USCIS H-2A Reminder for Sheepherding Industry

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USCIS reminder to the sheepherding industry of the upcoming expiration of the one-time accommodation due to the transition to the three-year limitation-of-stay requirement for the H-2A nonimmigrant visa classification. https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/h2a/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/h-2a-h2a-h2b-h-2b-work-permit/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/h-2a/ https://californiaimmigration.us/regulations-on-agricultural-employment-visa-h-2a-will-receive-a-final-ruling-of-it%e2%80%99s-amended-regulation/

USCIS Announces Changes to Stand-Alone I-130 Filing Locations

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USCIS announcement stating that domestic petitioners will mail stand-alone I-130 applications to either the Chicago or Phoenix Lockbox, effective January 1, 2012. There are no changes to filing locations when submitting an I-130 with an I-485. https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/form-i-130/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/i-130/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/i-130-filing-locations/ https://californiaimmigration.us/how-much-time-do-i-have-to-wait-to-get-my-first-interview-for-aplication-i-130/

Increased U.S. Visa Demand in Brazil and China

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DOS deploys temporary employees in an effort to decrease wait times for visa applicants in Brazil. Mission Brazil processed 820,000 visas, and Mission China processed over one million visas in FY2011. https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/a-visa/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/u-visas/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/u-visa-petition/ https://californiaimmigration.us/visas/

CA7 Upholds District Court’s Revocation of Citizenship

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The court agreed with the district court’s finding that the defendant illegally procured his citizenship, noting he lacked the requisite good moral character due to two controlled substances violations committed during the relevant period. https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/certificate-of-citizenship/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/citizenship/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/citizenship-application/ https://californiaimmigration.us/citizenship/

CA9 Holds Petitioner was Legitimated Under Salvadoran Law

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The court found that the Petitioner, born out-of-wedlock, failed to establish a claim of derivative citizenship through his mother, because the subsequent marriage of his parents established his paternity by legitimation. https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/derivative-citizenship-under-former-ina-%c2%a7321a/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/derivative-citizenship/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/derivative-citizenship-case/ https://californiaimmigration.us/citizenship/

DOS Dedicates New Consular Compound in Mumbai, India

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DOS press release announcing the dedication of the new Consulate facility, located in the Bandra-Kurla Complex of Mumbai. The $111 million project generated jobs in the U.S. and India and was completed in October 2011. https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/consualte-compound-in-dubai/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/department-of-state-dos/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/dos/ https://californiaimmigration.us/dos-expands-interview-waiver-eligibility/

The Supreme Court strikes down the BIA 212(c) ruling of ‘comparable ground of excludability’

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What is the legal basis the Supreme Court used to rule why the BIA’s 212(c) ruling was arbitrary

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The new Supreme Court case rules that the BIA rule under 212(c) is arbitrary and capricious

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A crime of violence normally would not be eligible for 212(c) relief

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What exactly is 212(c) relief?

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What is the difference between ‘Inadmissibility’ and ‘deportability’

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The Supreme Court has spoken: BLAKE is not the Law. 212(c) available.

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BALCA Excuses Noncompliance with §655.10(a)(2) Due to H-2B PWD Delay

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BALCA vacated the denial where the employer made every effort to comply with §655.10(a)(2) but was simply unable to file its application in time for its season as a result of the NPWC’s delay in issuing the PWD. https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/h-2b/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/h-2b-cap/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/h-2b-petitions/ https://californiaimmigration.us/visas/h-2b-temporary-worker/

BIA Finds NTA Without Hearing Date Triggers “Stop-Time” Rule

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The Board found that any period of continuous residence or continuous physical presence ends upon service of an NTA on the alien, even if the NTA does not include the date and time of the initial hearing. https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/bia-2/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/bia-3/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/appeal-to-bia/ https://californiaimmigration.us/bia-deference-given-to-particulary-serious-crime/

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