H-2A Job Registry

The ETA OFLC developed a new web-based tool, the H-2A Job Registry, allowing the public to search and retrieve temporary agricultural jobs. This new tool was developed to comply with new DOL H-2A regulations. H-2A agricultural visas / H-2A and H-2B  H-2A temporary visa holders Immigration Law Firm 

Mandatory Detention is not so Mandatory

Question: I have a friend who is in detention and I am being told he cannot get out because of mandatory detention. Can you elaborate what this is and why is he not permitted to exit? Answer:  After 1996, the Immigration Laws were much more severe, including a very wide based mandatory detention policy. However, …

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Client has two criminal charges in his record but granted the adjustment of status.

Another win for the Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner, APC: Person just granted adjustment of status. It turns out that our client has two criminal charges in his record [I don’t know if the office was aware of this]- the client denied any criminal past on multiple occassions and upon the officer’s insistence he …

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Immigration and Nationality Act

Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c) (2006),requires mandatory detention of a criminal alien only if he or she is released from non-DHS custody after the expiration of the Transition Period Custody Rules (“TPCR”) and only where there has been a post-TPCR release that is directly tied to the basis …

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Ninth overrules in favor of asylee

Ninth overrules in favor of asylee. Court of appeals had jurisdiction to review determination that petitioner did not timely file his asylum application where the underlying fact that petitioner arrived in the United States less than one year before filing his asylum application was undisputed. Petitioner’s testimony that that he hid in China until less …

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I petitioned my wife we filed an I-130 and that was accepted in july of 2007 now we don’t know what to do

I petioned my wife we filed an I-130 and that was accepted in july of 2007 now we don’t know what to do. she entered illegally. – Avvo.com http://ping.fm/u8pMr I-130 form Can I apply for I-130? I-130 meaning I-130 approved

Will marrying a citizen change my overstayed status?

Will marrying a citizen change my overstayed status? – Avvo.com http://ping.fm/R8zfj https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/immigration-marriage/ https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/marriage/ https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/marriage-to-u-s-citizen/ https://californiaimmigration.us/family-petitions-to-immigrate-family-members/marriage-petition/

Husband deported

husband deported – Avvo.com http://ping.fm/iI5ro https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/deported/ https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/best-deportation-attorney/ https://atomic-temporary-10880024.wpcomstaging.com/tag/best-deportation-lawyer/ https://californiaimmigration.us/dont-know-if-you-were-deported-get-a-foia-from-a-los-angeles-deportation-lawyer/

Have an approved h1 petition valid till 2011

Have an approved h1 petition valid till 2011. Currently in the USA for the past 2 years on L1B – Avvo.com http://ping.fm/QzXW2 https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/h1-b/ https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/l1/ https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/l1b/ https://californiaimmigration.us/us-economic-policy-regarding-h1-b-and-l-1-visa-to-be-evaluated/

Can an illegal alien take a domestic flight within the United States with a Mexican passport?

Can an illegal alien take a domestic flight within the United States with a Mexican passport? – Avvo.com http://ping.fm/RwP40 Illegal alien Hiring illegal aliens Are you an illegal alien? US governmental mandates regulations regarding transporting or illegal immigrants    

Can I Travel Outside the U.S. While My H-1B Transfer Is Pending?

Travel outside of US while H1B transfer? – Avvo.com http://ping.fm/8BpM1 H-1B visa H-1B registration H-1B Cap H-1B and L-1 evaluated

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