Carl Shusterman Immigration Lawyer Blog

Shusterman’s Immigration Update June 2013

Volume Eighteen, Number Six Shusterman’s Immigration Update June 2013 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 30 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices […]

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CIR Bill Would Benefit Foreign Born Physicians

For those concerned about the shortage of physicians in the United States – and for foreign born physicians– there is some good news.   The pending Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (S.744) would make significant and far reaching changes in the laws governing the immigration of internationally-born physicians to the United States.  There would be beneficial […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update May 2013

Volume Eighteen, Number Five 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 30 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of […]

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Pathway to US Citizenship

The Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (S.744), introduced in the U.S. Senate in April 2013, creates a Pathway to Citizenship for over 11 million undocumented persons. (The bill is not law yet.  To become a law, a bill must pass both the Senate and the House of Representatives and be signed into law by the President.) […]

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CIR Bill Would Create New Family-Based Immigration System

The Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill which was introduced in the Senate in April 2013 would make significant changes in the existing family-based immigration preference system. The number of family-based preference green cards would fall from 226,000 to 161,000 annually. However, by expanding the immediate relative category, the bill would increase family-based immigration.  In addition, all […]

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CIR Bill Would Create New Employment-Based System

In addition to creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill (“Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act”) recently introduced in Congress would make significant changes in the legal employment-based (“EB”) preference system. Added to the current 140,000 annual cap on EB numbers would be a recapture of unused […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update April 2013

Volume Nineteen, Number Eight 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 Shusterman, […]

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Employers Beware: The I-9 Dragon Grows a Second Head!

  On March 8, the USCIS published the 7th edition of a two-page Employment Eligibility I-9 form. The passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 made the form mandatory for all new hires.  The new I-9 form may be used by employers now and becomes mandatory on May 8, 2013.   Until […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update March 2013

Volume Eighteen, Number Three 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 30 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of […]

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