Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Immigration
(First of 2 parts) A U.S. Employer can sponsor foreign workers who are either professionals (college degree holders), skilled (at least two years training or experience) or unskilled (high school graduates) to immigrate to the United States. This two-part article will deal with the basic requirements of sponsoring foreign workers. A "U.S. Employer" is either a company, a partnership, a sole proprietorship or a person domiciled in the United States who has a need for the particular skills and ser...
Dear Atty. Lou, I arrived in the US on a fiancée visa on August 1, 2006. I was petitioned by my husband who I met through the Internet in 2004. When he was courting me, he said he was a devout Christian, a good loving and sweet person looking for a serious relationship. He said he loved me so much and promised me that he will take care of me. When I arrived in the U.S., we only stayed together in his room for only one week. After one week he made me stay in a separate room with no air con...
RELIGIOUS workers such as ministers, priests and pastors can obtain permanent residency in the United States once their religious organizations file a special immigrant petition for them. To qualify under the special immigrant rules, the religious worker must be a member of the religious denomination for at least two years prior to the filing of the petition. The religious worker must also have been engaged in the work for which they are applying for at least two years prior to the filing of the...
A CONDITIONAL green card is granted to spouses of U.S. citizens who have been married less than two years on the date of the approval which is usually the interview date. This conditional status can only be removed by a joint petition or by a waiver if the joint petition cannot be filed. If the conditional resident is still married to the petitioning U.S. citizen spouse, a joint petition should be filed by the husband and wife. They jointly file a petition to Remove Conditions on Residence withi...
PETITIONING for a loved one to immigrate to the United States can be a difficult and confusing process. U.S. immigration involves three or four different U.S. government offices in different parts of the world, numerous government forms and dozens of supporting documents, multiple layers of discretion and protracted delays. A good starting point is a thorough explanation of a case by an experienced immigration law firm, which is a crucial step. A U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident intendi...
LONG before the passage of the tough Immigration Law in Arizona, Congress has already passed a law in 1995 which would allow designated officers (including local and state police officers) to arrest and detain illegal immigrants in the country. This is found in Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The law authorizes the secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, permitting designated officers to ...
A FRANTIC phone call from a Filipino parent was received by our office seeking assistance on how her son may be released from police custody in Arizona. According to the caller, her son was expected to come home from work but was instead incarcerated by police authorities in Arizona. One can easily conclude that the arrest was part of Arizona's enforcement of its controversial immigration law. One day before its actual date of effectivity, Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court ordered the ...
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