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• Ever-moving Target: USCIS Issues Memo Regarding Some Provisions of AC21 Including Portability ( September 2005 )
  Lori Dawson Melton of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  The USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Service) has just issued a new memorandum regarding certain provisions of AC21 (The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act). AC21 provided H-1B extensions beyond six years and portability for H-1B and adjustment of status applicants among other provisions. This new memo provides answers to several questions employers and their foreign national employees have struggled with since AC21 was passed in 2000.

• U.S. Immigration Service Implements New Entry-Exit Procedures ( January 2004 )
  Richard M. Rawson and James M. Mei of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

  A new technology program that records the entry and exit of nonimmigrant visa holders visiting the United States went into effect earlier this month at many U.S. ports of entry. The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US VISIT) program is designed to track the amount of time nonimmigrant visa holders spend in the United States and to alert the government of those who remain beyond the expiration of their authorized stay.

• Permanent Residency (Immigrant) Visas ( January 1999 )
  Gregory  Siskind of Siskind & Susser

  Permanent residency or immigrant visas are granted to foreign nationals who have the intent to permanently reside in the US. These foreign nationals may be called legal or lawful permanent residents, and green card holders. Green cards are the identification cards received by the foreign nationals and while today they are pink, the first cards were green and the name stuck.

• Temporary (Nonimmigrant) Visas ( January 1999 )
  Gregory  Siskind of Siskind & Susser

  Temporary or nonimmigrant visas are given to foreign nationals who enter the US with permission and with what is called “nonimmigrant intent”, meaning that the person does not intend to stay in the US permanently.

• The ABC's of Immigration ( January 2001 )
  Gregory  Siskind of Siskind & Susser

  In October, President Clinton signed the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21). This law raises the annual H-1B visa cap to 195,000 for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003. After 2003, barring future legislation on the annual cap, it will revert to 65,000.

• INS Eliminates the Need for Certain H-1 and L-1 Adjustment Applicants (and Derivative Family Members) to Obtain Advance Parole Before Traveling Outside the United States ( June 2000 )
  Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

  This alert reviews the INS interim rule that allows H-1 and L-1 adjustment applicants and their family members who are maintaining their valid nonimmigrant status to travel outside the United States without obtaining "advance parole" before their departure.

• Frequently Asked Immigration Questions ( July 2000 )
  Law Offices of Irani & Wise, PLC

  1. Can my attorney's office call the INS Service Center regarding my case? Can my attorney get the INS to expedite.

• Nonimmigrant Visas ( July 2000 )
  Law Offices of Irani & Wise, PLC

  THE H-1B NONIMMIGRANT VISA SPECIALTY OCCUPATION WORKERS The popular H-1B visa is an employer-specifi.

• Temporary Work Visas Explained ( July 2000 )
  Law Offices of Irani & Wise, PLC

  There are primarily three broad categories, or classifications, under which foreign-born persons can be legally pr.

• Cooley Alert: INS Eliminates the Need for Certain H-1 and L-1 Adjustment Applicants (and Derivative Family Members) to Obtain Advance Parole Before Traveling Outside the United States ( August 1999 )
  Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

  The INS has issued an interim rule that allows green card applicants and their family members who are maintaining their valid nonimmigrant status to travel outside the United States without obtaining advance parole before leaving for their trip.