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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (U.S.C.I.S.) announced today that some existing Salvadoran Temporary Protected Status (T.P.S.) beneficiaries will receive interim Employment Authorization Documents (E.A.D.s) during the continued processing of their re-registration applications. USCIS mailed approximately 4,500 EADs, to be delivered no later than March 9, 2011, to Salvadorans who have not yet received a final [...]
Effective September 21, 2009, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, following consultation with each other and the Attorney General, exercised their discretionary authority under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) to exempt qualified individuals, as determined by officials of their respective Departments based on specified standards, from [...]
Naturalization and immigration issues are complicated and different rules and processes apply to different people. Becoming a United States citizen is a dream for almost every person present in this country who is not already a United States citizen. For many immigrants, naturalization becomes a reality and they go on to enjoy the benefits of [...]
Effective January 28, 2011, President Obama’s promise to lessen travel restrictions with Cuba will be partially implemented. The final rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is summarized here: “Under Department of Homeland Security regulations, direct flights between the United States and Cuba must arrive at or depart from one of three named [...]
José es de Oaxaca, México, que ingresó a Estados Unidos sin los documentos apropiados el 1 de diciembre de 2000. Ha residido continuamente en los Estados Unidos y ha creado una vida para sí y su familia. Está casado con María, que también entraron en los Estados Unidos sin documentos. Tienen dos hijos menores de [...]
Jose is from Oaxaca, Mexico who entered the United States without proper documents on December 1, 2000. He has continuously resided in the United State and has created a life for himself and his family. He is married to Maria who also entered the United States without documents. They have two minor children born in [...]
A. STATUTORY NUMBERS 1. This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during January. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment of status. Allocations were made, to [...]
Temporary immigration status is for foreign nationals currently residing in the U.S. whose homeland conditions are recognized by the US government as being temporarily unsafe or overly dangerous to return to (e.g., war, earthquake, flood, drought, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions). TPS does not lead to permanent resident status. As the name indicates, it [...]
Aliens can immigrate as a religious worker to the U.S. through special immigrant category. Aliens applying for special immigrant status under INA 101(a)(27)(C) must demonstrate that their services are needed by a religious denomination in the United States. The following factors are relevant to whether a bona fide need for such services exists: The number of [...]
In very general terms, the Labor Condition Application (“LCA”) is a prerequisite process that must be completed and certified by the Department of Labor prior to the submission of a petition to classify a worker in H-1B, H-1B1 or E-3 visas. Employers seeking to hire H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 nonimmigrant in specialty (occupations or H-1B [...]
