Very timely Justice Department data show that Immigration Judges are declining substantially fewer requests for asylum. Denial rates have reached the lowest level in the last quarter of a century according to a new analysis by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). ...
Our Philadelphia Immigration Lawyers filed a FY-2011 H-1B cap case for a start-up company that develops website software for managing contact information, events and marketing data. The H-1B petition was for the position of Programmer which involved designing and building web-based applications. Start-up companies that...
Effective September 1, 2010 there was a change in the procedure for applying for a visa at a U.S. consulate in Canada. To schedule a visa appointment in Canada, applicants must use CSC Visa Information Services to apply for a U.S. visa at a...
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, PA upheld a lower-court ruling striking down ordinances adopted by the City of Hazleton, Pa., that banned illegal immigrants from renting housing or being employed there. The decision by the United States Court of Appeals for...
The Homeland Security Department plans to establish a database of immigration data that will identify fraud in applications for benefits, and provide information to intelligence and law enforcement agencies. DHS will create a mirror copy of multiple databases the Citizenship and Immigration Services uses to...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reminded Visa Waiver Program travelers the $14 fee for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization applications will begin Wednesday, Sept. 8. A fee of $4 will recover the costs incurred by CBP of providing and administering the ESTA system and...
Following approval of a PERM Labor Certification on behalf of a University Professor in the EB-2 Advanced Degree Category, we filed an I-140 Immigrant Petition on behalf of the Professor. The Professor, who is not Indian or Chinese and therefore not subject to any visa...
Our client is married to a United States Citizen who filed an I-130 Petition for Alien Relative on his behalf. He simultaneously filed an I-485 Adjustment of Status Application with the I-130 Petition. Our client and his wife experienced marital difficulty and she withdrew the...
Our client, an H-1B visa holder, applied for adjustment of status based upon a bona fide marriage to a United States Citizen. We prepared and filed the green card application on behalf of our client and attended the marriage interview at the Philadelphia Immigration Office....
The lawsuit against the Arizona immigration law aside, Obama has devoted nearly all his efforts on immigration to ramped up enforcement, and his administration is on track to deport a record number of illegal immigrants. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency expects the number of...
