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Cornell, Technion, and New York City Get It, Will the U.S. Government?

Yesterday, New York City Mayor Bloomberg announced that the joint team of Cornell University and Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology had won the city’s competition to develop a world-class technological institute on Roosevelt Island. It is hoped that it will be a catalyst to creating new and innovative companies in the New York City …

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Most EB1 Applicants Already In United States

Each year, the Department of Homeland Security provides statistics from the previous year. These statistics provide great insight into immigration trends – especially when compared to previous years’ statistics.

This holds especially true for the best and brightest immigrants – including those applying through the extraordinary abilities visa and the outstanding professors and researchers visa. …

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Baseball Player’s False Name Catching Up To Him?

The AP is reporting that a reliever for the Marlins has been using a fictitious name to secure a visa into the United States since the beginning of the last decade. The pitcher has played for a number of major league teams, but is now stuck in the Dominican Republic. According to the report, the …

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Historical Permanent Residency Statistics

For those that either enjoy statistics or history (or both), the Department of Homeland Security has provided an excellent map and bar graph collection of historical permanent residency levels from different regions and countries throughout the world. Many of the statistics go back to the 1800s.

The charts are on the DHS’s website.

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Entrepreneurs As Government Employees?

A few months ago the USCIS announced that it would launch a new initiative to have “Entrepreneurs in Residence” at the immigration agency. The initiative was meant to help clarify and streamline paths within current immigration law that would enable foreign national entrepreneurs to come to the United States and help the nation’s economy grow.

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Adjustment of Status While Overseas?

Travel while adjusting status must be done in accordance with stringently enforced restrictions (i.e. advance parole, in certain nonimmigrant visa statuses, etc). However, if done correctly, traveling while adjusting status is not an uncommon occurrence.

So what happens if you are traveling overseas when your AOS application is approved? According to recent Customs and Border …

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What are the Fiance Visa Requirements (K-1 Visa Requirements)?

What is required for the K-1 fiance visa? There is a lot (a lot) of information out there. If you are confused by it, the following is meant to be a straight forward explanation of what the basic requirements are. For additional questions, please contact a New York City K-1 Visa lawyer. It doesn’t matter …

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Alabama Immigration Law Successful In Arresting Lawfully Present Auto Workers

In the last few weeks, the controversial Alabama Immigration Law has successfully led to the arrest of two foreign national auto workers. Unfortunately, both auto workers were in the United States lawfully, and their arrest only served to 1) unnecessarily burden Alabama’s police departments, 2) unnecessarily antagonize foreign auto companies who have invested millions (billions) …

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Keeping Immigrants At Sea

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs are pursuing a “you-can’t-make-this-up” hack to the notoriously difficult U.S. immigration system.

In an attempt to allow more foreign nationals to contribute to Silicon Valley, a group is seeking to buy a cruise ship and convert it into a floating campus of entrepreneurs who will live on international waters off the coast …

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