USCIS ANNOUNCES FEE INCREASE
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2016 In a notice published on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, in the Federal Register (the official publication of the United States Government), the USCIS proposed […]
NEW “STEM-OPT” RULES- A MIXED BAG
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2016 All Rights Reserved Background: Last year, a group of aggrieved US citizens filed a complaint in federal court alleging that the Department of Labor […]
L-1A VISAS – Small companies, don’t bother applying
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2016 All Rights Reserved Despite all the public announcements about increasing investment in the USA and encouraging entrepreneurship, the USCIS seems hellbent on reversing the […]
Immigration Judge Creates Education History
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2016 An immigration judge appears to have created education history in a deposition filed in a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and […]
SUPREME COURT GRANTS CERTIORARI IN DACA/DAPA CASE
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2016 In a terse “order list” dated January 19, 2016, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in case number 15-674, “United States, Et Al. […]
ICE TURNS INTO SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY!
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2016 A new “social work” role for ICE?!! In a fact sheet which first became public on January 11, 2016, ICE touted its “Family Case […]
SAN BERNARDINO KILLINGS WILL MAKE FIANCÉ VISAS HARDER
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 It should be no surprise that the San Bernardino killings will make it harder to get fiancé (and family-based) visa approvals. On December 2, 2015, Tashfeen […]
ICE gives a cold welcome to 2016
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, © 2015 Both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times reported on Christmas Eve (how ironic!) that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has […]