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By: Mustafa Cetin E-2 is a nonimmigrant visa category and alien investors holding this status are nonimmigrants. These investments can last a long time and holders of this status should be reminded of a few key points. Immigration laws define an E-2 holder nonimmigrant alien as one who: Has invested or is actively in the
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By: Attorney Ruby Powers After Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration would be implementing a new “Zero Tolerance Policy,” stories began surfacing about family separation. Under the new policy, all immigrants found to have crossed the border illegally would be criminally prosecuted, a practice that rarely occurred before the policy was announced. In the
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The following link lists possible ways of helping the immigrant community with family separation. Click below for: Immigration Resources for Family Separation To learn more about asylum law and immigration law, contact our Houston asylum lawyers and Houston immigration lawyers today.
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June 9, 2018: Powers Law Group, P.C. congratulates our founding Houston immigration attorney, Ruby L. Powers, for completing the prestigious Leadership Houston program. Over the course of 10 months and among 56 classmates, individuals with diverse backgrounds representing a variety of professions learned more about how the city functions to find a way they could
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Por la abogada Michele Strickland Los extranjeros podrán obtener residencia permanente mediante un patrocinador de empleo. La Certificación de trabajo por medio de PERM (Program Electronic Management system) Programa Electrónico de sistema de administración, es la manera más común que un empleado utiliza para patrocinar a un individuo para obtener la residencia permanente. El proceso
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Por la abogada Cynthia Milian En Mayo del 2018, el fiscal General uso una “auto referencia” para emitir una decisión en un caso que potencialmente podría impactar a más de 350,00 inmigrantes. Una auto referencia se le llama cuando el fiscal General se refiere un caso previo a sí mismo para utilizarlo de referencia. Bajo
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By: Attorney Cynthia Milian On May 2018, the Attorney General used a “self-referral” to issue a decision on a case that could potentially impact over 350,000 immigrants. Self-referral is when the Attorney General refers a previous case to himself for review. Under previous presidential administrations, immigration court judges had the discretion to allow for cases
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By: Attorney Michele Strickland Foreign Nationals may obtain permanent residence through an employer sponsor. Labor Certification through PERM (Program Electronic Review Management system) is the most common way for an employer to sponsor individuals for permanent residence. The process starts with the Department of Labor (DOL) and, once the application is certified, moves on to
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[divider top=”0″ style=”shadow”] NEW JERSEY, 2018. After practicing law for a decade, Attorney Ruby Powers announced the opening of a Powers Law Group office in Hackensack, New Jersey, the firm’s second office in the United States. Because immigration law is Federal and not limited to state jurisdiction, Powers Law Group will continue to provide immigration
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By: Attorney Nadia Khalid USCIS New Policy on Accruing Unlawful Presence for Non immigrant Students and Exchange Visitors May 25, 2018 What happens when your status as a student or exchange visitor ends? As of May 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released a new policy memorandum that will change how USCIS calculates unlawful presence
F, J, and M Statuses: Accruing Unlawful Presence Read More »
