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Keeping the Green Card You Worked So Hard to Get
I am often consulted by permanent resident clients who have been spending, or are planning to spend, significant time abroad and want to avoid losing their hard-earned permanent resident status. These...
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India/China Quota numbers – Update
While the USCIS numbers of pending I-485 make me relatively pessimistic on movement for India and China EB-2, the State Department’s internal case management staff are feeling more optimistic. In...
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Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Law Mandating Use of E-Verify
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued an opinion upholding the “Legal Arizona Workers Act” which mandates private employers’ use of E-Verify and supplies state-law sanctions against those who knowingly...
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Supreme Court Breathes New Life into Hazelton Controversy
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated an order ruling unconstitutional the Illegal Immigration Relief Act ordinance of Hazelton, Pennsylvania. At issue is the local law that would...
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Director Mayorkas Proposes EB-5 Processing Improvements
USCIS Director Ali Mayorkas’ proposal for reforming and improving the EB-5 process has the potential to be a major step forward in making the EB-5 program more user friendly for real estate developers...
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U.S. Department of State Provides May-July 2012 Visa Date Movement Forecast;...
As Bill Stock mentioned in a client alert last month, the Department of State has halted the dramatic acceleration of India and China’s EB-2 priority dates which we had observed throughout much of...
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KRSS’ New E-Verify State-by-state Legislation Survey
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision upholding Arizona’s legislation mandating the use of E-Verify for its in-state employers last year, several other states have followed suit and enacted their...
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Most State Immigration Laws, Confirms President’s...
Today, the Supreme Court issued a 5-3 decision in Arizona v. United States, the Obama Administration’s challenge to Arizona’s controversial immigration-related enforcement provision. The Court ruled,...
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OCAHO Issues Summary Decision; Imposes $9,500 Fine for Employer who Failed to...
In a decision dated June 7, 2012, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (“OCAHO”) handed down a substantial fine against a small business...
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USCIS: Continue Using the Current Version of Form I-9 Until Further Notice,...
Human Resources personnel possessing that keen eye for detail required for properly completing Form I-9 might have taken note that the current version of the form (Rev. 08/07/09 Y) contains an Office...
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Weekend’s Events Continue Momentum Towards Comprehensive Immigration Reform...
When considering the prospects of new immigration legislation from Congress aimed to modernize the system or address legalizing the millions of individuals out of status over the past few years, many...
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USCIS Opens the Doors to the Awarding of Same-Sex Benefits
Throughout virtually their entire history since codification, the U.S. immigration laws have discriminated against – and at times been outright hostile to – gay and lesbian prospective immigrants. As...
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For EB-5 Stakeholders, US Government Shut Down Could Cause Headaches, Not...
We have received many inquiries regarding the impact of the partial government shutdown on new and pending I-526 Petitions at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) and consular immigrant visa...
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Where Did The Criminal Case Against Infosys Go?
In the largest fine ever in an immigration case, on October 31, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice settled for $34 million from Infosys Limited. The complaint alleged that Infosys had engaged in...
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform is not dead, but its prospects for this term...
On June 27, 2013, after months of hard-fought negotiations on both sides of the aisle and political spectrum, 68 senators voted to pass S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and...
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Our First Post-DOMA Same Sex I-130 Approval
Even though we have filed hundreds of family-based petitions, yesterday was a first for KRSS. As we discussed back in July, the Supreme Court struck provisions of Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) in...
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Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Seeking...
In an unprecedented move, U.S. Senator Tom A. Coburn (Oklahoma), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, has issued letters to a number of approved...
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The problem with increasing processing times for I-829 adjudication: It’s...
On February 26, 2014, USCIS held its first Stakeholder Engagement since the publishing of its comprehensive EB-5 adjudications memorandum last year (the “May 30 Memo,” which we discussed at length...
View ArticleU.S. Naturalization for the Global Traveler
Many green card holders or Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) travel frequently for their employment or to spend time with extended family outside the United States. We have two resources on our...
View ArticleEB-5 RFE Trend: USCIS Searches of Public Business Registration Records in China
In the December 5, 2014 USCIS EB-5 Stakeholder Engagement, Immigrant Investor Program (IPO) Chief Nicholas Colucci mentioned that one of the agency’s top priorities is to collaborate with law...
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