Several months ago I wrote that I would start offering up some options to the almighty H-1B specialty occupation visa because not every employer will be able to sponsor a foreign national in that category for any number of reasons, not the least of which is because...
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We Have (Not) Taken an Action on Your Case. What About The H-1B Cap Exemption?
I added the “not” into the title of this piece. I was sitting at home over the weekend when I received an email from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) indicating that they had taken action on at least one of my cases. At this time of year,...
Naturalization 101
Not everyone who is a permanent resident becomes a U.S. citizen (i.e., naturalizes), nor is there any legal requirement that one must naturalize. However, permanent residents who naturalize gain important benefits, not the least of which (these days) is security from...
Alphabet Soup: What Else Besides the H-1B?
Anyone in my generation will remember Campbell’s Alphabet Soup. By today’s standards it was probably not very good, nor good for you with all the sodium in it. But all the letters were supposedly in there, and we ate them all anyway. In my world, many immigration...
Afghanistan
This article is not meant to be political. Indeed it’s actually meant to be a call for help. The situation in Afghanistan is awful, and obviously the manner in which the United States left Afghanistan left a lot to be desired. The Biden Administration’s...
Prosecutorial Discretion
“Prosecutorial Discretion”. In my world, these can be two of the most important words to a client with few if any immigration options in the United States. Let me explain. Prosecutorial Discretion (or “PD” for short) is the authority of, in this case, a federal agency...
Coming to America
Does anyone even remember that movie? I never thought it was particularly good back in 1988 when it was released. It was on recently and I watched a few scenes. I don’t think I really appreciated how talented Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall were, playing all the “other”...
Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions
I’ve written about some of this before. As some of you will recall, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) uses a “lottery” system to determine which employers’ petitions (who wish to hire foreign workers in “specialty occupations”) it will accept, and...
The Border Crisis
As I mentioned last month, my hopes for where we would be now in terms of “comprehensive” immigration reform (or even just some basic and fundamental “change” for the better), as we come to the end of the first 100 days of the Biden Administration, has not been met. I...
More Bold Promises for Immigration Reform from President Biden
Haven’t we been down this road before? Many times now? Will we be reading about Comprehensive Immigration Reform 2.0, 3.2, or Version 7? I don’t know how to characterize it anymore. Or are we instead heading into a period of Executive Orders to effectuate change...