The Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration of the Department of State and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of the Department of Homeland Security co-hosted a background press briefing on June 3, 2010 on U.S. refugee and asylum-seeker resettlement programs.
Extend Your Stay by Immigration Attorney in Fresno
If you want to extend your stay in the United States, you must file a request with U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services . Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant
Status before your authorized stay expires. If you remain in the United States longer
than authorized, you may be barred from returning and/or you may be removed
(deported) from the United States. Check the date. Arrival-Departure Record, to
determine the date your authorized stay expires. We recommend that you apply to
extend your stay at least 45 days before your authorized stay expires.
You may apply to extend your stay if:
◆ You were lawfully admitted into the United States with a nonimmigrant visa
◆ Your nonimmigrant visa status remains valid
◆ You have not committed any crimes that make you ineligible for a visa
◆ You have not violated the conditions of your admission
◆ Your passport is valid and will remain valid for the duration of your stay
You may not apply to extend your stay if you were admitted to the United States in the
following categories:
◆ Visa Waiver Program
◆ Crew member (D nonimmigrant visa)
◆ In transit through the United States (C nonimmigrant visa)
◆ In transit through the United States without a visa (TWOV)
◆ Fiancé of a U.S. citizen or dependent of a fiancé (K nonimmigrant visa)
◆ Informant (and accompanying family) on terrorism or organized crime (S nonimmigrant
visa)
For information on how to apply, Please Contact:
Fresno Immigration Attorney Phillip Kim
(559) 761-9742
https://phillipkimlaw.com/
Citizenship and Integration Program by Immigration Attorney in Fresno
Fiscal year 2010 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program
Introduction
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today the availability of
two different grants designed to help prepare lawful permanent residents (LPRs) for
citizenship and advance integration in the United States. This year’s program will
make nearly $7 million available for citizenship education in communities across the
country.
Citizenship and Integration Direct Services Grant Program
This funding opportunity will focus on local programs currently promoting the rights
and responsibilities of citizenship through citizenship preparation programs for LPRs.
Proposed activities must include a citizenship education component consisting of
citizenship or civics-focused ESL instruction and citizenship instruction (U.S. history
and government) to prepare LPRs for the civics, and English reading, writing and
speaking components of the naturalization test.
In addition to the mandatory education component, grant funds may be used to
provide naturalization application preparation assistance, including legal services
(within the scope of authorized practice of immigration law) and case management
services to support the naturalization application and interview process. Grants will
be awarded to organizations proposing citizenship education services only, as well as
to organizations proposing both citizenship education services and naturalization
application preparation assistance. For More Information, Please Contact:
Fresno Immigration Attorney Phillip Kim
(559) 761-9742
https://phillipkimlaw.com/
NEW NATURALIZATION TEST by Immigration Attorney in Fresno
On October 1, 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin
administering a new naturalization test. The following guidelines will determine
whether you will take the old test or the new test. If you:
• Filed∗ the Application for Naturalization, BEFORE October 1, 2008,
and are scheduled for your naturalization interview BEFORE October 1, 2008, you will
take the old test.
• Filed* the Application for Naturalization, BEFORE October 1, 2008,
and are scheduled for your naturalization interview ON or AFTER October 1, 2008 up
until October 1, 2009, you can choose to take the old test or the new test.
• Filed* the Application for Naturalization, ON or AFTER October 1,
2008, you will take the new test.
• Are scheduled for your naturalization interview ON or AFTER October 1, 2009,
regardless of when you filed* the Application for Naturalization, you will
take the new test.
Changes to the New Naturalization Test
Changes to the new naturalization test include a revised list of 100 civics (history
and government) questions and answers; a new list of civics-based English reading
and writing vocabulary items; and standardized testing procedures for USCIS
Officers.
The 100 new civics (history and government) questions and answers are available to
the public. The content now follows a basic U.S. history and government curriculum.
For the civics test, an applicant will be asked up to 10 questions from the list of 100
civics questions and answers. Applicants must answer correctly at least six of the 10
questions to pass the civics test.
There are three components of the English test: speaking, reading, and writing. No
changes were made to the speaking portion of the English test. An applicant’s ability
to speak English is determined by the USCIS Officer from the applicant’s answers to
questions normally asked during the eligibility interview on the For More Information, Please Contact:
Fresno Immigration Attorney Phillip Kim
(559) 761-9742
https://phillipkimlaw.com/
Illegals just get a pass, you think?
A New York Times’ story reveals that immigration officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have begun preparations for issuing visas to 11-18 million illegal aliens who would be granted an amnesty if Congress is able to pass immigration reform legislation. “We are under way to prepare for that,” USCIS director Alejandro Mayorkas told the paper. Mayorkas also said that Obama has told the agency that amnesty would be part of an immigration reform bill, so the agency is trying t
There are many different ways to obtain a green card. This article summarizes the green card process in a nutshell. If you need more information on a particular way of getting a green card, please click on “sitemap” below.
If you would like to become a lawful permanent resident in the United States, you must file the following items with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:
Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
Biographic Data Sheet (Between the ages of 14 and 79)
Medical Examination Sheet (not required if you are applying based on continuous residence since before 1972, or if you have had a medical exam based on a fiancé visa)
Two color photos taken within 30 days (Please see USCIS Form I-485 for more instructions on photos.)
Affidavit of Support (completed by the sponsor). (This requirement may not apply to you if you are adjusting to permanent resident status based on an employment petition.)
In addition:
If you have already been approved for an immigrant petition , you must submit a copy of the approval notice sent to you by the USCIS.
If someone else is or has filed a petition for you that, if approved, will make an immigrant number immediately available to you, you must submit a copy of the completed petition that is being filed for you. Such applications include only immediate relative, special immigrant juvenile or special immigrant military petitions.
If you were admitted into the United States as a fiancé of a U.S. citizen and married that citizen within the required 90 days, you must submit a copy of the fiancé petition approval notice and a copy of your marriage certificate.
If you are an asylee or refugee, you must submit a copy of the letter or Form I-94 (Arrival-Departure Record) that shows the date you were granted asylum or refuge in the United States.
If your parent became a lawful permanent resident after you were born, you must submit evidence that your parent has been or will be granted permanent residence. You must also submit a copy of your birth certificate, and proof of your relationship with your parent.
For more information:
(559) 761-1040
If you would like to hire an attorney for reasonable and affordable fees, please call to speak DIRECTLY with an attorney:
Immigration Law Offices of Phillip Kim, Inc.
www.PhillipKimLaw.com
(559)761-1040
To find out the attorney’s legal FEES, go to:
www.PhillipKimLaw.com and click on “legal FEES”.
Attorney Phillip Kim represents his clients from the Central Valley, Southern California, and Northern California including Fresno County, Kings County, Kern County, Stanislaus County, Tulare County, Merced County, San Joaquin Valley County, Los Angeles County, and the San Francisco Bay area with cities such as Fresno, Clovis, Sanger, Merced, Tulare, Visalia, Modesto, Stockton, Hanford, Lemoore, San Jose, San Francisco, and San Diego.
Feds: OK to keep using old I-9 for now
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has extended the deadline on using the current Form I-9. USCIS has verified that the current version of the I-9 — dated February 2, 2009 — will remain valid beyond what was suppose to be its June 30, 2009, expiration date. USCIS is in the process of reviewing and releasing a new version of the I-9. Until the new form is released, employers must continue to use the current version of the form to confirm employees’ authorization to work in the Un
What you need to know about H-1B
Taken from: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services http://www.uscis.gov/h-1b_countWhat is a ‘Cap’?The word ‘cap’ used in this update refers to annual numerical limitations set by Congress oncertain nonimmigrant visa classifications, eg, H-1B and H-2B. Caps control the number of workersthat can be issued a visa in a given fiscal year to enter the United States, pursuant to a
Cancellation of Removal in Fresno California- Deporation Defense Lawyer Attorney
A discretionary benefit adjusting an alien’s status from that of deportable alien to one lawfully admitted for permanent residence. Application for cancellation of removal is made during the course of a hearing before an immigration judge. You might have a hearing scheduled in San Francisco or Los Angeles; however, your local lawyer from Fresno can help you. Contact an Immigration Deportation Defense Cancellation of Removal Attorney in Fresno today.
Immigration Benefits in EOIR Removal Proceedings
The information on this page only applies to individuals who are requesting, or who have been granted, relief from removal or protection while they are in removal proceedings in Immigration Court or before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). Immigration courts and the BIA are part of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) within the Department of Justice (DOJ). If eligible, individuals in removal proceedings can apply for various immigration benefits, which if granted, provide relief from removal, such as adjustment to permanent resident status, cancellation of removal, and certain waivers of inadmissibility. Eligible individuals may also seek asylum or withholding of removal, among other forms of protection relief.
If you are filing for relief or protection in immigration court, the government’s attorney will provide you with the pre-order Instructions for Submitting Certain Applications in Immigration Court and For Providing Biometric and Biographic Information to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. You must follow these instructions carefully in order to have your application adjudicated during removal proceedings. As described in the joint Fact Sheet on immigration benefits in EOIR proceedings, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) implemented these procedures to ensure that the background and security checks required by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are completed before EOIR Immigration Judges or the BIA grant an individual relief from removal or protection benefits. EOIR regulations effective on April 1, 2005 prohibit Immigration Judges and the BIA from granting such benefits to an alien before DHS reports that the identity, background and security checks are complete. (See 70 Federal Register 4743 (January 31, 2005)(codified at 8 C.F.R. Parts 1003 and 1208).
If the Immigration Judge grants your application, you will be given the Post-Order Instructions for Individuals Granted Relief or Protection from Removal by Immigration Court at the conclusion of the removal proceedings. These post-order instructions describe the steps you should follow to obtain documentation of your immigration status and work authorization. If relief or protection is granted by the BIA, your BIA decision will contain similar instructions for obtaining your documentation.
USCIS Ombudsman recommends expedited processing of nurse petitions
By Michael J. Gurfinkel, Esq. Noting that the “nursing shortage in the United States is becoming increasingly problematic and may adversely affect the healthcare industry,” the Ombudsman (the government official who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints and problems, as between the USCIS and the public) of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offered some proposals/recommendations for improving the processing of nurse visas. Among the Ombudsman’s recommendations are t
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“I am a REGISTERED NURSE and My father just went through very lengthy difficult deportation proceedings. We hired our first lawyer, who lost our case. That’s when we hired Attorney Kim, who appealed and took our case to San Francisco Immigration Court. He attended our hearings in Court and finally won our case. My father now has a Green Card. If you have a Deportation Case or are about to be deported, please call me. I will tell you how Attorney Kim helped my father with his Deportation case. My Cell # is (559) 802-7124.” – by Nalleli Medina, RN; Tulare, CA.
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