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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA or sometimes called DREAM act) under fire

Aug 06, 2012

Not even 2 weeks since the deferred action (DACA) forms are released, and Obama administration is be...

Deferred Action Process for DREAMers or Young People (As announced by President Obama)

Jul 07, 2012

As most of you know, President Obama announced in June of this year that those who entered the count...

A History of the H-1B Visa Filing Season & Lottery

Jun 05, 2012

Dear Readers, As the FY2013 H1b season slowly comes to a close, let us take some time to reflect ...

The Important Role of Taxes in Immigration Cases

Apr 19, 2012

In honor of the Tax Filing Deadline, I decided to make my next post about a very important topic: Ta...

New proposed guidance on the provisional I-601 waiver

Apr 03, 2012

USCIS has come out with a proposed rule on who can apply. At this stage, the public can still com...

Facing Deportation? Find out whether “prosecutorial discretion” might benefit you.

Apr 03, 2012

There is widespread confusion about when prosecutorial discretion applies, what it is, and when wou...

Thinking of self-filing an immigration application? Read this first:

Mar 29, 2012

Many of my clients ask if it is necessary to have an attorney assist them with a particular applicat...

EB-2 for India and Mainland China to retrogress

Mar 23, 2012

An update in AILA Infonet mentions Charles Oppenheim (the man who creates the Visa Bulletin) states...

VAWA News – Reauthorization Likely for VAWA – March 22 2012

Mar 22, 2012

On March 20, 2012, the 60th Senator Co-sponsored a bipartisan bill to reauthorize VAWA, which was si...