Immigration
U.S. Immigration: Filing for H-1B workers
March 07, 2010By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and May Zhang The April 1st H-1B filing date is approaching fast. As discussed in our previous articles, the H-1B visa is subject to an annual cap of 65,000. An additional 20,000 H1B visas are allocated to alien workers...
Moldovan immigrant in US trade military service for citizenship
February 26, 2010By Maggie Hyde Military recruits trade service for citizenship Last year Michael Melnic’s U.S. visa was set to expire. But Melnic, 41, an immigrant from the small former Soviet country of Moldova, was not ready to leave. A financial specialist...
The Italian syndrome is spreading to Eastern Europe, Moldova
November 25, 2009By Laura Delsere There are roughly 90,000 Moldovans living in Italy - with numbers growing fast, as shown by a recent report by Caritas-Migrantes. Among the many difficulties of living abroad, one problem is spreading very quickly: the Italian syndrome...
False claim to U.S. citizenship may result in deportation
September 12, 2009By Robert L. Reeves and Nancy E. Miller As everyone who has applied for a job in the United States knows, you have to show that you have the right to work before you can be hired. As every non-citizen should know, falsely claiming to be a United States...
Foreign Workers and Navigating the Rough Seas of U.S. Immigration
September 04, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Jeff L. Khurgel Foreign Workers seeking employment in the United States are currently experiencing burdensome scrutiny on the part of some overreaching immigration officers, lengthy backlogs, and senseless allocation...
Immigration Service Inspecting H-1B Employers
August 21, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Joseph I. Elias The Immigration Service has recently begun investigating H-1B employers to identify fraudulent petitions. Employers are reporting privately contracted investigators arriving unannounced at worksites...
US Immigration: New Traps for Aliens Filing for a Green Card
July 02, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Joseph I. Elias The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently issued a policy memorandum binding to its officers regarding unlawful presence. The memorandum is supposed to merely consolidate...
NGOs demand correct statistics of human trafficking, immigration
June 26, 2009The non-governmental organizations (NGO) demand from the Government to make up the correct statistics of human trafficking victims and Moldovan migrants. On Thursday, representative of the La Strada center Anna Revencu said at a sitting of the National...
US Working visa: H-1B still available
May 23, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Joseph I. Elias As of [May 20, 2009], the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reports that H-1B visa numbers are still available for October 1, 2009 start dates. The USCIS has received approximately...
U.S. Immigration: Marriage-Based Green Card
March 13, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Jeff L. Khurgel The Immigration Consequences of Marriage Fraud As required by law, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will deny immigration petitions and applications for adjustment of status where there is evidence...