Monthly Archives: January 2008

New filing procedure for “cap exempt” H-1B petitions

I can only salute USCIS for its decision to set up a special filing location at the California Service Center; sometimes, no matter how you flag an application, the folks in the mail room miss the fact that the application has been properly filed.

For Direct Mail:
U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
California Service Center
ATTN: CAP EXEMPT […]

Declarações em apoio de um estrangeiro detido que procura fiança.

28 U.S.C. § 1746 oferece um formato que pode ser utilizado, entre outras coisas, na preparação de declarações em apoio a um estrangeiro detido que procura fiança. Uma declaração deve incluir:
O nome da pessoa que escreve a declaração; sua data e lugar de nascimento; cidadania; e se é residente permanente dos Estados Unidos deve […]

If it looks too good to be true…

…run:
Prosecutors said Cucciniello, who has a history of convictions for similar schemes, took about $560,000 from about 60 immigrants in Boston, New York and Greater New Haven. Most were Irish, but others came from Ecuador, Eastern Europe, Italy and Britain.
. . .
Cucciniello, who claimed to be a lawyer at a Yale Law School immigration clinic, […]

How to get a replacement I-94

In many cases, an immigrant who has been in the US for many years after overstaying a visa may have lost his I-94 card, or his passport with the entry stamp.  If he then seeks to adjust status, he needs proof of admission and inspection, which the I-94 provides. If your I-94 has been lost, […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Q&A on I-94

Beyond being a problem for people who seek to change or adjust status, the lost I-94 can cause headaches for people who leave the US: from CBP’s website –

 If you returned home with your Department of Homeland Security Form I-94 (white) or Form I-94W (green) Departure Record in your passport, it means that your departure was […]

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District court grants mandamus relief to green card applicant

From today’s edition of Bender’s Immigration Bulletin… the United States District Court in the Western District of Washington granted mandamus to an applicant for permanent residence after a wait of over three years on his FBI name check. Now, USCIS has 60 days to grant adjustment of status or show why he shouldn’t receive his […]

Irish Immigration Center awards

Along with eight other Boston-area immigration attorneys, I was recently honored by the Irish Immigration Center for Pro Bono service at the Solas Awards Dinner at the Westin Copley. Though I count many of the honorees as my friends, the most humbling aspect for me was the opportunity to share the stage with Eoin […]

How do I get a tourist visa?

Many times, getting the B-1/B-2 Tourist Visa from a US consulate can be an intimidating process. You pay the fee, fill out the forms, and go to the consulate, and wait, and after all your work, the consular officer decides in a few minutes or less whether or not to grant the visa.
A few things […]

USCIS processing delays

Emilio Gonzalez recently testified before Congress about the heavy backlogs in adjudication of naturalization applications… briefly, because of the the heavy fee increase last July, many more people than usual sent in applications for permanent residence and N-400 (citizenship) applications so they could pay the lower fee - leading to projected wait times of, on […]

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