February 2012 Visa Bulletin released!
The long awaited February 2012 visa bulletin was released today. Our usual commentary will follow shortly. Stay tuned!
Author: Tahmina Watson
USCIS Announces Its Intent to Implement Stateside Processing of Unlawful Presence Waivers
Copied from AILA Advance copy of the USCIS notice of intent to consider regulatory changes that would allow certain immediate relatives to request unlawful presence waivers under section 212(1)(9)(B)(v) of[…]
USCIS to Propose Changing the Process for Certain Waivers
The USCIS made the below announcement today (text copied from USCIS), which is really BIG news. However, it is not clear when the new procedure will go into effect. We[…]
Immigration in 2011- That’s a wrap! Immigration hopes for 2012?
As we say good-bye to 2011, what have been the highlights in immigration law? Well, not a lot of good news. Alabama and some other parts of the country have[…]
Round-Up of Immigration Related Legislation (October- December 2011)
AILA posted this summary today. I am only interested in the investment and entrepreneur related bills (as many of you may know!). Still hoping that something happens in 2012 for[…]
WSJ discusses my favorite subject- The Start Up Act
The Wall Street Journal posted an article today about the various Start Up Acts pending in congress that will allow entrepreneurs to receive immigration benefits. This is a great summary[…]
AILA comments on H.R. 3012
Here is a link to the post from the AILA Leadership Blog. In case you can’t reach the link, the text is copied below: 21st Century America – or 18th Century Poland? 12/17/2011,[…]
Further obstacle in H.R. 3012
Further to our previous post on this H.R. 3012 Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, the following summary was issued from AILA this morning. “On 12/15/12, in order to release his[…]
Tahmina’s performance at Bangladesh Day 2009
For all our new readers from around the world, I thought I would upload this video from a couple of years ago. The event was held in Seattle, Washington, USA[…]
Senator Moran Introduces ‘Start Up Act’
Senator Moran introduced a bipartisan Start Up Act a few days ago. This bill appears to be slightly different from what was introduced by Senator Kerry and Senator Lugar in[…]