Our firm recently received green card approvals for the principal alien and derivative spouse and children based upon approval of a Labor Certification Application. Our firm had been retained following approval of the Labor Certification to complete the I-140 and I-485 processing. The derivative family...
The technology sector, a little-publicized but key player in the coalition that is pushing for an overhaul of immigration laws, is giving mixed reviews to the proposal that Senate Democrats recently unveiled. Although public dialogue on immigration has focused on a path to legalization for...
Our law firm has received another approval notice for an H-1B cap case that we filed on April 1, 2010 for a Secondary Market Coordinator, a position involving the analysis of mortgages, rates, and pricing for loans for the purpose of selling such mortgages into...
Getson & Schatz, P.C. received its first approval of a FY-2011 H-1B cap case that was filed on April 1, 2010 for a change of status from F-1 to H-1B effective October 1, 2010. Based upon the approval the F-1 student will be able to...
The U visa was designed to provide immigration status to the victims of particularly severe crimes. As many lawyers remain unaware of this visa, it has been utilized infrequently. My client was smuggled to the United States in the late 1990s in a cargo container...
A new client recently contacted us and faxed a letter from the Detention and Removal Office requesting that he appear in person within one week. The Detention and Removal Office is the arm of the Immigration Service that arrests, detains, and actually deports immigrants with...
With Arizona's controversial immigration-enforcement bill now law, the battle will quickly shift from the state Capitol to the courts, where opponents plan to challenge it as an unconstitutional intrusion on federal authority and a violation of civil rights.Proponents defend the legislation signed Friday by Gov....
A few weeks ago, I received a phone call from a jail in Texas. The call was from a Chinese woman from Indonesia who was a friend of one of my old clients and she told me that she had been arrested by Immigration officers...
With Arizona's controversial immigration-enforcement bill now law, the battle will quickly shift from the state Capitol to the courts, where opponents plan to challenge it as an unconstitutional intrusion on federal authority and a violation of civil rights.Proponents defend the legislation signed Friday by Gov....
We successfully filed an H-1B change of employer for a client for an extension of H-1B status through year 13. The client, an Indian National, had an approved I-140 Petition with his existing employer and has a pending I-485 Adjustment of Status Application. The client...
