Carl Shusterman Immigration Lawyer Blog

May Visa Bulletin Brings Bad News

There is little good news, but a lot of bad news, in the May 2012 Visa Bulletin. The worldwide family categories all advance modestly, from 3 to 5 weeks. For persons born in Mexico and the Philippines, many of the categories fail to advance at all. The worldwide EB-3 category moves forward 3 weeks while […]

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H-1B Cap Update (Fiscal Year 2013)

The general H-1B cap is set annually at 65,000 with an advance degree cap of 20,000 for professionals who have a Master’s degree or higher from a U.S. university. Detailed information is available on USCIS’ H-1B Fiscal Year 2013 Cap Season web page. The USCIS has reported that this year’s general H-1B cap was reached […]

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Ask an Attorney, Not a Paralegal

This seems pretty obvious, doesn’t it? However, during the past week, I had the opportunity to talk to two different immigrants who are headed for immigration disaster because they relied on the legal advice of a paralegal rather than speaking with an attorney. Immigration attorneys constantly warn potential clients about the dangers of hiring immigration […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update February 2012

Volume Seventeen, Number Two 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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DHS Reforms Affecting Highly-Skilled Immigrants

On January 31, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a number of new initiatives meant to aid legal immigrants. This announcement roughly mirrors the White House’s recent release of the “Startup America” immigration agenda. It should be emphasized that each of these initiatives are still in the planning stage with no set date as to […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update
January 2012

Volume Seventeen, Number One Newsletter US Immigration Update January 2012 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 […]

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Prosecutorial Discretion
Will You Be One of the Lucky 50,000?

If you are in removal proceedings, your chances of being saved by President Obama’s new prosecutorial discretion policy are about 1 in 6. At least, those are the numbers which have emerged from the ICE pilot programs just completed in Denver and Baltimore. From early December until mid-January, 16 ICE attorneys reviewed 7,800 pending removal cases […]

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Spouse of U.S. Citizen – Easy Case? Read On

In January, our law firm represented a middle-aged woman from Eastern Europe in a removal hearing. She had entered the U.S. over 10 years ago on a K-1 fiancee visa filed by a U.S. citizen who she met on the Internet and who had traveled to her country to meet her. Only when she arrived in […]

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New I-601 Waiver Policy Would Promote Family Unity

January 8, 2012 A proposal to change the process of filing I-601 waivers was put forth last Friday by the USCIS which would allow thousands of spouses of U.S. citizens to come out of the shadows and apply for green cards. This is as it should be since the stated purpose of our immigration laws is to […]

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Bill Would Help Supply Doctors to Rural and Inner City America

On December 13, Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced the S.1979, the Conrad State 30 Improvement Act. This bipartisan bill would make it easier for physicians educated in other countries to obtain temporary visas and permanent residence in the U.S. if they obtain offers of employment in medically-underserved areas of this country. […]

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