IMMIGRATION LAW

January 25, 2007 Starting January 23rd, 2007, the citizens of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda will be required to present a passport to enter the United States while arriving by air from any part of the Western Hemisphere. It is expected that there will be a smooth transition to the new passport requirement […]

USCIS reaches H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year 2007 December 06, 2006 USCIS has announced that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first six months of Fiscal Year 2007. USCIS has notified the public that November 28, 2006 is the “final […]

Information Form [G-14, Request for Additional Identifying Information] IMPORTANT: Information on this site may be outdated. For up-to-date instructions and filing fees check always with the USCIS site: http://www.uscis.gov/forms Purpose of Form : This form is used to provide additional identifying information so that USCIS may act upon or reply to a communication. Number of […]

United States 1st Circuit Court of Appeals Reports ZAROUITE v. GONZALES, 424 F.3d 60 (1st Cir. 2005) Abdelhafid ZAROUITE, Petitioner v. Alberto GONZALES, Attorney General, Respondent. Nos. 04-1541, 04-2185. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Heard May 5, 2005. Decided September 16, 2005. ON PETITION FOR REVIEW OF AN ORDER OF THE BOARD OF […]

Federal District Court Opinions GHALIB v. HUDSON, (S.D.Tex. 12-27-2006) ABDU GHALIB, Plaintiff, v. SHARON HUDSON, Acting Director of the Houston District Office, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, et al., Defendants. CIVIL ACTION NO. H-05-3531. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. December 27, 2006 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER LEE ROSENTHAL, District Judge Plaintiff Abdu Ghalib […]

United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Reports CARTY v. ASHCROFT, 395 F.3d 1081 (9th Cir. 2005) Theophile CARTY, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General, Respondent. No. 03-71392. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 4, 2004. Filed January 19, 2005. Page 1082 Matthew G. Ball (briefed and argued), Kirkpatrick & […]