IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: Visa Bulletin For January 2013

IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: Visa Bulletin For January 2013: Posted by Norka M. Schell, Esq.  www.lawschell.com Family-Sponsored Preferences Family-Sponsored All Charge-ability Areas Except Th...

Visa Bulletin For January 2013

Posted by Norka M. Schell, Esq. 
www.lawschell.com


Family-Sponsored Preferences

Family-Sponsored	All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	22DEC05	22DEC05	22DEC05	08JUL93	22DEC97
F2A	22SEP10	22SEP10	22SEP10	01SEP10	22SEP10
F2B	08DEC04	08DEC04	08DEC04	22NOV92	15APR02
F3	22JUN02	22JUN02	22JUN02	08MAR93	08AUG92
F4	08APR01	08APR01	08APR01	22JUL96	15APR89

Employment-Based Preferences

Employment- Based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	08DEC07	01SEP04	C	C
3rd	01FEB07	22SEP06	08NOV02	01FEB07	15AUG06
Other Workers	01FEB07	01JUL03	08NOV02	01FEB07	15AUG06
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th Targeted EmploymentAreas/ Regional Centers and Pilot Programs	C	C	C	C	C

IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: LAW OFFICES OF NORKA M. SCHELL, LLC

IMMIGRATION AND POLICY: LAW OFFICES OF NORKA M. SCHELL, LLC: Happy Holidays! Wishing clients and friends Happy Holidays and  Best Wishes for the New Year. 11 Broadway, Suite 615 ...

IMMIGRATION, CRIMINAL AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

Posted by Norka M. Schell

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The immigration process, including removal, is a civil case. Despite the fact that immigration process is a civil process; criminal law plays an important role in the immigration law context. In the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), the criminal grounds of deportability involve crimes of moral turpitude, convictions, aggravated felonies, high speed flight, and failure to register as a sex offender. During a removal proceedings, an Immigration Judge will determined  whether a noncitizen will be removed from the United States because of the effect on immigration status of a guilty plea or a finding of guilt.

Employment law is also relevant in the immigration law context. For example, hiring an undocumented alien is considered a crime. Section of 274A of the INA imposes civil and in some cases criminal sanctions on employers who hire aliens who do not have permission to work in the United States. Lawful permanent residents, temporary permanent residents, asylees, refugees, certain persons incidental to non-immigrant status, and certain other person granted employment authorization may work in the United States. Employers can not discriminate against noncitizen**. 

For more information, please call our firm at (212)564-1589 to speak with an attorney. 

*Representing Clients In Immigration Court, AILA 2009 & 2010 Editions

**Westlaw-Steel on Immigration Law, Aug. 2012

LAW OFFICES OF NORKA M. SCHELL, LLC

Happy Holidays!

Wishing clients and friends Happy Holidays and 

Best Wishes for the New Year.

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