Immigration
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...
Avoiding contract-trap for foreign nurses in U.S.
March 08, 2009By Attorney Robert L. Reeves and Joseph I. Elias (California, USA) For many foreign nurses (RNs) the chance to immigrate to the U.S. is the opportunity of a life time. For so many, immigrating to the U.S. is the reason they went to nursing school and...
U.S. immigration: Protecting your Green Card
February 24, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Delia L. Franco (USA) The beloved green card has arrived after a long and arduous struggle. The lawful permanent resident can remain in that status or wait the requisite time period and apply for United States citizenship...
U.S. working visa: H-1B cap - prepare those forms now
February 15, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Joseph I. Elias (California, USA) Once again, the immigration community is bracing itself for a historical and unprecedented exhaustion of the H-1B cap. Employers can petition H-1B workers for the October 1, 2009 start...
Obama Administration Moves to Ease Access to Federal Records
January 30, 2009By Attorneys Robert L. Reeves and Jeff L. Khurgel, USA The Obama Administration wasted no time in assuming its executive role as the leader of the United States. In President Obama’s first week in office, he suspended pending Bush administration...
Skilled Immigrants Needed to Fill Jobs in U.S.
May 02, 2008By Robert L. Reeves and Nancy E. Miller Demographers and labor experts say that the United States is facing a shortage of skilled workers as baby boomers begin to retire. Baby boomers are those who were born between 1946 and 1964. They make up almost...
Hispanics: Illegal immigrants help U.S.
December 14, 2007A majority of U.S. Hispanics say the growing focus on illegal immigration has made their lives tougher. The report, released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center, also found Hispanics tend to believe illegal immigration helps the United States more...