Carl Shusterman Immigration Lawyer Blog

New EB-5 Rule Published by USCIS
Higher Investment Amounts Required

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final EB-5 rule on July 24 that makes a number of significant changes to its EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, marking the first significant revision of the program’s regulations since 1993. The final rule will become effective on November 21, 2019. New developments under the final EB-5 rule […]

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BELIEVE Act Needs Your Support –
The Right Way to Reform Immigration

On July 11, 2019, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) introduced the BELIEVE Act (S. 2091) as a way to reform legal immigration to the United States. The Believe Act would abolish per-country quotas for employment-based immigration similar to H.R. 1044 which was passed by the House of Representatives on July 10, but would not result in […]

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Notice of Appeal
From Denial to Approval in 2 Weeks

A few weeks ago, I got a call from a very prominent immigration attorney from one of the Rocky Mountain States to see if we were willing to file a Notice of Appeal in a naturalization case. Like most of us who have been practicing immigration law for a long while, he was very upset […]

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Shusterman’s Immigration Update July 2019

Volume Twenty Four, Number Seven SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding US immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices […]

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Trump’s Assault on Immigrants –
What We Can Learn from Our Past

On the evening of June 20, 2019, the day before he kicked-off his reelection campaign, President Trump tweeted: “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States. They will be removed as fast as they come in.” The President is […]

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Attorney Rozdzielski Solves a Difficult Employment-Based Case

A few months ago, a couple living in Chicago scheduled a legal consultation with us. Born in China, they had become Canadian citizens. Entrepreneurs, they decided to start a restaurant and employ U.S. workers. The husband who owned the restaurant was granted an E-2 visa as a Treaty Investor. His wife obtained an E-2 dependent […]

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July Visa Bulletin – Why You Need to Take Action Now!

Priority dates in the July Visa Bulletin will change like nothing I’ve ever seen in my 40+ years of practicing immigration law. Some categories and countries will become current for the first time in many years, and others will advance rapidly.  However, some dates will remain frozen while others will retrogress. Let’s start with the […]

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Shusterman’s Immigration Update June 2019

Volume Twenty Four, Number Six SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding US immigration laws and procedures with over 60,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices […]

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Lopez v. Barr Decision Could
Save Thousands from Deportation

Lopez v. Barr, a May 22, 2019, decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, holds out hope for thousands of persons who are in removal proceedings that they can apply for cancellation of removal. Lopez v. Barr relies on the Pereira v. Sessions, a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision which holds […]

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Does President Trump Support An
Employment-Based Immigration System?

On May 16, 2019, President Trump proposed a new immigration system in which over half of all green cards would be allotted to highly educated and skilled immigrants and their families. Under the President’s proposal, the number of green cards approved each year would remain at 1.1 million, the same as now. However, the percentage […]

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