Serving The Immigration Needs Of The San Diego Area Since 1984
The H-1B visa is one of the most popular employment visas. Every year, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) can issue up to 85,000 total H-1B visas. Most years, the USCIS receives far more applications than the total number of visas...
Remote work is an option that many companies use so they can acquire the talent they want from across the world. While remote work has blurred geographic boundaries, immigration law hasn’t changed. Foreign nationals often believe that working remotely for a United...
You can renew your green card while you are in removal (deportation) proceedings. But the renewal only updates your card and does not change your case in court. Your status and your plastic card are related, but they are not the same thing, and that confuses a lot of...
A green card is the key immigration document provided to legal permanent residents. Individuals who have resided in the United States for long enough and who meet certain criteria can potentially live here permanently. Unfortunately, some people make mistakes after...
Many immigration opportunities fall cleanly into one of two categories. Some people are eligible for employment-based visas. Others can secure visas and green cards due to family relationships. There are also scenarios in which these two distinct categories intersect....
Last year, the California governor signed a bill into law that strengthened the rights of immigrant parents when authorizing the caregivers of their children. These arrangements would only be implemented upon the parents’ deportation. Along with AB 495, other laws and...
Becoming a U.S. citizen is a dream come true for millions of immigrants. It grants voting rights, passport privileges and nearly all protections granted to native-born Americans. However, naturalized citizenship isn’t entirely ironclad. It can be taken away, and when...
Many California employers use the Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) process to sponsor employees for green cards. The goal of PERM is to prove that no qualified U.S. workers are available for a specific job. While the steps may seem simple, they still follow...
Immigration law affects everyone who is in the United States who is not a citizen. One of the components of immigration law that’s critically important for these individuals to understand is unlawful presence. This refers to any period of time that a person is in the...
The current administration’s aggressive expansion of removal operations has led to a rise in deportations. Immigration officers now have greater discretion to detain and try to remove people who violate immigration laws, even if those violations are minor or happened...