Browsing Month June, 2010
ICE Immigration Enforcement & Compliance with U.S. Immigration Law
By Immigration Resource at June 30, 2010 | 8:39 am | 0 Comment
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a department within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for a broad-range of civil enforcement of U.S. immigration law such as the apprehension, detention and/or removal of non-U.S. citizens or foreign nationals. Given its finite resources, scope of enforcement actions, and the enormous immigration more...
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U.S. Citizen Pled Guilty to Marriage Fraud & Sponsored Wife is Now a Fugitive
By Immigration Resource at June 25, 2010 | 4:15 am | 0 Comment
As a result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on June 22, 2010, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen pled guilty to marriage fraud in that he entered into a phony marriage with a Cambodian national for the purposes of assisting her to evade U.S. immigration law and to obtain U.S. permanent residency. In exchange for entering into more...
U.S. Consulates in China are Opening on Saturdays for Several Weeks!
By Immigration Resource at June 23, 2010 | 12:25 am | 0 Comment
Business and tourism between China and the United States have grown dramatically (especially in 2010) and they are expected to continue growing, over the years. As a result, the U.S. consulates across China have also seen a corresponding rise in visa applicants and wait times for visa appointments. In 2009, 66% of the visas issued by the U.S. consulates in China were more...
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Improvements in I-601 Waivers May Be Soon: Standards for Extreme Hardships, Concurrent Filings With I-130 Alien Relative Immigrant Petition, Adjudication, Processing Time!
By Immigration Resource at June 15, 2010 | 7:57 am | 1 Comments
On June 10, 2010, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman has made formal recommendations to the USCIS to enhance its efficiency in processing applications for I-601 waivers of inadmissibility. USCIS Ombudsman is an independent agency of the Homeland Security to assist individuals and employers in resolving, and identifying areas of, problems more...
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Immigration Filing Fees are Expected to Rise by the End of 2010 or Beginning of 2011
By Immigration Resource at June 11, 2010 | 9:56 am | 0 Comment
On June 9, 2010, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has proposed a new fee rule to increase (weighted average of about 10%) the immigration filing fees as a result of projected revenue shortfall of approximately $200 million in Fiscal Year of 2010 (projected costs of $2.3 billions with a $2.1 billions in projected revenue). The more...
ICE Arrests: Targeting Immigration Fugitives and Foreign Nationals Arrested or Convicted of Certain Crime (Foreign Nationals & Green Card Holders Take Note!)
By Immigration Resource at June 4, 2010 | 9:27 am | 0 Comment
Foreign Nationals or non-U.S. citizens (including green card holders) with criminal histories, removal/deportation orders, immigration hearings or notice to appear at immigration hearings should have their immigration options thoroughly analyzed and represented.From May 10 to May 4 of 2010, and from May 24 to 28 of 2010, the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement more...
Rising Demand for Workforce, Foreign Nationals or Otherwise, As Oil Spill and Environmental Calamities Worsen in the Gulf of Mexico?
By Immigration Resource at June 2, 2010 | 12:55 pm | 0 Comment
With the spread of environmental calamities as a result of the severe and continuous oil leak caused by BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico of the United States, international cooperation and efforts from various experts which include, but are not limited to the scientific, environmental, and natural oil/gas communities are more...
