Blog Posts in May, 2010
Posted on May 25, 2010 By Ricky
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) announced on May 20, 2010 that it has improved the transparency of its system for addressing complaints about immigration judges. For more about the ...
Continue reading "New Process for Filing Immigration Court Complaints" »
Posted on May 24, 2010 By Ricky
Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) reports the number of cases awaiting resolution before the Immigration Courts reached a new all time high of 242,776 matters at ...
Continue reading "More and More Cases Backlog the Immigration Courts" »
Posted on May 18, 2010 By Ricky
If a non-citizen is married to a U.S. Citizen for less than 2 years at the time of the Immigration (Green Card) interview, the foreign national is granted Conditional Permanent Resident Status (CPR). ...
Continue reading "Removal of Conditions when Separated from U.S. Citizen Spouse" »
Posted on May 14, 2010 By Ricky
USCIS released guidance on how to apply for Late TPS in a question & answer format. The relevant sections are as follows: Q1. Can a someone who was in the United States when their country was ...
Continue reading "Late Temporary Protected Status (Late TPS)" »
Posted on May 14, 2010 By Ricky
Temporary Protected Status is a humanitarian benefit provided by the Department of Homeland Security to nationals and citizens of a foreign country due to conditions in the country that temporarily ...
Continue reading "Temporary Protected Status (TPS)" »
Posted on May 13, 2010 By Ricky
H-1B Cap Count for Fiscal Year 2011 (Updated May 2010) FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count Cap Type Cap Amount Cap Eligible Petitions Petition Target Date of Last Count H-1B Regular Cap 65,000 18,000 5/6/2010 H-1B ...
Continue reading "H-1B Cap Count for Fiscal Year 2011 (Updated May 2010)" »
Posted on May 13, 2010 By Ricky
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has redesigned the Permanent Resident Card, also knows as a "Green Card" to incorporate several major new security features. In keeping with the ...
Continue reading "New Permanent Residency Cards. And they're going to be GREEN!!!!" »
Posted on May 13, 2010 By Ricky
The U.S. State Department has released the Visa Bulletin for June 2010. New is the oversubscription of Dominican Republic chargeability. To view the latest bulleting click: June 2010 Visa Bulletin.
Continue reading "Visa Bulletin for June 2010" »
Posted on May 7, 2010 By Ricky
The Board of Immigration Appeals addressed how to determine if an asylum claim is frivolous in Matter of B-Y-, ID 3680, 25 I&N Dec. 236 (BIA 2010) . The Board held that (1) In making a ...
Continue reading "When is an an asylum claim frivolous?" »
Posted on May 5, 2010 By Ricky
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, through Jan. 5, 2012, to eligible nationals of Nicaragua and people having no nationality who last ...
Continue reading "TPS Renewed for Nicaragua" »
Posted on May 5, 2010 By Ricky
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, through Jan. 5, 2012, to eligible nationals of Honduras and people having no nationality who last ...
Continue reading "TPS Renewed for Honduras" »