Immigration News

H1b Fraud detection - Random Site Visits

by Jim Hacking | November 11, 2015

USCIS has publicly claimed that as one-in-five H-1B applications were either fraudulently filed or included violations of the program itself.  This has led to a significant increase in the... VIEW POST

USCIS Immigration Officer Allegedly Sought Sex from Immigrant

by Jim Hacking | September 30, 2015

Laura Maldonado, an undocumented immigrant from Ecuador, brought her 10-year-old son to an immigration office in Tampa, FL in 2006.  Their legal status was unclear ever since her American... VIEW POST

USCIS Ordered to Pay $47,000 in Legal Fees to Immigration Attorney

by Jim Hacking | June 25, 2015

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has agreed to pay New York immigration attorney John Assadi more than $47,000 to end a long struggle over a Freedom of Information... VIEW POST

Refiled Green Card Application Results in Approval

by Jim Hacking |

As previously discussed, we have been seeing a sharp uptick in USCIS harassing and antagonizing people who appear before the agency without an attorney.  The Service seems to almost... VIEW POST

JIMMIGRATION: Mailbag - 1.9.2015

by Jim Hacking |

Welcome to the inaugural post of JIMMIGRATION - our mailbag for January 9, 2015 A second re-entry permit Hi.  I am a permanent resident, and left 2 years ago.... VIEW POST

Lawsuit Against State Department Secures Spouse Visa After 5 Year Wait

by Jim Hacking |

We filed suit several months ago on behalf of a U.S. citizen originally from Pakistan.  Our client had filed a spouse visa application for her husband in 2009.  At... VIEW POST

Green light means green card back in the wallet

by Jim Hacking |

My son Yusuf asked me last night how I spent my afternoon at work.  I told him that I was out at the airport helping a client getting his... VIEW POST