USCIS announcement

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USCIS announcement that the agency is beta-testing the web-based Validation Instrument for Business Enterprises (VIBE), and petitioners may begin seeing VIBE-related Requests for Evidence. Beta Testing VIBE Immigration attorney Immigration lawyer Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner

H-1B Cap

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USCIS announces  that  it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year 2011 since the filing window opened on April 1 last year. H-1B cap H-1B  meaning H-1B petitions H-1B season updates

Board of Immigration Appeals decision

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Where petitioners sought review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying their motion to reopen their removal proceedings, and some of the evidence they submitted was cumulative of evidence they had submitted during their hearing, while some was not, Court of Appeals had jurisdiction to review the BIA’s decision to the extent that it …

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A Single Crime Involving Moral Turpitude: Petty Offense Does Not Trigger the Stop-Time Rule

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A conviction for a single crime involving moral turpitude that qualifies as a petty offense is not for an “offense referred to in section 212(a)(2)” of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2) (2006), for purposes of triggering the “stop-time” rule in section 240A(d)(1) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1229b(d)(1) (2006), even …

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L2 Worked on expired EAD

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L2 Worked on expired EAD and want to understand 245(k) eligibility in this case for L-2 AOS – Avvo.com http://ping.fm/BDEkL L-2 visa application AOS meaning Find a good Immigration Lawyer to help you Immigration Attorney near me 

BIA on Exceptional Circumstances ruling

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Board of Immigration Appeals erred as a matter of law in ruling aliens seeking discretionary relief can never demonstrate “exceptional circumstances.” Deciding whether exceptional circumstances are present requires a consideration of all facts in a specific case, including but not limited to the probability of the petitioner obtaining relief. Where petitioner began asylum process in …

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