Lawsuit Puts DACA Expansion On HoldDACA Expansion On Hold
26 states filed a lawsuit over the DACA program. As a result on February 17th, a federal judge granted an preliminary injunction on the expansion of the DACA program and the upcoming DAPA program. This temporarily halts the planned expansion of the program which was supposed to take effect on February 18th. The injunction does […]
FY 2016 H-1b Lottery: Predictions
USCIS will begin to accept H-1b visa applications on April 1st, 2015 for an October 1st 2015 start date. USCIS usually accepts petitions for the entire first week and then counts them to see if an H-1b lottery is needed. If USCIS receives more petitions than there are slots, they will conduct a lottery to see […]
Largest Immigration Detention Center in the U.S. to Open
The Obama administration just announced they are opening a new, permanent detention center in Dilley, Texas (85 miles northeast of Laredo). This facility can hold up to 2,400 individuals, making it the largest immigration detention center in the U.S. by a large margin. According to the New York Times, the next largest permanent facility can […]
Do I Qualify Under The Expansion of Deferred Action?
In his November 20th announcement President Obama expanded his policy of providing deferred action and work authorization to long-term residents of the US. From the little we know so far, the expansion includes individuals who’ve been residing in the US since 1/1/2010 if they fall into either of two categories: 1. Are the parent of […]
Expedited Naturalization: Not just for military families
Feldman Feldman & Associates is pleased to announce that their Associate Danielle Rosché has achieved a rare type of naturalization for her client, the wife of a US businessman living overseas. Normally, the spouse of a US citizen must live in the US as a legal permanent resident for three years before they become eligible […]
Options for H-1B Applicants Not Selected in the Lottery
This year USCIS received approximately 172,000 applications for 85,000 H-1B visas (65,000 in the Bachelor’s cap and 25,000 in the Master’s cap). Needless to say, the H-1B category is terribly oversubscribed and H-1B applicants not selected in the lottery are often left scrambling to find a suitable option to maintain lawful status in the United […]
FFA Featured as a Top Immigration Law Firm in California
Feldman Feldman & Associates was recently featured on Buzz Feed as one of the top 10 law firms in California! Here is the link to the list. Thank you to all of our clients who nominated us as one of the top immigration law firms in the survey done by Buzz Feed. We greatly appreciate […]
Michigan’s Radical Immigration Proposal
The Governor of Michigan unleashed his proposal to revitalize the city of Detroit through “smart immigrants”. The governor wants to attract 50,000 individuals with advanced degrees or exceptional abilities in the sciences, arts, or business over the next 5 years. The city of Detroit is destitute and on life-support. Such an influx of educated foreign […]
NEW N-400 FORM IS A MIXED BAG
USCIS has released a new form N-400 used to apply for citizenship as part of their continuing initiative to add barcodes to allow the information on the forms submitted to be easily scanned into their systems. The new form is more than double the length of the prior forms so is surely going to be […]
Possible Deportation for Justin Bieber?
Early on the morning of January 23rd Justin Bieber was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida and charged with driving with an expired license, resisting arrest without violence, and driving under the influence. Later that day his bond was announced as $2,500 which he quickly posted and was released from detention. While normally a traffic violation […]
