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Lincoln, the Lawyer

Posted on February 02, 2009
Not much is known about Lincoln as a lawyer. But in fact, he was a busy lawyer. He, with his partners handled at least 5173 cases. He was both a trial and appellate lawyer, though he was probably a better appellate lawyer than a trial lawyer. In his notes for a Lecture on Law, Lincoln: 1...

Ivan Fong named CIS General Counsel

Posted on January 30, 2009
President Obama has named Mr. Ivan J Fong as the General Counsel of USCIS. Mr. Fong has the typical successful Asian resume----He has a Bachelor and Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from MIT, was a fullbright Scholar at Oxford and a JD from Stanford...

Our Patchwork Heritage

Posted on January 20, 2009
This is a very personal blog about what Barak's speech means to me. I came into this country in 1985, as a brown woman, one of those persons Barak referred to in his inauguration speech as the one who picked up their belongings and came to this country for "us", my children...

Driver's License Fiasco in Texas

Posted on January 15, 2009
Texas, in its bid to heighten security, implemented new rules regarding producing documents when renewing or applying for a new driver's license since October 01, 2008. The Texas Department of Public Safety rationalized that since Driver's License is the primary form of ID, they would check out immigration documents before they issued driver's license...

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Scam E Mail targeted towards Immigrants

Posted on January 15, 2009
There is a scam e-mail making the move which asks immigrants to complete a fraudulent ?IRS Request for Recertification of Foreign Status? The form contains all information that could be used for identity theft. On their web site:http://www.irs.gov/privacy/article/0,,id=179820,00...

Deportees do not have Constitutional right to a Lawyer

Posted on January 08, 2009
The Bush Government has been trying to erode all constitutional rights for eight long years. In a final blow, Attorney General Mukasey, overruled long standing precedence and ruled that Aliens do not have a right to a lawyer. I can perfectly understand that the Government does not want to pay for counsel for people in deportation proceedings...

2008, the year it was

Posted on December 31, 2008
I wanted to recap all the immigration issues in 2008, but could not come up with anything uplifting. Maybe 2008 is ending with a whimper, but I'm not in the mood to write doom and gloom. There's plenty of that out there. So I'm just going to write an immigrant story...

TOP TEN TURKEY DECISIONS BY DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Posted on November 27, 2008
Today on Thanksgiving I'd like to make a list of the top ten turkey decisions by the Bush created Department of Homeland Security:10. The decision to raise CIS filing fees: The extra money just goes to waste, and does not create a dent in the economy...

Is Work Criminal?

Posted on November 21, 2008
The Bush Government is solidly anti work when it comes to immigration. Yes, I admit that a worker must have the legal right to work. But employers know this too, and they would not take in immigrants if they found immigrants and United States Citizens ready to work...

When the Government Tries to fix things

Posted on November 14, 2008
There is only one fixed law of Governments: When Government tries to fix things it ALWAYS fails. It will therefore fail in the whole bail out mess, no matter who is the President. So last Friday DOL tried to fix its computer system, which was working OK, it messed things up...

My Last Sarah Palin Blog

Posted on November 06, 2008
Ok, this is my last Sarah Palin blog. I know, you are thinking not again, but you need to understand that Sarah Palin's exit from the National Life is a calamity for unseasoned comics. Lets just pretend that Sarah Palin runs for President in 2016, campaigns in towels, (like she did for her campaign staff) and that all heterosexual males just gets mesmerized, and vote for her...

Our First Black President

Posted on November 05, 2008
I have never been so proud to be an American as today. During the 80s and 90s, raising kids in a predominantly white neighborhood of Tanglewood, and in River Oaks Baptist School in Houston, we had endured intense discrimination. Kids told my children that their parents told them not to be friends with them because they were not white...

EAD Card Delays

Posted on October 29, 2008
You had filed your Adjustment of Status Application (I-485) during the July-August 2007 rush. Now you need to renew your EAD card. It has been 90 days since you filed the I-765. (You can file this form 90 days before it expires). But you have heard nothing from the CIS...

USD going up with the Indian Rs

Posted on October 27, 2008
NEW DELHI -- Effective Friday, October 24, 2008, all United States Consular Sections in India will adjust the consular exchange rate from Rs. 50 to the dollar to Rs. 54 to the dollar.This rate change is effective for all rupee-denominated costs of applying for visas and passports, including the nonimmigrant visa application fee paid at HDFC bank branches prior to the scheduling of visa appointments...

VOTING and IMMIGRANTS

Posted on October 24, 2008
Record number of new naturalized citizens will vote this year. The democratic congress made sure that as many people as possible got through the immigration process as possible before the voter registration deadline. Since IKE struck Houston the scheduled Naturalized ceremony was postponed...

The word 'Immigration" in the debate

Posted on October 16, 2008
In all the three debates, the word Immigration was just mentioned once. Last night, Mr. McCain accused of Mr. Obama of misrepresenting McCain's stance on immigration in the ads. What is McCain's stand on immigration? I don't know. Yes, he proposed the McCain Kennedy bill, which was an excellent and fair solution to the problem...

Texas Driver's License for Non Immigrants

Posted on October 15, 2008
Beginning October 01, the State of Texas will issue driver's license or ID cards to non immigrants whose status is valid for more than 6 months. The cards will be marked as temporary visitor. Persons not legally present will not be given driver's license or ID cards...

Sarah Palin and the Nod Nod Wink Wink Diplomacy

Posted on October 03, 2008
For the past few weeks Gov. Sarah Palin was grounded in one of McCain's numerous McMansions, and given a crash course in Maverickism for 14 hours a day. And the result showed in last night's debate. Gov Palin knew who the President of Iran was, and could pronounce "Ahmadinejad" perfectly...

Houston District Office-Hurricane IKE

Posted on October 01, 2008
Houston is such a well built city, that Hurricane IKE did not do much damage to it. Almost all the traffic lights are back up and the power came back, even for me. Of course many residences and businesses had water logging, etc, but all private businesses had to work...

HURRICANE IKE

Posted on September 24, 2008
Due to Hurricane Ike, the Houston District Office will remain closed indefinitely due to water damage from Hurricane IKE. This includes the site for Naturalization and Info Pass Appointments-126 North Point Drive and the place for Permanent Residency Interviews: 16504 Central Green Boulevard Only two fingerprinting sites: the one on 290 and the one on Bissonnet The one on I-45 South remains closed...

New Naturalization Test

Posted on September 22, 2008
The New Naturalization test is here. If you have your interview before October 01, 2008, you will be administered the OLD test. If you file your case before October 01, 2008, you can choose between the old test and the new test. (That is if your interview is before October 01, 2009) If you file after October 01, 2008, you will take the new test...

Marriage Based Interview

Posted on September 12, 2008
How to ACE a marriage based Interview at CISDO-Dress professionally. As in any interview, the interviewer forms an initial impression, which if negative is hard to shake. The clothes do not have to be expensive But have proper respect by wearing clothes that cover...

Immigration and Sarah Palin

Posted on September 05, 2008
The legal stuff first: This blog is not true. Actually I dont think Governor Palin even knows what immigration means. This is just what I think, hopefully a blog whose value is only in its humor.So, lets say, John McCain gets to be President, and then just dies of whatever carcinoma he has...

H-1B Denials in Consulates

Posted on August 29, 2008
The Consulates in several posts just does not understand Immigration Law., especially the H-1B law. As it is, only 65,000 slots are opened every year, and over 100,000 applications are filed. So the lucky few who get in and get approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has to go to the Consulates...

Please leave this country, Please?

Posted on August 16, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security is really out of touch with reality. In a Program called Operations Scheduled Departure, they are asking illegal immigrants who already have their final order of deportation to surrender and depart the United States...

Terminating an H-1B Employee

Posted on August 14, 2008
With the declining US Economy, many employers are laying off employees, and some of them are H-1B employees. However, unlike ordinary employees, the Employer is supposed to take certain measures, while terminating an H-1B employee.1. NOTIFY THE EMPLOYEE: The employer is supposed to pay the H-1B employee the amount promised under the LCA...

Whats wrong with US Immigration

Posted on August 01, 2008
If its not that we are probably the only country that do not have a workable immigration policy, that the nation is totally polarized about immigration topics, now we learn that the appointment of Immigration Judges were also polarized during the Bush Government...

LCA, DOL and H-1B

Posted on July 25, 2008
A precondition to filing an H-1B petition is that the Employer files a Labor Condition Application (LCA) to the Department of Labor (DOL) attesting thatthey will pay the alien the prevailing wage during the period of the employment andthat they are not adversely affecting other workers by hiring,or not replacing striking or laid off US workers with the H-1B non immigrantThe Employer is supposed to:Display a copy of the LCA for 10 days in the business premisesKeep the LCA in a file for public access for 3 yearsProvide a copy of the LCA to the H-1B employeeThis condition has to be met during the entire term of the employees work until the termination of employment...

Bills for Employment Based Immigration

Posted on July 21, 2008
The United States have a fixed quota as to how many immigrants they can let in from a particular country. Some countries like China and India has a large pool of qualified immigrants who can come to the US and fill professional positions, and thereby improve the US economy...

The Reality of Immigration

Posted on July 17, 2008
According to a recent posting by the American Immigration Lawyer's Association, illegal immigrants comprise of about 5 % of the US workforce and contribute about $520 billion to the Social Security System, an amount that they wont ever get back. Even at the State level, these "undocumented immigrants still pay more in taxes than they use in public services...

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