Carl Shusterman Immigration Lawyer Blog

Persons in the Family 2A Category
May Continue to File I-485s in August

The U.S. State Department announced that the family 2A category (spouses and unmarried children of lawful permanent residents) will become current for the first time in many years. The USCIS announced that even though Worldwide Family 2A is backlogged on the Dates of Filing Chart, since the Worldwide Family 2A is current on the Final […]

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Court Enjoins Enforcement of Unlawful Presence Memo
For Students & Exchange Visitors

On May 3, 2019, a Federal Judge issued an injunction preventing the USCIS from enforcing its August 2018 unlawful presence memo which attempted to change the rules retroactively for F and M students and J exchange visitors. The plaintiffs in Guilford College v. USCIS maintain that the government did not follow the proper administrative procedures in […]

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Can a Defective Notice to Appear be “Perfected”?

In June 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark 8-1 decision in Pereira v Sessions holding that a Notice to Appear (NTA) in Immigration Court which does not state the date and time of the hearing is a defective Notice to Appear and does not give the Immigration Court jurisdiction over a case. The […]

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Shusterman’s Immigration Update May 2019

Volume Twenty Four, Number Five 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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Employers: Get Ready for H-1B RFEs & NOIDs

For employers who are subject to the H-1B numerical cap, the filing season ended on April 5, both lotteries are over and many receipt notices have been issued. What’s next will be a virtual tsunami of thousands of Requests for Evidence (RFEs), Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) and H-1B Petition Denials. If we […]

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May 2019 Visa Bulletin
Great News for Some Applicants, Especially Nurses

The U.S. Department of State issues the Visa Bulletin on a monthly basis. The Visa Bulletin lets you estimate how long it will take for you to get a green card. Where there is no backlog, the State Department lists the category as “current”. This is true for most of the worldwide employment-based categories. You […]

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E-2 Investor Visas for Israelis Starting May 1, 2019

It’s been a long time coming, but Israeli investors will finally be able to obtain E-2 Treaty Investor visas to start businesses in the U.S. starting on May 1, 2019. E-2 Investor Visas for Israelis The E-2 Investor Treaty between the U.S. and Israel was signed by President Obama back in 2012. However, for the […]

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Shusterman’s Immigration Update April 2019

Volume Twenty Four, Number Four 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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Our Country’s Asylum Laws Must be Respected

 Our asylum laws authorize the Attorney General to grant asylum if an applicant is unable or unwilling to return to her country of origin because she has suffered past persecution or has a well-founded fear of future persecution on account of political opinion, race, religion, nationality or membership in a particular social group. This commitment […]

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