Immigration Law

PROPOSED RULE TO EXTEND TN VISAS TO THREE YEARS COMING SOON
The Office of Management and Budget has cleared a proposed USCIS rule to allow TN visa holders to stay in the US for three years instead of the current one year limit...

H1-B Visa Workers: Know Your Rights
I had an interesting call from a client today. Let’s call him Roger. Roger is originally from India but had recently come to California to work for a software company on an H1-B visa, a special visa to allow foreigners with special skills to work in the US...

Gay and lesbian visa applications for Australia
Did you know that gay or lesbian partners of Australian permanent residents or citizens can apply for permanent residence of Australia? The visa to apply for is called an interdependency visa...

House Passes Religious Worker Visa Extension Act
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate H.R. 5570, the Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008...

WHEN PEOPLE GET CREATIVE
What happens when business groups, unions, workers, government officials, pro-immigration advocates and immigration restrictionist groups all put their heads together to craft a solution to a problem? Just look to Colorado...

China Visa Certainty: Z (employee) Visas Are Z Best
Got a worried call the other day from a China based foreign businessperson complaining about being forced to return to his home country because his China tourist visa was about to run out...

H-1B Visas
How to get professional worker's visa

E2 Treaty Investor Visa Questions
E2 Visa Assistance

H-1B Work Visa
H-1B Visa Assistance

Marriage-based Green Cards
How alien spouses can become US citizens

Workers Compensation Overview
Federal laws that cover workplace injuries

F-1 Visas
Visas for Foreign Students

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

How can I prove my wife only married me to get a green card?
The problem with an annulment is that they are hard to get-- they are not someth...

My grandmother-in-law came to US for a short visit on a visitor visa for tourism. Due to some complications we had to take her to hospital in emergency. She was in hospital for 13 days & had a pacemaker put in. My granny
Having collections experience for over ten years, I can say that you are in no w...

Can driving accident be cause for termination?
If your state is an at-will state, the company can fire you for any reason or fo...

Visa, MasterCard
Antitrust with Discover Settled for $2.75 Billion

Settlement Proposed in Class Action Against Facebook
Facebook will Close Beacon in Proposed Settlement

$336 Million Settlement Approved in Big Banks, Visa, MasterCard Class Action
$336 Million Settlement Approved in Big Banks, Visa, MasterCard Class Action

Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
H-1B visa holders to get $2.4 million settlement from federal wage rate violation suit.

Expedia Class Action Settlement Proposed for $123.4 Million
Expedia Settlement Proposed for $123.4 Million

$11,250,000 Settlement Proposed in Amkor Class Action
Amkor Reaches Proposed Settlement in Securities Class Action