| 06.19.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - "Motions to Reopen Based
on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Viable Again" as published
in the Immigration
Daily on June 11, 2009 |
06.16.09 |
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VT, TX, CA and
NE Processing Times Updated |
| 06.15.09 |
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1. As LPR, Filed for Unmarried Son and He Later
Married. Can We Keep Old Priority Date Since I Just Became a U.S.
Citizen?
2.Husband Committed a Crime and Did Not Go To Immigrant Visa Interview
at AIT Over a Year Ago - Can He Go for Interview Now and What
To Do About the Crime?
3. Left Out Fiancee's Daughter on My K-1 Petition and Case Is
Now in Guangzhou - What's the Best Way to Solve the Situation?
Q&A published on June 14, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.10.09 |
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July 2009 Visa Chart |
| 06.08.09 |
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1. Baby Will be Born in June and We Will be Returning
to China - What Steps to Take to Legally Establish Her U.S. Citizenship?
2. It Took Five Years (2002-2007) for Me to Receive My Regular
Green Card from Political Asylum. Can I Apply for Naturalization
Now?
3. I Just Got Married to a U.S. Citizen; My H-1 Status Has Ended;
and My Parents Filed I-130 for Me Before - What Do I Do Now to
Transfer My Sponsorship?
Q&A published on June 7, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.04.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - "Motions to Reopen Based
on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Viable Again" (English)
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| 05.21.09 |
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1. I-824 Approval is Lost - What Can I Do?
2. Can I Immigrate My Father With the Help of a DNA Test Since
I am Illegitimate?
3. Holding A10 Card, Can I Adjust to Permanent Residence After
Using Fraud Document for Entry If I Marry a U.S. Citizen?
4. What is My Status Since I Was Under B-1/B-2 Status When I Applied
for I-485 Adjustment of Status to Permanent Residence?
Q&A published on May 17, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.11.09 |
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1. Divorce was Done in Las Vegas, but a Court Judgment
in China Says No Divorce. Can I Legally Marry Another in the U.S.?
2. Can I Apply for Medicare and What Are the Limits on My Reentry
Permit for Trips Overseas?
3.What are My Chances of Immigrating or Status Change to Student
Since I Was Arrested on Entry, Lost my Appeals, Am now Catholic,
Have a U.S. Citizen Brother, and a Permanent Resident Wife?
4. As a Former Communist Party Member, Can I Become a U.S. Citizen?
Q&A published on May 10, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 05.04.09 |
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1. Husband Had Bad Lawyer, Took Voluntary Departure,
Did not Leave, Was Arrested and Deported; Had Approved Labor
Certification, Was Eligible for 245(i) and I Am a U.S. Citizen.
What Are the Chances If We Appeal to the Circuit Court?
2. I Am not Able to Financially Sponsor My Wife for Immigration
and My Sister Has Reneged on Her Promise. What Can I Do?
Q&A published on May 3, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.27.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - "Open Season For New H-1Bs"
as Published in the World Journal on April 26, 2009 (English)
(Newspaper Clipping) |
| 04.21.09 |
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Mr. Lee's non-precedent I-601 victory in Matter
of Chang published in the Interpreter
Releases on March 16, 2009 |
04.16.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - "Open Season For New H-1Bs"
as published in the Immigration
Daily on April 14, 2009 |
| 04.13.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - "Open Season For New
H-1Bs" (English) |
04.06.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - "An Illegal Immigrant's
Tale - From Rags To Stardom" as Published in the World Journal
on April 5, 2009 (English)
(Newspaper Clipping) |
| 04.02.09 |
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Mr. Lee Gets USCIS to Make Decision on Merits
Where Ex-Attorney's Late Appeal & Later Motion Were Denied
for Untimeliness, It Was Reported in World Journal on March
29, 2009 (English) (Newspaper
Clipping) |
03.30.09 |
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1. What is the True Date of My Permanent Residence,
and What Kind of Residence Do I Have to Have to Satisfy the Naturalization
Requirements?
2. How Can I Add in My Brother-in-law's Information on My I-130
Petition for My Sister Since They Just Got Married?
3. What Can My Wife Do About Her Naturalization Since It's Already
Been One Year Since She Passed Her Test?
4. Is There Any Way That I Can Be Employed As a Nurse Since I
Just Passed the RN Examination and Currently Hold F-1 Student
Status?
Q&A published on March 29, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 03.25.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Victory on I-601 Fraud Waiver Application
Reported in World Journal On March 21, 2009 (English)
(Newspaper
Clipping) |
03.21.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - "An Illegal Immigrant's
Tale - From Rags To Stardom" as published in the Immigration
Daily on March 23, 2009 |
| 03.16.09 |
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1. Persons Holding Unexpired Green Cards Are
Encouraged by DHS to Change to New 10 Year Green Cards
2. Reader Hears that Hong Kong Residents Over the Age of 70
Can Come to U.S. Without Visas. True?
3. My Friend Lost $10,000 At a Casino. Is He Eligible for Naturalization?
4. How Can I Bring My Four Year-old Nephew From Taiwan to Live
With Us for 4-5 Months?
5. Reader Committed a Crime for which He Was Not Arrested, Only
Detained At a Store, and Wants to Know the Consequences of Putting
the Information on the N-400 Form for Naturalization.
Q&A published on March 15, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.09.09 |
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1. Overstayed F-1 Visa Holder Thinking About Marriage
to a U.S. Citizen As a Way to Become Legal, But There Are Consequences
and She May Have H-1B Option.
2. With Multiple Trips Outside the United States, Am I Still Eligible
for Naturalization?
3. Reader Will Apply for H-1B Visa and Wishes to Know Options
If He Is Not Selected Under the H-1B Numbers Cap.
Q&A published on March 8, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 03.06.09 |
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Alan Lee's Prepared Remarks As Panelist In The
Immigration Law Weekly PERM Seminar On January 21, 2009 (English)
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03.02.09 |
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1. Sneaking Into the U.S., Marrying a U.S. Citizen
and Having Two Children - What Are My Options?
2. U.S. Citizen Marries B-1/B-2 Visitor and Wants to Know the
Process Including Whether His Divorcing Ex-wife Who Sponsored
Him for the Green Card Will Affect His Petition for His New Wife
Q&A published on March 1, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 02.23.09 |
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Our Daughter Was Over-aged and Could Not Immigrate
With the Rest of Us - Is It Complicated for Us to Petition for
Her and What Effect if We Are Staying Mostly in Hong Kong After
Getting the Green Cards.
Q&A published on February 22, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.16.09 |
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Reader Has Not Had Biometrics Taken for I-751 Application
and is Worried
Q&A published on February 15, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 02.09.09 |
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1. Reader Came on B-1 Business Visa, Had a Premature
Baby, and Wants to Stay Longer. What to do?
2. Consul Has Returned the I-130 Petition to Immigration for
Review in Marriage Case and Petitioner Filed New Petition Which
is Now Transferred. What to do?
Q&A published on February 8, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.26.09 |
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Mr. Lee's article "Grading The Various Governmental
Bodies For Their Work On Immigration In 2008" as published
in World Journal Weekly on January 25, 2009 (English)
(Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 01.19.09 |
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Mr. Lee's article "Aliens Entering with Fraudulent
Documentation and Married with U.S. Citizens or Otherwise Qualifying
as Immediate Relatives May Now Adjust Status to Permanent Residence
in New York if Hardship Waiver is Granted" as published
in World Journal Weekly on January 18, 2009 (English)
(Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.15.09 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - "Grading The Various Governmental
Bodies For Their Work On Immigration In 2008" as published
in the Immigration
Daily on January 12, 2009 |
| 01.14.09 |
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Mr. Lee's article "Grading The Various Governmental
Bodies For Their Work On Immigration In 2008" (English) |
01.12.09 |
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1. LPR Readers Wish to Return to China for One-and-a-half
to Two Years and Wish to Protect Their Green Card Statuses. How?
2. LPR Who Received Green Card Through Wife's Political Asylum
But Did not Disclose Past Membership in Communist Party Wants
to Know What to do in His Naturalization Application
3. Nun Was to Know Whether She Qualifies to Immigrate to the U.S.
4. Having Given Birth in the States Under B-2 Status and Receiving
Benefit From State Government, Reader Wants to Know Effect On
Visa Application in Future and How to Bring Child Back to the
U.S.
Q&A published on January 11, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 01-05-09 |
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1. Reader Asks Whether to File N-400 or N-600
as Arrived in U.S. Before Age of 18 and Mother Has Become U.S.
Citizen
2. Reader Asks Whether LPR Wife With Multiple Past Immigration
Problems Needs Lawyer to File for Naturalization
3. In Immigration Court, Reader Asks Whether Marrying Green
Card Holder or Becoming Pregnant Will Help the Case and Whether
Three Year Old Child Can Now Immigrate
4. Crewman Asks Whether He Can Adjust Status to Permanent Residence
Upon Marriage to a U.S. Citizen and What Are His Other Options
Q&A published on January 4, 2009 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.29.08 |
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1. I Sneaked In; Was Denied Dependent Asylum Status
Because I'm Too Old; What Can I Do Now?
2. Friends With Orders of Deportation Have U.S. Citizen Child
Soon To Be Adult. How Can He Help?
3. Physical Therapist Asks Procedures For Immigration Under Schedule
A Occupation
4. Husband Has H-1B And Wants to Change Jobs; Reader and Daughter's
H-4 Applications Still Pending And Reader Wants to Know What To
Do About Them
Q&A published on December 28, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 12.22.08 |
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Reader Granted Withholding of Removal Wishes
to Know Rights and Privileges
Q&A published on December 21, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.15.08 |
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My Husband Is a Permanent Resident and I Am Illegal
- Should He File For Me Now or Wait Until He Becomes a U.S. Citizen?
Q&A published on December 14, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 12.08.08 |
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1. Can I Get My Bond Money of $5,000 Back Since
My Brother Won His Political Asylum Case?
2. Petitioner Has Passed Away - Can the Younger Sister Still
Immigrate Under Humanitarian Reinstatement of the I-130 Petition?
3. What is the Position of a Person Caught Entering the U.S.
at the Airport, Sent Back, and Who Reentered the U.S. Subsequently
4. Will My Arrest for a Weapons Charge Impact My Naturalization
Application? What Else Should I Look Out For?
5. My Mother Married a U.S. Citizen, Got the Green Card From
Him, Has Now Divorced, and Wants to Remarry My Father and Sponsor
Him. Should She Do It?
Q&A published on December 7, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.01.08 |
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1. B-2 Overstay Has Graduated with Bachelor's Degree
and Wants to Know Options for Work and Legal Status in the States
2. Asylum Dependent Wants to Return to the Home Country and Ask
About Risks and Procedures
3. How Can My Nephews Immigrate With My Two Brothers Under the
CSPA?
4. How Can My Grandmother Who Is On Dialysis Come to Live With
Us in the States?
5. I Want to Go Back to China for a Long Time for a Job - How
Do I Keep My Green Card?
6. I'm 74 and My Spouse is 84 and We Have Green Cards - How Can
We Waive the Naturalization Test and How Can We Stay in China
and Still be Naturalized?
Q&A published on November 30, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 11.24.08 |
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I Lost My Naturalization Certificate - How Can
I Get a Replacement and Apply for My Wife?
Q&A published on November 23, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
11.18.08 |
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1. Filing Naturalization at the Earliest; Current
Processing Time Estimates; and Possible Later Problems Sponsoring
Elderly Mother
2. Prostitution Offenses Causing Green Card Holder Difficulties
in the Immigration Court
Q&A published on November 16, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 11.17.08 |
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Mr. Lee's article "Forced Re-Insertion of
IUD as Routine Part of China’s One Child Policy Held by
Board of Immigration Appeals not to Constitute Persecution for
Asylum" as published in World Journal Weekly on November
16, 2008 (English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
11.03.08 |
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1. Proving Physical Presence in the U.S. for Naturalization
Purposes When Your Passport is Lost
2. Broken Adoption Reestablishes Original Family Bond to Allow
Sibling to Immigrate
Q&A published on November 2, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 10.29.08 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - Housing Market Fiasco and
American Retirements not Helped by Republican Administration's
Immigration Raids Terrorizing Illegal Immigrant Potential Homebuyers
as published in the Immigration
Daily on October 28, 2008 |
10.27.08 |
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Mr. Lee's article "Housing Market Fiasco and
American Retirements not Helped by Republican Administration's
Immigration Raids Terrorizing Illegal Immigrant Potential Homebuyers"
as published in World Journal Weekly on October 26, 2008 (English)
(Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 10.22.08 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - Housing Market Fiasco and
American Retirements not Helped by Republican Administration's
Immigration Raids Terrorizing Illegal Immigrant Potential Homebuyers
(English) |
10.07.08 |
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1. Green Card Holder Will Abandon Status and Wants
to Know the Effect on His Green Card Children in the U.S.
2. I-864 Affidavit of Support Sponsor Wants to Know His Liability
Where the Sponsored Sister and Her Husband Are Thinking of Taking
Public Means Tested Benefits
Q&A published on October 5, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 10.06.08 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - October Visa Numbers Open
With A Thud - Action Needed Now To Pass "Visa Efficiency
And E-Verify Extension Act Of 2008" as published in World
Journal Weekly on October 5, 2008 (English)
(Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.29.08 |
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1. I received a Welcome Notice Approval for my
Green Card but Never Received the Card. What Could the Reason
Be? My Petitioning Stepfather and Mother May Divorce Soon. Will
I Have a Status Problem?
2. E-1 and E-2 Visas and What Factors Are Looked at in Their Adjudications
3. Asylum Dependent Child has Girlfriend Back Home, Wants to Return,
and to Sponsor Her for the Green Card
4. The Crossroads of a 10 Year Bar for Illegally Residing in the
U.S. for One Year and Eligibility for CSPA Protection
5. Married for Three Years to U.S. Citizen and Having Received
Conditional Green Card Last Year, Wants to Apply for Citizenship
Now
Q&A published on September 28, 2008 World Journal Weekly
(English) (Newspaper
Clipping) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 09.24.08 |
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Mr. Lee's Article - October Visa Numbers Open
With A Thud - Action Needed Now To Pass "Visa Efficiency
And E-Verify Extension Act Of 2008" as published in the
Immigration
Daily on September 23, 2008 |
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