The Immigration Policy Center reports that Washington politicians want to force American employers to use the electronic employment verification system, but the system is still not ready. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took a step toward remedying the database error...
Getson and Schatz, P.C. represented a petitioner who came to us after the petitions for immigrant visas he had filed on behalf of his wife and children living overseas were terminated by the National Visa Center (NVC) because the petitions were not pursued in the...
The BIA held that an alien who enters on a K-1 visa and timely enters into a bona fide marriage with the petitioning spouse, remains eligible to adjust status under INA §245(a) despite termination of the marriage. Matter of Sesay, 25 I&N Dec. 431 (BIA...
Our client came to us with an approved EB-2 PERM labor certification filed for a biostatistician with job requirements of a Master’s Degree in statistics or bio-statistics plus 3 years experience as a programmer, analyst or junior biostatistician and requested that our firm file the...
Our client had gained his United States Permanent Resident Status following a grant of asylum. The basis of his asylum claim was that he had participated in a non-violent military overthrow of an existing government in his home country but following the change of government...
Our immigration lawyers represented an individual who had received a 2 year conditional resident green card but had divorced her U.S. Citizen husband because his drinking problem had caused their marriage to become irretrievably broken. The two had attended marriage counseling sessions in an effort...
Matter of Guevara Alfaro, ID 3705, 25 I&N Dec. 417 (BIA 2011) - (1) Any intentional sexual conduct by an adult with a child involves moral turpitude, as long as the perpetrator knew or should have known that the victim was under the age of...
The Wall Street Journal reported that the federal government is requiring as many as 1,000 companies to turn over their employment records for inspection, part of an expanding crackdown on businesses suspected of hiring illegal immigrants, according to people close to the Department of Homeland...
Matter of Nelson, ID 3704, 25 I&N Dec. 410 (BIA 2011) - Once an alien has been convicted of an offense that stops the accrual of the 7-year period of continuous residence required for cancellation of removal under section 240A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality...
The following was posted on the selective service website: ATTENTION, UNDOCUMENTED MALES & IMMIGRANT SERVICING GROUPS! Selective Service does not collect any information which would indicate whether or not you are undocumented. You want to protect yourself for future U.S. citizenship and other government benefits...
