October 1, 2013|Contributed by: Amber Blasingame, Esq.
Due to the government shutdown, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that E-Verify is unavailable as of October 1, 2013, as are customer support and related services. USCIS has suspended certain rules and policies pertaining to entry and verification for employers during the emergency furlough. Once the government reopens, USCIS will provide guidance on […]
October 1, 2013|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Melanie Corrin, Senior Attorney As Colorado ski areas gear up for the winter season, some staffing executives may be concerned over how to feel the gap of needed employees. The population of Breckenridge, CO increases from 3,400 to 36,150 people during season! http://www.coloradoinfo.com/wintervacationplanner/breckenridge With increase in population, comes the need of a town […]
September 27, 2013|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Kim Tremblay, Associate Attorney Immigrants contribute to Colorado in many ways such as by starting businesses, voting and holding office upon naturalizing, and stimulating local economies with their spending. In addition, immigrants supply the skills and labor that are necessary to recover from natural disasters, as evidenced by events related to the recent […]
September 25, 2013|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
Contributed by Aaron Hall, Senior Attorney Noncitizens with certain criminal convictions may be inadmissible to the U.S., deportable from the U.S., or unable to obtain U.S. citizenship through naturalization. The categories of criminal convictions which cause immigration problems seem to have been slowly growing over the years as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) argued […]
September 25, 2013|Contributed by: Amber Blasingame, Esq.
Contributed by Amber Blasingame, Associate Attorney Once again, we are looking into the abyss that we call “government shutdown” with fear and apprehension. If Congress fails to agree on funding for the federal government or pass yet another continuing resolution on the many appropriations bills on the table, the federal government may shutdown on October […]
August 30, 2013|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
Contributed by Kim Tremblay, Associate Attorney In June 2012, the government announced the new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program for young immigrants who came to the United States before their sixteenth birthdays. USCIS began accepting applications August 15, 2012, just over a year ago. Since then, over half a million applicants have applied […]
August 27, 2013|Contributed by: Aaron C. Hall, Esq.
A little more than five months after United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting provisional unlawful presence waivers, the Department of State (DOS) released a cable on August 13, 2013 regarding the processing of cases with approved provisional waivers. The cable confirms the expectation that the new provisional unlawful presence waiver process will […]
August 27, 2013|Contributed by: Amber Blasingame, Esq.
Over 74{b6b8f04f7bd4b863c4cfed8339fd19419bda3e071c79bc5ac8c810cb9c52e30f} of companies surveyed by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) in 2012 believe that “Current U.S. immigration laws for skilled professionals harm American competitiveness.” Opposition to expansion of work visas fears more employment based visas would lead to outsourcing, but “numerous companies say it is the current restrictions on H-1B visas that push […]
July 24, 2013|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
The United States Department of State has issued the August Visa Bulletin. The Family Based 2A (spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21 of Lawful Permanent Residents) will be current as of August 1, 2013, and many experts are expecting this category to remain current for 2-3 months. After that time frame, there […]
June 28, 2013|Contributed by: kirby@immigrationissues.com
After the Senate passed the immigration reform bill on June 27, 2013, Coloradans may be reflecting on the specific impact it will have on our state. The reality is that foreign-born Coloradans are already altering the state’s population, economy, and electorate. They currently account for almost 10 percent of our population, or about 500,000 people. […]
