Carl ShustermanJUNE 2015 VISA BULLETIN: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLYThe June 2015 Visa Bulletin contains a bit of good news for persons in certain employment-based (EB) categories. However, for others, like…Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanEADS FOR H-4 SPOUSES1. Which H-4 spouses are eligible for EADs?Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanH-1B CAP: CONGRESS NEEDS TO DO ITS JOBDuring the first week of April, the USCIS received 233,000 H-1B petitions from companies in the US seeking to employ foreign-born…Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanMilitary Expands Program which Expedites US CitizenshipRecently, the Defense Department greatly expanded a program which allows certain persons holding temporary visas to bypass the green card…Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanH-1B LOTTERY ODDS ARE LESS THAN 50% APPLY FOR AN EB GREEN CARD NOW!In 2014, when over 172,000 petitions were filed for 85,000 visas, immigration lawyers had the following advice for the H-1B lottery losers:Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanI-SQUARED BILL: MORE H-1B VISAS & GREEN CARDSOn January 13, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Immigration Innovation (“I-Squared”) Act of 2015.Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanEB-3 CATEGORY GREAT NEWS IN FEBRUARY VISA BULLETINFantastic news for those in the EB-3 category in the February 2015 Visa Bulletin!Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanWILL THE H-1B CAP BE RAISED THIS YEAR?A bipartisan group of Senators lead by Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is trying to pass a bill which would raise the H-1B cap from 85,000 to 135,000…Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanObama’s New Immigration PolicyNevertheless, for 4–5 million persons, most of them undocumented, there is considerable good news.Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015
Carl ShustermanSUPREME COURT AND CONSULAR NON-REVIEWABILITY: KERRY V. DINWhen our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and established the doctrine of separation of powers, they did not…Jul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015