USCIS and DOS mistake shatters hopes and dreams….
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, copyright 2015 The US Department of State posted a visa bulletin in a new format on September 9, 2015. In that format, the Bulletin announced two […]
DAMN THE “PRIORITY DATE” – USCIS TO ACCEPT GREEN CARD APPLICATIONS
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney ©2015 The USCIS and the Department of State jointly proposed a “solution” to the huge backlog in priority dates, especially for Employment-Based EB-2 and EB-3 applicants […]
Fiscal Year 2016 H-1B cap reached
© Farhad Sethna 2015 On April 7, 2015, the USCIS announced that it had already reached the cap of 65,000 general visas for H-1B as well as the 20,000 “Advanced US […]
PROGRAMA DE PROCESAMIENTO DE REFUGIADOS (CAM)
PROGRAMA DE PROCESAMIENTO DE REFUGIADOS/ PERMISOS PARA NIÑOS MENORES EN CENTROAMERICA (CAM) Resumen del Abogado Farhad Sethna, © 2015 El programa CAM, está dirigido a los padres que están legalmente […]
J-1 HPSA-MUA – HHS – VA – ARC – DRC
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 And you thought only Physicians could write indecipherable prescriptions? J-1 PHYSICIAN OPTIONS As background, foreign medical graduates (FMG’s) who come to the United States […]
REENTRY AFTER REMOVAL- TRAPS IN THE I-601A WAIVER PROCESS
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 As background, an alien who has entered the USA either lawfully or unlawfully and subsequently overstayed his or her visa or acquired unlawful presence […]
THE CSPA – CHILD STATUS PROTECTION ACT – GETTING OLDER AND WISER?
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2013 The Child Status Protection Act, enshrined in the Immigration & Nationality Act as § 203(h) originally held out great promise when it was first […]
IMMIGRATION REFORM FOR PHYSICIANS- A BOLD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2013 Despite the best efforts of immigration hardliners to malign the immigration reform proposals passed in the Senate (Senate Bill 744) and pending in the […]