Arriving Alien Adjustment of Status – No Authority for the BIA to Reopen Old Exclusion, Deportation, or Removal Cases

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

On October 28, 2009, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) issued a precedent decision in Matter of Yauri, 25 I. & N. Dec. 103 (BIA 2009).  Our colleague, Nadine Wettstein, wrote a great article on this case on the website for Immigration Impact, that we thought was important to share with our readers.
This new BIA [...]

Filed under: motions to reopen by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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H-1B Cap Count for FY 2010

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

According to the USCIS’ latest count, as of October 30, 2009, approximately 53,800 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. USCIS has approved sufficient H1-B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet the exemption of 20,000 from the fiscal year 2010 cap.  Any H1-B petitions filed on behalf of an alien with an advanced degree [...]

Filed under: H-1B by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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