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Beta-testing VIBE

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

USCIS announcement that the agency is beta-testing the web-based Validation Instrument for Business Enterprises (VIBE), and petitioners may begin seeing VIBE-related Requests for Evidence.

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Guidance on the implementation of increased fees

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

USCIS 1/18/11 policy memo providing guidance on the implementation of increased fees for certain H-1B and L-1 petitions under Public Law 111-230.

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H-1B Cap

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

USCIS announces  that  it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year 2011 since the filing window opened on April 1 last year.

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H-1B Cap for FY2011

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

USCIS announces  that  it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year 2011 since the filing window opened on April 1 last year.

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Requests to expedite adjudication of Form I-601

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

USCIS draft memorandum on requests to expedite adjudication of Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, filed by individuals outside the U.S.

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Decision on Review of Sua Sponte Reopening

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

The court held that the Supreme Court decision, Kucana v. Holder, did not change the court’s holding in Ekimian v. INS that there is no sufficiently meaningful standard to allow court review of sua sponte reopening. (Mejia-Hernandez v. Holder, 1/27/11)

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New York Penal Law §263.05

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

The court held that New York Penal Law §263.05, use of a child in a sexual performance, is not divisible, and any conviction under it is categorically an aggravated felony offense involving sexual abuse of a minor offense. (Oouch v. Holder, 1/28/11)

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How Petitioner violated Cal. Health & Safety Code §11352(a)?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

The court remanded, finding the record inconclusive as to how Petitioner violated Cal. Health & Safety Code §11352(a), and that the BIA erred in concluding he had been convicted of an aggravated felony trafficking offense. (Young v. Holder, 1/28/11)

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Denial of Indonesian Asylum Claim

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

The court found that the harm suffered by Petitioner did not rise to the level of persecution and that her returns to Indonesia, and the presence of family in Indonesia without further violence, undercut her fear of future persecution. (Ritonga v. Holder, 1/28/11)

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Denial of Unsigned ETA 9089

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney

BALCA affirmed the CO’s denial and rejected the employer’s argument that he was forced to submit the application without the alien’s signature because the alien currently works in a rural region of Kosovo with limited mail service. (Matter of Café Italiano, 1/27/11)

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