Category Archive for: ‘immigration news’

  • Immigration Q & A

    Immigration Q and A December 2010

    I have had my green card for seven years, but travel frequently on business. Can I apply for my citizenship? The citizenship requirement you ask about is the physical presence requirement. The simplest way to see if you fall under this rule is to add …

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  • Wedding Stories

    Marriage and Immigration

    Author by Shirin Rustomji Marriage to a U.S. Citizen is by far the fastest way any foreign national can obtain permanent residence within the United States as there are no quota restrictions on the number of people obtaining permanent residence through marriage to a U.S. …

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  • Maintain Your Green Card

    Maintain Your Green Card

    CAN I LOOSE MY GREEN CARD IF I RESIDE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES?  It is very important to realize that U.S. Immigration law requires that a green card holder must NEVER abandon the INTENTION of continuing to reside permanently in the United States. Once a green …

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  • L‑1 VISA PROCESS AND PROCEDURE

    L‑1 VISA PROCESS AND PROCEDURE

    The L‑1 visa status is issued to an executive or manager of a company which has employed the foreign national abroad for at least one year prior to entry into the United States, and who is coming to the U.S. to accept a management/executive position …

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  • US IMMIGRATION: WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG?

    US IMMIGRATION: WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG?

    Author by Edward Boreth  One of the most frequent questions I am asked is “Why is my immigration case taking so long?”. The usual follow up to this question is “My friend’s case did not take as long. He had his green card in 6 …

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    Immigration Q & A February 2010

    Author by Edward Boreth Are there still H1-B’s left for the 2010 quota? As of December 22, USCIS announced that it has received approximately enough H-1B petitions to fill the Congressionally-mandated 65,000 cap for the fiscal year 2010. This means that there are no more …

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  • Immigration Q & A

    Immigration Q & A January 2010

    What is the H-1B cap? By statute, the number of available H-1B visas is subject to an annual fiscal year limitation of 65, 000, plus 20,000 under the category for “advanced degree”. Who is subject to the H-1B cap? The H-1B cap applies to new …

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  • Immigration Q & A

    Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill

    Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill: How it will impact our community By Hina Askari, Esq. For a while, it appeared that the Immigration Reform Bill had crashed on the Senate floor and was all but dead. But on Thursday, June 15, Senate leaders announced that they …

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  • Immigration Planning for Employers

    Immigration Planning for Employers

    For employers in the United States, if they don’t already have a need to employ foreign nationals, because of low unemployment in the United States and the unique skills offered by foreign nationals, it is inevitable that they soon will. In recent times, however, two …

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  • Don't Give up hope on the H-1B Visa

    Don’t Give up hope on the H-1B Visa

    To qualify for an H-1B visa, an individual must becoming to the United States to work in a “specialty occupation” that generally requires at least a bachelor’s degree. An H-1B visa petition can be submitted to the Immigration Service a maximum of six months prior …

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