the closure of more than 2,500 immigration cases nationwide between August and the end of March, according to a recent analysis...

23 Apr Groups Push for Naturalization Ahead of November Election

Posted at 08:15h in Uncategorized

Fox News Latino reported that a number of groups hope to add thousands of new U.S. citizens to the voter rolls in several key states ahead of November's presidential election. The national push comes after Democratic President Barack Obama has failed to deliver on promised...

16 Apr B-2 Extension of Status Application Approved

Posted at 17:19h in Success Stories, Uncategorized

Our law firm successfully filed an I-539 Application to Extend Nonimmigrant Status to extend an individual's B-2 visitor status for an additional period of 6 months. The individual was in the United States spending time with her US Citizen son and his wife and children....

04 Apr H-1B Extension Petition Approved for Laboratory Assistant

Posted at 17:13h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Our firm represented a preeminent medical research institution that sponsored an individual for H-1B status as a laboratory assistant conducting medical research. The position had previously been approved by USCIS and we filed a 3 year extension petition. The position was a specialty occupation requiring...

28 Mar US Looks to Increase Foreign Tourism

Posted at 23:25h in Uncategorized

Politico reported that President Barack Obama is trying to take advantage of what’s quickly becoming the country’s largest service export: international tourists. With overseas visitors pumping $153 billion into the U.S. economy last year — an increase of $19 billion that Commerce Department figures show...

26 Mar Syria Designated for TPS

Posted at 23:26h in Uncategorized

18-Month Designation of Syria for Temporary Protected Status Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that she will be designating Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for a period of 18 months. Next week, USCIS will post a Federal Register notice designating Syria for TPS...

May 2012