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News Regarding Work Permits for H-1B Spouses Not So Great After All
As I mentioned in an earlier entry (called “Great News for F-1 and H-1B Visa Holders,”) DHS has announced plans to allow H-4 spouses to work in the U.S., during the time that the H-1B visa holder is...
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BIA Ruling Eases Use of Advance Parole by Adjustment Applicants
Don’t miss this recent update on Nolo’s site if you are applying for a green card in the U.S. through the procedure known as “adjustment of status,” might like to travel while awaiting your green card...
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Watch Out for Visa Categories With Expiration Dates
One of the perennially difficult things about visas to the United States (both temporary and permanent ones) is that many of the categories are not written into the law in stone, but come with...
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Are You “Extraordinary” Enough for an EB-1A Green Card?
Everyone likes to think they’re something special. But could you prove to the satisfaction of a U.S. immigration official that your abilities in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics,...
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Fee Hikes an Overlooked Aspect of Proposed Immigration Reform
The legislation being hammered out in the Senate right now contains some pretty expensive elements. Specifically, committing even more resources than have already been thrown at the project of turning...
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With Broken Promises Like These, Why Would Anyone Help the U.S. in a Conflict...
Ask any immigration lawyer: What the law says and what actually happens in real life can be miles apart, due in large part to competing interpretations — or simply bureaucratic foot dragging — by...
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How Will You Know When USCIS Declares a Snow Day?
When local schools are closed due to snow, you will usually hear it announced it on local radio and TV stations (and you can hear the cheers from around the neighborhood). But how do you find out...
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The Justin Bieber Immigration Chronicles, Continued
If I blog about Justin Bieber for the third time in a row, does that make me a “Belieber?” (Nah, I still can’t hum a thing he’s written, sorry.) But he’s become the world’s best object lesson regarding...
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We’re All Affected by Cutoff of Investor Visas for Chinese Nationals
As described in Nolo’s update, “EB-5 Visas for Chinese Nationals Become Temporarily Unavailable for the First Time,” investors from China used up their 7% share of the 10,000 visas allotted in the...
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It’s a Fine Executive Order, But What Will the 2017 President Do?
Many immigrant groups have expressed disappointment that President Obama’s Executive Order of November 20, 2014 did not go further in easing the lives of immigrants within the United States. Latino...
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