The Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR)

The Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) press release announcing the 10th anniversary of the BIA Pro Bono Project. The Project was implemented in 2001 to improve access to legal information and increase pro bono representation for individuals being detained while their immigration cases are under appeal. BIA rules on adverse credibility findings based on …

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BALCA found that:

BALCA found that the recruitment report, showing that more than 90% of the applications received came from the Employee Referral Program (ERP), was adequate documentation of the ERP as a method of recruitment notwithstanding the undated notice of the program. (Matter of AQR Capital, 1/26/11). BALCA overturns denial main BALCA denial Board of Alien Labor …

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ICE notice

ICE notice of an additional 30-day comment request on the extension of the validity of Form I-352, Immigration Bond. Form I-352 Form I-352 Immigration Bond Best Immigration Attorney Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner    

(CRS) report presenting information and data

A 1/18/11 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report presenting information and data on key geographic, demographic, social, and economic characteristics and trends of the foreign-born population residing in the U.S. that is relevant to prominent immigration policy issues. Congressional research service CRS report on Human Trafficking Immigration attorney Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner

E-Verify “Self Check”

DHS remarks by Secretary Janet Napolitano on the overall state of our homeland security, including major initiatives involving border security and immigration in the coming year, such as strengthening the legal immigration system, and rolling out E-Verify “Self Check.” E- Verify E-Verify employee rights E- Verify program Federal Contractors required to Use E-Verify     

Immigration system

White House fact sheet released after the 2011 State of the Union Address on President Obama’s plan to win the future by fixing our broken immigration system. Immigration lawyer American Immigration attorney Arizona Immigration Law Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner    

H-1B petitions

USCIS updated its count of FY2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 1/26/11, the FY2011 cap-subject H-1B petition cap has been reached. USCIS has receipted more than 20,000 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees. The H-1B H-1B Cap H-1B Attorney H-1B Speciality worker

USCIS announcement

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

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

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

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

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 

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