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Every year, American universities graduate thousands of bright, eager, and hard working foreign students. These students usually graduate with Masters Degrees or Ph D’s in the Sciences or Management. Upon graduation, some students choose to return to their homeland. Others however, desire to remain in the United States and seek employment in this country. American [...]
May
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Filing the Labor Certification Application
May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The labor certification is the second stage in obtaining permission for an alien to permanently live and work in the U.S.A. It usually follows the H-Visa stage. The Labor Certification Application process is a complicated one, and it is highly recommended that legal counsel be retained to represent the employer or the alien in the [...]
May
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The Long and Winding Road…to Labor Certification
May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
To those of you who have watched with dismay as labor certification cases get backlogged both at the local state office and at the federal regional department of labor offices throughout the country, take note: you are not alone, and, it’s not going to get any better. Labor certification seems to have ground to a [...]
May
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Special Registration is a requirement imposed by the Attorney General of the United States. Only non-immigrant MALES above 16 years of age from certain countries must register with the INS by specified dates. The technical name for the special registration program is “NSEERS” for “National Security Entry Exit Registration System.”
WHO MUST [...]
May
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In other immigration developments stemming from the September 11th tragedies, there is much to report.
Foremost in the headlines has been the congressional plan to restructure the INS. While the INS has been restructured many times, the current proposal appears to be the most sweeping thus far. Congress proposes to break up [...]
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