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If you’re like many people, you’re interested in the H-1B visa – a nonimmigrant visa that lets people work in specialty occupations or perform services of exceptional merit and ability to the U.S. Department of Defense. This guide explains applying for the H-1B visa, the electronic registration process, and everything else you need to know if you’re interested in working in a specialty occupation, working on research and development projects with the Department of Defense,…
When someone is applying to become a permanent resident, the person must establish that they are “admissible” as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act Section 212 (INA Section 212). For INA Section 212 purposes, admissible means legally eligible to be “admitted” to the US, such as on a visa. It also means eligible to become a permanent resident. Medical Requirements to Become a U.S. Permanent Resident One of the subsections of INA Section 212…
Cuando alguien solicita convertirse en residente permanente, la persona debe establecer que es “admisible” según se define en la Sección 212 de la Ley de Inmigración y Nacionalidad (Sección 212 de INA). Para los propósitos de la Sección 212 de INA, admisible significa legalmente elegible para ser “admitido” en los EE. UU., como con una visa. También significa elegible para convertirse en residente permanente. Requisitos médicos para convertirse en residente permanente en EE. UU. Una…
Hemos visto las recientes noticias horribles y desgarradoras y las imágenes de refugiados desesperados que huyen de los talibanes en Afganistán. Esta escena dolorosa y angustiosa se amplifica porque los familiares de ciudadanos estadounidenses y residentes permanentes legales, algunos actualmente en el pantano del proceso de inmigración estadounidense, permanecen en Afganistán hoy. Lamentablemente, el sistema de inmigración de Estados Unidos no ha logrado proteger a las familias de nuestros vecinos afganos, pero hay esperanza. El…
We have watched the recent horrific and heart-wrenching news and images of desperate refugees fleeing from the Taliban in Afghanistan. This painful and distressing scene is amplified because family members of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, some currently in the morass of the U.S. immigration process, remain in Afghanistan today. Regrettably, the U.S. immigration system has failed to protect the families of our Afghani neighbors, but there is hope. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services periodically adjusts its application fees. Often, fee changes take place at the beginning of the next fiscal year, which begins in October. However, that’s not always the case. Because these fees are subject to change, it’s best to check with the USCIS website to determine the current filing fees for any petition you want to file. Your Dallas immigration attorney can also help you determine the fees for…
Recientemente, USCIS anunció un cambio importante en la política relacionada con las solicitudes para cambiar el estatus de cualquier otro estatus migratorio al estatus de estudiante F-1. El cambio de estatus es un proceso técnico administrado por la agencia de Servicios de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de los EE. UU. Del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional en el cual una persona que llegó a los EE. UU. con una visa para un cierto estatus migratorio busca cambiar…
After 9 years of having the DACA program in place, a federal judge has chosen now as the right time to determine that when it was put in place 2 presidents ago, the rules were not properly followed in starting the program. Frankly, it’s inexplicable. If this were an issue, it should have come up at the time it was instituted, not now. That being said, it is what it is at this point, and…
Después de 9 años de tener el programa DACA en su lugar, un juez federal ha elegido ahora como el momento adecuado para determinar que cuando se puso en marcha hace 2 presidentes, las reglas no se siguieron correctamente al iniciar el programa. Francamente, es inexplicable. Si esto fuera un problema, debería haber surgido en el momento en que se instituyó, no ahora. Dicho esto, es lo que es en este momento, y debemos considerar…
Recently, USCIS announced a major change in policy related to applications to change status from any other immigration status to F-1 student status. Change of status is a technical process managed by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services agency of the Department of Homeland Security in which a person who came into the US on a visa for a certain immigration status seeks to change that status to another nonimmigrant status. One example of a…