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Green Cards for Caregivers

The number of baby boomers turning 65 years old is rapidly increasing, and, unfortunately, many of them have multiple chronic health conditions ranging from diabetes to dementia. Yet, the supply of caregivers is not keeping pace with the increasing demand for their services. Over 25% of caregivers are foreign-born, yet our broken immigration system does […]

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4 Tips for Finding the Best Immigration Lawyer for You

One of the most important choices immigrants make is hiring the best immigration lawyer to represent them before the USCIS or in Immigration Court. The same is true for employers. We all share the urge to get the best deal we can get, but often saving money and obtaining the best representation are polar opposites. […]

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Essential Steps to Avoid RFEs on H1B Petitions

Between January 1 and August 31 2017, USCIS issued 85,000 requests for evidence (RFEs) for H1B petitions. This was a 45% increase over the same period in 2016. We are now in H1B cap season and there are some important factors to take note of in preparing H1B petitions: Timing: H1B cap-subject petitions must be […]

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Asylum Case – How to Increase Your Chances of Winning

It would seem logical that an immigrant fleeing persecution in his country of origin would have as good a chance to have his asylum case granted in one part of the U.S. as in another. The law and regulations governing asylum are do not vary from state to state.  However, this is far from […]

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Recruiting International Nurses
March 9 Webinar

On March 9, I will be conducting a webinar for the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) explaining to employers across the U.S. how to go about recruiting international nurses and sponsoring them for temporary visas and green cards. The shortage of RNs is continuing to grow, and for the past few months, I have […]

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Biden Makes It Easier for STEM Professionals
To Get OPT, Work Visas & Green Cards

On January 21, 2022, the Biden Administration announced a number of reforms to benefit the U.S. economy by making it easier for foreign-born STEM professionals to work using OPT, J-1 and O-1A temporary work visas.  In addition, the reforms would increase their ability  to qualify for green cards under the national interest waiver program. For […]

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International RNs: An Employers Guide
To Getting Green Cards & Work Visas

The shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) in the U.S. continues to expand as the COVID-19 crisis drags on.  With more than half a million RNs anticipated to retire by 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the need for 1.1 million new RNs for expansion and replacement of retirees. U.S. nursing schools have not […]

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New Bill Would Reduce Immigration Backlogs

Update: The Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the immigration provisions discussed below cannot be incorporated in the budget reconciliation bill. Senate Democratic leaders indicated they will turn to alternative immigration proposals that they will present to the parliamentarian soon. People who are have been stuck in long backlogs in the employment-based (EB) and family-based (FB) preference […]

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Great News for U.S. Employers
Employment-Based Immigration Doubles on October 1st

 The new government fiscal year which starts on October 1, 2021 will be the best year ever for employment-based immigration. Generally, 140,000 persons annually are able to get green cards through employment-based immigration. However, in the coming fiscal year, the number will more than double to over 290,000. Why? Because of the pandemic, U.S. […]

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Prosecutorial Discretion is Back!
Who Benefits?

 On May 27, 2021, John Trasviña, the Principal Legal Advisor for ICE, sent a memo to government attorneys enabling them to use prosecutorial discretion to dismiss pending cases in Immigration Court and to refrain from placing certain persons in removal proceedings. This memo could save many thousands of people, perhaps hundreds of thousands, from […]

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