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Leaked USCIS Memo - great news for H4 Visa holders

This internal USCIS memo leaked a few days ago and got everyone talking. The memo clearly shows USCIS taking dramatic measures to ease immigration waiting lines and policies WITHOUT CIR - or legislative change. They are trying to do things that they can, internally, that are within their power, to effect positive change. This is [...]

August free consultations have started..

Only three spots this month. First one goes to Shravan. If you’d like one,  please read the terms and post a comment on this page - FREE 15-MINUTE IMMIGRATION CONSULTATION
I could have used one with my little issue last week in the previous post…

Joe Legal vs Jose Illegal

This blog is about LEGAL immigrants and the challenges they face. But our close cousins - illegal immigrants have challenges, that many believe are even harder. But the debate about immigration reform is almost entirely about them, and it’s heating up. I don’t carry very many opinions on illegal immigration, because, honestly, I am not [...]

Free 15-Minute Consultations - it’s working!!

I wrote a post a couple of days ago about Free 15-minute consultations with top immigration attorneys. At that point, I wasn’t if such a service would be useful. I thought it would, but then who knew, right?
Well, thanks for all that took us up on the offer. Three spots for July are already taken. [...]

3-5 month advance for EB-2 China and India in August 2010 bulletin

Thanks to Alpa for reporting this interesting news to us from reputed immigration law site shusterman.com. We’ll see whether their prediction turns out to be true or if this was just a rumor. If this is true, EB-2 India cutoff date will extend into 2006! That’s quite an advance and was unexpected to happen until [...]

Obama CIR Speech - Listen carefully

I don’t really trust that he’s going to actually get CIR done in 2010. No chance in my opinion. But I do think it shows that Mexican Leaders and the Hispanic Caucus is putting pressure on him to address it. We’re watching, Mr. Obama.
Continue to write to your congressmen - write every week if needed. [...]

Setback for CIR due to Gulf Oil Spill

Obama says Energy Bill is priority this summer.
Not good for CIR. My heart goes out to those affected by the oil spill, but also to the ~15 million immigrants (3-4 million legal) whose lives are affected every day that the CIR is pushed back further.
July 2010 builletin brought some good news regarding date moves. Check [...]

The Time Has Come to Act - CIR can pass in 2010

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Several reliable immigration sites and blogs, including one of my favorites, the immigration-law.com breaking news, had [...]

Obama is pro CIR but flip flops on timeline

Obama sounds like a hardened politician. The remark about wanting to BEGIN the CIR in 2010 means he obviously doesn’t want to pass it this year before the elections in November. He wants to do it next year and that can be a disaster if the Democrats don’t continue to keep a significant majority at [...]

What the heck is STEM

The recent draft CIR bill that the Senate Democrats introduced includes some VERY VERY helpful clauses for STEM graduates from US Universities. I wrote about that last week and someone asked me - what the heck is STEM.
It’s simply Science Technology Engineering Math. These are the areas where US has shown a demonstrated shortage of [...]