Immigration News

University Head found guilty of immigration fraud

by Jim Hacking | September 26, 2015

The CEO of Herguan University in Sunnyvale, CA, Jerry Wang, is facing a one year prison sentence after being found guilty of submitting false immigration documents to the Department... 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

Alien Who Voted is Deportable, Whether She Intended to Violate Federal Law or Not

by Jim Hacking |

The federal Board of Immigration Appeals recently ruled that an alien who voted in an election was deportable.  Federal law prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal, state and local... 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

Florida Immigration Attorney Disbarred for Continuing to Practice Law While Suspended

by Jim Hacking |

Carlo Jean-Joseph, a Florida immigration attorney, was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court recently.  The Court found Jean-Joseph in contempt of court for continuing to practice law even while... VIEW POST