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CSPA: Immigration Judge Distinguishes Matter of Wang

While waiting for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to schedule oral arguments in the class action lawsuit seeking to overturn the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals in Matter of Wang, I recently came across a decision of an Immigration Judge which distinguishes Matter of Wang and allows an “aged-out” son of permanent […]

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One Immigrant’s 20 Year Journey to a Green Card

One Immigrant’s 20 Year Journey to a Green Card reminds us of some of the challenges immigrants face in obtaining permanent residence. A lot of IT professionals born in India justly feel that their immigration cases have been going on forever. We recently concluded a case for an Indian IT professional which was one of the longest […]

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H-1B Cap Update – Fiscal Year 2012

On November 23, 2011, the USCIS announced that the H-1B General Cap of 65,000 was reached on the previous day. The agency will not accept any new “cap-subject” H-1B filings until April 1, 2012. The general H-1B cap is set annually at 65,000 with an advance degree cap of 20,000 for professionals who have a […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update March 2011

Special Message: With increased privacy and security concerns mostly due to viruses and spam, delivering our monthly newsletter to your e-mail address presents many challenges. If you add our e-mail address to your address book or safe list, this should insure that our newsletter will not end up in your junk mail. SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE […]

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H-1B Filing Season Starts April 1 OPT Cap-Gap Rule – Affiliation

Each year, there is an 85,000 numerical cap on the number of H-1B petitions for professionals to work in the U.S. on a temporary basis. Generally, the USCIS will start accepting H-1B petitions submitted by employers starting on April 1 for workers who will start their jobs on October 1, 2011. Of these 85,000 H-1Bs, 20,000 […]

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“How Immigration Works for America – From Brawn to Brains”

We take this title from2010 Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The report, which was released in March 2011, discusses the urgent need to reform the U.S. immigration system to allow for the admission of  increased numbers of high-skilled immigrant workers. The preface to the report states: “Immigrants help fuel the U.S. economy, […]

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  Welcome to our website! After 9 months of labor, our new website was born on February 17th. I hope that you will agree that after 16 years of being a content-rich, but a rather ugly-looking site, the new site is considerably better looking. I also hope that the site is easier to use for […]

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Newsletter US Immigration Update February 2011

Volume Sixteen, Number Two Special Message: With increased privacy and security concerns around the inbox, mostly due to viruses and spam, delivering our monthly newsletter to your e-mail address presents many challenges. Sometimes you don’t receive our newsletter. However, if you add our e-mail address to your address book or safe list, this should insure […]

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55,000 Green Cards for Employment-Based Immigrants

Think that the Democrats and Republicans in Congress will never be able to agree about immigration policy? Better think again! When I started working as an immigration attorney, Jerry Ford was the President of the United States. Over the past 35 years, I have seen the two parties unite to pass dozens of immigration laws. Yes, I know […]

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February 2011 Visa Bulletin: Frozen in Time

For over 3.5 million persons waiting in line to become permanent residents of the United States, the February 2011 Visa Bulletin signals yet another month of frustration. The numbers seem to be frozen in time. In the family categories, the worldwide visa numbers for the 1st, 2A, 2B, and 3rd preferences all failed to advance a single […]

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