July 2, 2014|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Contributed by Aaron Hall, Partner After months of languishing in the House of Representatives with only the occasional flicker of hope, it appears that the prospect of immigration reform is officially dead for 2014. The Obama Administration has announced that by the end of the summer, it would be implementing a new serious of executive […]
June 27, 2014|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Amber Blasingame, Associate Attorney, Colorado Springs Office According to Albert Einstein the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Submission of a cap subject H-1B petition, especially in the last two years, comes dangerously close to insanity. It is no wonder that a state […]
May 22, 2014|Contributed by: Jeff D. Joseph, Esq.
Over a month ago, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) experienced a “catastrophic hardware failure” that caused many of its record keeping and case management systems inaccessible. The result was that for over a month cases were not being updated in the system. On May 19, 2014 EOIR announced that the data recovery team, […]
May 22, 2014|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Aaron Hall, Senior Attorney If an 18 year-old senior in high school is convicted of having sexual contact with his 15 year old sophomore girlfriend, should he forever be considered a sexual predator that is a danger to all of those around him? What does it mean if he later falls in love […]
April 29, 2014|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Kim Tremblay, Associate Attorney Advocates for immigration reform continue to put pressure onto the government to pass comprehensive immigration reform. In the meantime, our elected officials are busy pointing fingers and teasing each other while millions of immigrants in the U.S. wait. And wait. During a Rotary Club lunch in Ohio last week, […]
April 25, 2014|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Koby Polaski, Senior Attorney When a client or potential client is exploring the different avenues through which he or she might immigrate to the United States – temporarily or permanently – the option of investing in a company in the United States often comes up. The “traditional” investor visa that most have in […]
March 27, 2014|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Koby Polaski, Senior Attorney The recent litigation and ongoing turmoil over the promulgation of new regulations governing the H-2B program are enough to make anyone’s head spin. It all started in 2011 when the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would change the wage methodology it uses to calculate H-2B […]
March 13, 2014|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Melanie Corrin, Senior Attorney On June 11, 2012 President Barack Obama signed the legislation that would add Israel to the list of treaty countries whose citizens can invest in United States businesses and apply for visa status to live and work in the United States. Since that time, the two governments have been […]
March 13, 2014|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Melanie Corrin, Senior Attorney Often times, the knowledge about an individual’s case that is in their immigration file is crucial to filing for relief in removal proceedings, or determining eligibility for status in the United States. Freedom of Information Act requests are often the only way to obtain this information, and unfortunately can […]
March 13, 2014|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Melanie Corrin, Senior Attorney It is no secret that the weather across the United States over the 2013-2014 Winter has been extreme, but what is the effect on immigration cases? Immigration Courts nationwide have closed a total of thirteen times since the beginning of the year and Citizenship & Immigration Services offices nationwide […]
