If you are active on the social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Bebo and applying for immigration benefits – read this!
Use of Social media in assessing Immigration applicants Earlier this year, thousands of people were surprised and even shocked at the announcement of a memorandum which gave the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate the green light to use unsubstantiated information obtained from ‘Social Networking Sites’ to make an evaluation of applicants for US…
Shah was my best decision this year. AAA+++
Shah was my best decision this year. AAA+++ The circumstances of my AOS case had some complications specifically involving my run in with law enforcement on a few occasions which can be very nasty from a immigration perspective. I had a corporate immigration firm that filed all my paperwork (Hint: Starts with F..) . Those…
AEI Report Finds Immigrants Increase Employment and Have Positive Fiscal Impact
Report by American Enterprise Institute and the Partnership for a New American Economy finding that immigrants with advanced degrees and temporary foreign workers, both skilled and less skilled, boost U.S. employment and economic growth. NAE_Im-AmerJobs
DOJ Report Slams Sherriff Joe Arpaio and DHS Restricts 287(g) and Secure Communities Programs
For Immediate Release December 15, 2011 Washington D.C. – After a three-year investigation into the abusive practices of Sherriff Joe Arpaio’s Maricopa County Sherriff’s Office (MCSO), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that it had found a pattern and practice of civil rights abuses, including extreme cases of racial profiling. The enormity of the violations, the majority of…
Beware of Students Visa Scams -Virginia woman sentenced to 6 years in prison for student visa scam
This was published by Immigration Custom Enforcement, a part of Department of Homeland Security. As Shah Peerally Law Group PC has always advised, make sure that the people you are dealing with for a visa are licensed attorneys or government officials. It is sad that many will take advantage of immigrants who are ‘easy preys’….
HR 3012 on hold on the Senate Floor!
Information obtained from www.Aila.org On 11/29/11 the House passed H.R. 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by a vote of 389-15 with no additional amendments. The measure now moves on to the Senate for consideration. On 11/30/11 Senator Grassley (R-IA) made the following statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate: Mr. President, I rise to inform my…
