DOS press release announcing that in January 2012, U.S. Mission Brazil processed more than 86,000 visa applications, an increase of 60% over January 2011. Visa…
BALCA found that where the job title on the ETA 9089 (Business Dev. Specialist) was different from that listed in the ads (Business Dev. VP)…
On 2/24/12, AILA joined immigration advocacy organizations in sending initial comments for USCIS to consider as it develops the proposed rule to implement stateside processing…
DOS announcement that the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon and the U.S. Consulate General in Ponta Delgada will no longer process immigrant visas or diversity visa…
The court found that the appellant’s attorney failed to independently research the appellant’s derivative citizenship defense before advising him plead guilty to falsely claiming U.S.…
The court held that an IJ can find that a noncitizen filed a frivolous asylum application even when the noncitizen has withdrawn her application, but…
USCIS invitation to a 3/20/12 stakeholder meeting on terrorist-related inadmissibility grounds (TRIG), including updates and statistics regarding the TRIG workload and questions and issues from…
The court held that the notice requirements of the INA were satisfied by a combination of two notices, and that once sufficient notice is provided,…
CBP press release announcing amended operating hours for the dedicated NEXUS lane at the Alexandria Bay, NY port of entry. From 3/1/12, the new hours…
Press release from HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) says that there are reports of refugee families victimized by the recent telephone scam targeting Bhutanese…
DOS notice stating that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has designated the group Islamic Jihad Union as a ‘foreign terrorist organization’ pursuant to Section 219…
On 2/9/12, AILA joined immigrants’ rights organizations in requesting that DHS Secretary Napolitano make changes to implement an effective and fair prosecutorial discretion policy. https://www.uscis.gov/…