Carl Shusterman Immigration Lawyer Blog

DOS Website: We’re off to See the Visa Wizard!

The State Department has made numerous changes to its website, and these changes can be a great help to intending visitors, students and workers from other countries. One example is the “Visa Wizard”.  The Visa Wizard is a guide to help foreign-born persons understand which visa category might be right for them.  Although the Visa […]

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Our New Website Puts Readers First

Within the next few days, we will be rolling out our new website. Originally created in 1995, our website aims to educate people around the world about how to visit, study and work in the United States. In 1996, we launched Shusterman’s Immigration Update, the most popular free immigration newsletter in the world with 60,000 subscribers. A few […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update January 2014

Volume Nineteen, Number One SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. 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 35 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of Carl […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update December 2013

Volume Eighteen, Number Twelve SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. 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 35 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of […]

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CSPA Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court

On December 10, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments concerning who benefits from the “Retention of Priority Date” clause of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).

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Newsletter US Immigration Update November 2013

Volume Eighteen, Number Eleven SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. 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 35 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of Carl […]

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Immigration Reform Without a Pathway to Citizenship?

Is there any chance that we will get Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) before the end of the year? President Obama remains hopeful. He is even willing to drop the Senate’s approach and have Congress pass a number of immigration bills as many Republicans in the House of Representatives are proposing. “If they want to chop that […]

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Senators Weigh in on CSPA Lawsuit

An interesting development recently occurred in our CSPA lawsuit. When Congress passed the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) in 2002, there was wide bipartisan support concerning the need to change the immigration law to prevent the separation of families during the waiting process. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the legislation unanimously, […]

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Infosys to Pay $34 Million Settlement

Various companies have paid one million dollars or more to the government in order to settle cases involving immigration violations.  However, the $34 million settlement that an Indian IT company recently agreed to pay is the largest yet. What did the company do to bring this on itself? The U.S. Attorneys’ Office in the East […]

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USCIS Launches Redesigned Websites

On October 30, new USCIS websites were introduced, in English and in Spanish. The new sites are designed to enhance the user experience. In the past, I’ve always had a difficult time finding the information I needed on uscis.gov. Because of this, I made sure that our website links to the most helpful pages on USCIS […]

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