Immigration Blog
Posted on Apr 12, 2013
Immigration reform continues to be a hot-topic, especially for industries who regularly employ guest, or undocumented, workers in order to fulfill their work load and meet production demands. One of ...
Continue reading "Ohio Farmers Lobby for Short- and Long-Term Immigration Resolution for AG Workers" »
Posted on Apr 3, 2013
For many years, immigration policy has heavily focused on families who wish to immigrate to the United States, over those individuals seeking to obtain green cards for economic or job criteria. With ...
Continue reading "New Senate Immigration Bill Could Seriously Limit Green Cards for Extended Family Members" »
Posted on Mar 1, 2013
Due to the recently established Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program enacted last year, about 150,000 young people are now legally allowed to stay in the US. The program allows children who ...
Continue reading "Ohio Denies Driver's Licenses to Some Immigrants" »
Posted on Feb 18, 2013
One of the propositions for immigration reform comes from a group of bipartisan senators, and includes what is termed a flexible guest-worker program. The proposals were unveiled in January, and there ...
Continue reading "Immigration Reform: What the Future Could Hold" »
Posted on Feb 11, 2013
There are two options in gaining asylum in the USA. These are called the "affirmative process" and the "defensive process." The affirmative process requires that you are physically ...
Continue reading "Asylum: Who Can Seek Asylum in the USA?" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2013
Citizenship is defined as the status of being a citizen, and along with such status comes the rights and duties of being a citizen. In general, citizenship is based on one or more of the following ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2013
December 22, 2012 ( NPR ) – In 2011, the city of Dayton launched Welcome Dayton, a planned strategy that was created to ease immigrants into American life. The City Manager Tim Riordan says the ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2013
En el 4 de marzo de 2013 empieza una regla del procesamiento de dispensas. Esta nueva regla afectará las personas que han acumulado presencia ilegal en los EEUU y son familiares inmediatos de ...
Continue reading "Usted ha entrado los Estados Unidos sin visa? El proceso nuevo de visa podría ser una opción para usted!" »
Posted on Jan 3, 2013
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On March 4, 2013 a waiver processing rule goes into effect. This new rule will affect those that have accumulated unlawful presence in the US and are immediate relatives of US citizens. The new rule ...
Continue reading "Have you entered US without a Visa? New Waiver Process may be for you!" »
Posted on Dec 31, 2012
There are several conditions that must be met in order to use the (H-1B) status (visa) in the United States. The H-1B is available for use for individuals employed in one of the follow employment ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2012
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CIS extended the time to January 29, 2013 for Haitians to re-register. Haitians in the US that were previously approved for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and want to extend their TPS that status ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2012
Submission of Applications for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility and Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission to the U.S. After Deportation or Removal. Recently, US Citizenship & ...
Continue reading "Instructions for Submission of Waivers from Abroad" »
Posted on Dec 21, 2012
Robert Brown LLC congratulates our Attorneys Rishi Oza and Alex Cuic and Robert Brown Attorneys Rishi Oza and Alexander Cuic again have been selected for for their work as attorneys for inclusion as ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2012
When you are faced with a difficult immigration situation, you need a seasoned and compassionate legal professional to come alongside you. As an immigrant, you may not be fully acquainted with the ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2012
The new fee is being imposed so USCIS can recover the costs of processing immigrant visas after individuals receive their visa packages from the Department of State abroad. Beginning Feb. 1, 2013, an ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2012
A Breveard County, Florida restaurant owner of the Siam Orchid Thai-Japaneses restaurant in Cocoa Beach is among a goup of peopel facing federal indictment alleging they oeprated a scheme to buy fake ...
Continue reading "Restaurant Owner Nabbed in Green Card Sting in Brevard County Florida" »
Posted on Dec 10, 2012
As has been clear from the growing chorus of debate surrounding what is widely-expected to be one of the first issues taken up by the newly elected 113th Congress, comprehensive immigration reform is ...
Continue reading "What Should Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like?" »
Posted on Dec 10, 2012
Most applications for student status either J or F must be filed abroad outside the United States. However, in some situations a person may file for change of status while in United States. If you are ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2012
The CIS regulations provide special provisions where a new parent, subsidiary, branch, or affiliate offices opened in United States and the employer wants to employ a manager or executive but does not ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2012
The Orlando CIS Office has limited INFOPASS apointments since october 1, 2012 because they have several officers attending basic training. Since the Orlando office has limited staff the wait time to ...
Continue reading "INFOPASS Issues at Orlando CIS" »
Posted on Dec 7, 2012
The Supreme Court announced today it would hear 2 cases that challenge state and federal laws which limit a marriage to be a union between a man and a woman only. One case stemming from California is ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2012
According to a memorandum from DHS prosecutorial discretion may apply to "Certain Family Relationships” Gary Mead, October 5, 2012. This memorandum specified that relationships of the same ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2012
Robert Brown LLC is pleased to announce our new web sites are up and running. If you would like a link to our websites for your use or to share with a friend relative co-worker or anyone they are: ...
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Posted on Nov 27, 2012
When a petitioning family member dies before a relative completes immigration processing, a grieving family is left not only to accept the personal loss but also to address their undefined immigration ...
Continue reading "Expansion of Surviving Immigrant Beneficiaries Recommended" »
Posted on Nov 23, 2012
Medicare of health coverage has four different parts. US citizens are in most instances are enrolled in Part A and Part B of Medicare automatically at the age of 65. If they have paid Medicare tax, ...
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