AAO CONFIRMS 3-FOR-1 RULE
© Attorney Farhad Sethna 2013 Under employment based immigration law, a foreign worker will be considered to have a Baccalaureate or Bachelor’s degree if the alien worker can meet certain […]
ALIEN GETS THIRD CHANCE TO FIND IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE
By Attorney Farhad Sethna, © 2013 Hervens Timothe, an immigrant from Haiti, received a third chance to find immigration counsel. The Board of Immigration Appeals held on August 29, 2013 […]
PADILLA HEARING RESULTS IN REOPENING REMOVAL CASE
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2013 In the case of Sewdat Rajpaul, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) held on August 15, 2013 that it would reopen its prior final […]
OPENING AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN IMMIGRATION COURT
© 2013 Attorney Farhad Sethna In previous articles, I have covered topics such as how to recognize a difficult immigration judge, handling a difficult immigration judge, and preparing a witness […]
PREPARING A WITNESS FOR IMMIGRATION COURT
© Attorney Farhad Sethna 2013 Testifying in immigration court can be a tricky matter. First of all, there are no rules of evidence in immigration court. There are also very […]
DEALING WITH A DIFFICULT IMMIGRATION JUDGE
© Attorney Farhad Sethna 2013 In the previous article, I described how one recognizes a difficult immigration judge. In this article, I am going to discuss my suggestions for how […]
RECOGNIZING A CONTROLLING IMMIGRATION JUDGE
© Attorney Farhad Sethna 2013 While most immigration court judges tend to be polite and professional, there will be some immigration judges (IJ’s) who will decide that they can behave […]
Gay Marriages Now Recognized under US Immigration Law
SUPREME COURT RULING MAKES IMMIGRATION OF MARRIED SAME-SEX COUPLES POSSIBLE © Attorney Farhad Sethna 2013 On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in United States v. […]