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Mar 2nd, 2010

Asylum for Germany homeschooling persecution?

An immigration judge in Memphis, TN recently granted asylum to the Romeike family from Germany. This news was welcomed by immigration lawyers as asylum applicants must usually prove that their lives would actually be in jeopardy if forced to return to their home country. This family’s asylum claim was based on the government of Germany’s refusal to allow the kids to be homeschooled.Very few people from...

Jun 23rd, 2009

New Utah immigration law stirs controversy among immigration lawyer group

SB81, the new immigration law recently passed in Utah is scheduled to take effect later this summer. The law, which is based on the Oklahoma immigration law, has many critics. Immigration attorneys with AILA, an immigration lawyer group, will file a lawsuit, claiming at least four of the provision of the law are unconstitutional. For example, the law requires proof of US citizenship in order to get a...

Did you know…?

A US immigration lawyer does more than just fill out immigration forms. Unfortunately, some immigration applicants do not realize this and complicate or ruin their cases by attempting to handle things by themselves. An immigration lawyer understands the complex immigration laws and how they will be applied by immigration or consular officials to a particular case. Red flags or complexities discovered during the immigration attorney’s case work-up would be missed by a self-represented applicant as the immigration forms themselves rarely point out potential pitfalls or problems.

DV Lottery 2012 Cut-offs

DV lottery winners with numbers lower than the following cut-offs could be assigned a green card beginning on the first day of the month indicated:

2011-2012	Dec	Jan	Feb
Africa	18,500	24,700	32,000
Egypt	12,700	16,800	21,000
Ethiopia	13,500	16,800	21,500
Nigeria	12,000	14,500	16,000
Asia	15,000	18,500	23,900
Europe	13,500	16,500	22,000
Uzbekistan	13,500	16,500	16,500
Bahamas	5	6	7
Oceania	575	650	775
S. America	600	675	775

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