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  • 2008-08-18 - Mr. Lee's article "Changes to the Naturalization Interview Process of Questionable Value" as published in World Journal Weekly on August 17, 2008 (English) (Newspaper Clipping)
  • 2008-08-13 - Mr. Lee's Article "Changes to the Naturalization Interview Process of Questionable Value" as published in the Immigration Daily
  • 2008-08-05 - Mr. Lee's article Changes to the Naturalization Interview Process of Questionable Value (English)
  • 2008-07-14 - Mr. Lee's article "POSTVILLE, IOWA - A Wake-Up To Tough Administration Enforcement of The Immigration Laws – What It Means to You" as published in World Journal Weekly on July 13, 2008 (English) (Newspaper Clipping)
  • 2008-07-08 - Mr. Lee's article POSTVILLE, IOWA - A Wake-Up To Tough Administration Enforcement of The Immigration Laws – What It Means to You (English)
  • 2008-06-02 - Mr. Lee's article "USCIS New Guidance On CSPA Helpful In One Respect, But Flawed In Others" as published on June 1, 2008 World Journal Weekly (English)
  • 2008-05-16 - Mr. Lee's Article "USCIS New Guidance On CSPA Helpful In One Respect, But Flawed In Others " as published in the Immigration Daily on May 15, 2008
  • 2008-04-26 - Mr. Lee's article "Community Relations Seminar Featuring U.S.C.I.S. Associate Director for Domestic Operations Discusses Many Topics of Interest" (English)
  • 2008-03-24 - Mr. Lee's Talk At Rutgers University On January 27, 2008 - Q&As posed by the audience concerning H-1B and NIW issues (Part 6 of 6). Published in Sing Tao Weekly on 3/23/08 (English)
  • 2008-03-17 - Mr. Lee's Talk at At Rutgers University On January 27, 2008 - Outstanding Professor or Researcher and National Interest Waiver Cases (Part 5 of 6). Published in Sing Tao Weekly on 3/16/08 (English)
  • 2008-03-10 - Alan Lee's Talk At Rutgers University On January 27, 2008 - PERM Labor Certification (Part 4 of 6). Published in Sing Tao Weekly on 3/9/08 (English)
  • 2008-03-04 - Mr. Lee's Article "Speed of Naturalizations - Can't They Do More?" as published in World Journal Weekly on March 4, 2008 (English)
  • 2008-03-03 - Alan Lee's Talk At Rutgers University On January 27, 2008 - H-1B Issues (Part 3 of 6). Published in Sing Tao Weekly on 3/2/08 (English)
  • 2008-02-25 - Mr. Lee's Talk at At Rutgers University On January 27, 2008 - Strategies of Filing H-1B's (Part 2 of 6). Published in Sing Tao Weekly on 2/24/08 (English)
  • 2008-02-18 - Mr. Lee's Talk At Rutgers University On January 27, 2008 - H-1B Issues (Part 1 of 6). Published in Sing Tao Weekly on 2/17/08 (English)
  • 2008-01-24 - Mr. Lee's article "Speed of Naturalizations - Can't They Do More?" (English)
  • 2007-12-04 - Mr. Lee's Unpublised Matter of Chen Digested in Interpreter Releases, Vol.84, No. 43 (November 5, 2007). Reprinted by permission of West, a Thomson business. Interpreter Release is the leading weekly immigration law periodical featuring in-depth, comprehensive analysis and authoritative coverage of legislation and regulations, cases, and agency guidance.
  • 2007-11-12 - Mr. Lee's Article "In Unpublised Matter of Chen, Board Addresses Issues of Timeliness of I-130 Appeal and Chinese Cultural "Discrepancies" In A Stokes Interview" as published on November 11, 2007 World Journal Weekly (English)
  • 2007-11-05 - Mr. Lee's Article "In Absentia Hearings and Proper Service of NTAs and NOHs with Emphasis on Second Circuit Law Development" in Interpreter Releases, Vol.84, No. 37 (Sept. 24, 2007). Reprinted by permission of West, a Thomson business. Interpreter Release is the leading weekly immigration law periodical featuring in-depth, comprehensive analysis and authoritative coverage of legislation and regulations, cases, and agency guidance.
  • 2007-10-23 - Mr. Lee's Article "The 100 Naturalization Questions and How to Really Improve the Naturalization Experience" as published in the Immigration Daily on October 23, 2007 (English)
  • 2007-09-11 - Mr. Lee's Article "Astonishingly High Visagate Numbers,..." as published in the Immigration Daily on September 11, 2007
  • 2007-08-31 - Mr. Lee's Article "Astonishingly High Visagate Numbers, Conspiracy Theory by Conservatives on Latest Enforcement Efforts Being Administration Goad for Amnesty, and Encouragement for Early Filing of Expired Green Card Replacement Applications" (English)
  • 2007-07-23 - Mr. Lee Quoted in World Journal After Visa Number Scandal Resolution (English)
  • 2007-07-14 - Mr. Lee's Article "Details Leaking Out on July Visa Chart Fiasco Show Extraordinary and Legally Questionable Steps by U.S.C.I.S. to Exhaust Visa Numbers to Protect Fee Hike Collections"as published in the Immigration Daily
  • 2007-07-10 - Mr. Lee's Article "Is Money Behind U.S.C.I.S. Move to have Department of State take Unprecedented Action to “Update” July Visa Chart?" as published in the Immigration Daily
  • 2007-07-07 - Amended Article - "Details Leaking Out on July Visa Chart Fiasco Show Extraordinary and Legally Questionable Steps by U.S.C.I.S. to Exhaust Visa Numbers to Protect Fee Hike Collections" (English)
  • 2007-07-06 - Mr. Lee's Article - "Details Leaking Out on July Visa Chart Fiasco Show Extraordinary and Legally Questionable Steps by U.S.C.I.S. to Exhaust Visa Numbers to Protect Fee Hike Collections" (English)
  • 2007-07-05 - Mr. Lee's Article - "Is Money Behind U.S.C.I.S. Move to have Department of State take Unprecedented Action to “Update” July Visa Chart?" (English)
    
  • Previous Published Articles (2005~2007) (2002~2004)
    
• Q&A
  

  August 17, 2008 1. 16 Year-old Child's Mother Becomes U.S. Citizen and Child Asks What Does She Need to Do Now 2. I Am Illegal (Overstay) and Want to Change My Status in the Future - Can I Do It? 3. Can My Mother File Three Months Ahead of Time for Her 15 Year Citizenship Application? 4. How Long Will it Take for me to Apply the Green Card for My Adult Son? 5. American Consulate in Guangzhou has not Responded for Over One and a Half Years to Reader's Follow to Join Immigration Case for Husband - What Can She Do? 6. Reader Wants to Remarry Ex-wife and Then Sponsor Ex-wife and Child to Immigrate After Having Divorced U.S. Citizen Wife From Whom He Got Green Card 7. I Sponsored My Daughter for the Green Card - What is the Best Way That She Can Apply for a Nonimmigrant Visa? August 11, 2008 1. Nephew Aged Out Before CSPA Enactment but Appears Eligible to Immigrate Under the CSPA's New Guidelines 2. H-1B Extension or Employment Authorization Document - Which One Should I Do? 3. Petitioning for Unmarried Son When a Conditional Green Card Holder 4. How Can I Get Back the Green Card That I Gave Up in 1996? 5. I am Under the 10 year Bar for Illegally Staying Over One Year - When Can I Leave Without Penalty? August 3, 2008 Can I Get the Lists of Questions for Naturalization - Current Ones and for the Future Test? July 6, 2008 1. New Rules for Reentry Permit Applicants and Current Processing Time 2. Marriage Based Green Card - I-751 and Naturalization Process and Questions as to Child's Citizenship Status June 30, 2008 1. What Benefits Can Recently Arrived Immigrants Through Family Sponsorship Obtain From The Government? 2. At my Second Interview Based on Marriage, do I have a Chance of Getting the Green Card Where We Married Less Than a Year After the Ex-wife that He Sponsored Also Got Her Green Card? 3. Issues Concerning Where You First Land in the U.S. After Obtaining the Immigrant Visa 4. Handling of I-485 Adjustment of Status Cases Held Previously for Security Checks 5. Eligibility of Permanent Residents Sponsored by Family Member for Medicaid May 18, 2008 Do I have to Fill Out My Membership in the Chinese Communist Youth League When I Fill Out the I-485 Adjustment of Status to Permanent Residence Form? May 11, 2008 1. Can U.S. Citizen Wife and Children Make Up for Husband's Insufficient Time of Residence for Naturalization? 2. In Upcoming Marriage Interview, Will I Receive Permanent Green Card Even Though Interview Date is Nine Days Short of Two Years Marriage? What Proof is Good? April 6, 2008 1. Can Someone Who Entered the Country Legally with a D-1 Crewman Visa Adjust Status to Permanent Residence if Married to a U.S. Citizen or Through Labor Certification Green Card Sponsorship? 2. Arrested for a Misdemeanor and Lawyer Negotiating a Deal - Should I Take It? 3. Immigration Scheduled an I-130 Interview for Me and My Wife, But I was Ordered Deported 13 Years Ago. What Are The Pros and Cons of Going? 4. Labor Certification Holder with I-140 Approval and Pending I-485 Being Transferred by Employer from New York to Chicago. Are the Labor Certification and I-140 Approvals Still Good? What Has to be Done? March 23, 2008 1. Follow to join asylee returned to China in 2004 - what could she do to rejoin her husband in the States? 2. Will U.S.C.I.S. find out that I lied at the consul in 1995 and what will they do about it? 3. Does asylum derivative have to wait one year to apply for permanent residence through asylum and is the green card application fee exempt? 4. Naturalization testing for the elderly who have held the green card for a long time is much easier than for other applicants - the 65/20 rule 5. Retaining permanent residence when planning to be outside the United States most of the time March 9, 2008 1. Naturalization Applicant with Much Time Outside the U.S. Before the Five-year Eligibility Date May Still be Eligible to Naturalize 2. Naturalization Applicants Must Still Maintain Continuous Residence in the U.S. Between the Interview and Swearing in Date 3. Counting Rules of the CSPA and the Unpredictability of Visa Bulletin Movement February 24, 2008 1. Alien Who Entered With a Fake Passport and Marries a U.S. Citizen is Usually Not Allowed to Adjust to Permanent Residence Without Benefits of Section 245(i) 2. Adjusting Status as a Refugee Does Not Require an Income Test 3. Circumstances Under Which the Priority Date is Kept When the Child Later Turns 21 and When the Petitioner Naturalizes February 11, 2008 1. Am I Eligible to Apply for Naturalization Now After Pleading Guilty to a Crime? 2. What Can I Do When My Parents Were Just Denied for Immigration at the Consulate in Guangzhou for Inadequate Financial Support ? 3. In an I-485 Case Involving Fake Passport, Fraudulent Entry, and Sponsorship Through U.S. Citizen Spouse, Section 245(i) Eligibility Can Take Care of the Entry Without Inspection and the I-601 Waiver Take Care of the Fraud Attached to the Entry 4. The Importance of Properly Evaluating an EB-1 Extraordinary Alien Case February 3, 2008 1.Does My Mother Need to File the I-90 Form for Replacement Green Card After Coming in Under SB-1 Visa? 2. The Effect of Long Absences on the Naturalization Application 3. The Date to Apply for Naturalization if the U.S. Citizen Spouse Dies 4. The Date to Apply for Naturalization for an Approved Political Asylee - Effect of Rollback 5. Whether Person With a Final Order of Removal can Apply for Adjustment of Status if He/She is the Spouse of an Asylee and Already Has an Approved I-730 Petition As a Derivative for One Year January 27, 2008 1. Should I be Sponsored by the Dry Cleaners or Finance Company for My H-1B and What Should I do About My Gap in Practical Training Before October 1st? 2. Can My Son Qualify for the CSPA? January 20, 2008 1. December 21, 2000 Presence is Required for 245(i) Benefits For Those Relying on Labor Certification Application or Immigrant Visa Petition Filing Between 1/15/98-4/30/01 2. Options for Businessman Coming to the United States 3. Employment Green Card Possibility for a J-1 Exchange Visitor Overstay no Longer Subject to a Two-year Foreign Residence Requirement Who is Without 245(i) Protection January 13, 2008 1. Notifying of Beneficiary’s Change of Circumstances in I-130 Petition Case 2. Attempting to Use National Interest Waiver Approval from 1990s to Immigrate Now 3. Is I-864 Sponsor Liable for Repayment of Alien’s Income Tax Refund and/or Free School Lunches? January 6, 2008 1. I Filed an I-130 Petition for My Overaged Child and Asked for the Old Priority Date Under My F-4 Category - Can My Child Get It Under the CSPA? 2. I Am Naturalized for Less Than One Year - Can I Go Overseas and Work Long Term or Do I Have to Wait for 1 Year? 3.What to do When Past Actions Were Clearly Abusive of the Immigration Laws 4. Options After Being Here for 10 + Years With a Permanent Resident Wife and U.S. Citizen Child with Serious Medical Problems December 17, 2007 1. Applying for Removal of the Conditional Basis of Permanent Residence (I-751) Through Joint Filing Where There is No Divorce 2. Effect of Filing an I-485 Adjustment of Status Application When the Priority Date is Not Current

  December 3, 2007 1. Is it Possible to Naturalize Mother-in-law Who Did not Return to U.S. for Over Two Years in Involuntary Absence Due to Paralyzing Stroke 2. Options For an L-1B Intra-company Transferee Who Wishes to Stay in the U.S. After Time Expires on Visa Status 3. Simple Rules for Adjustment of Status, Legal Stay and Advance Parole 4. USC Divorcing Wife and Marrying Her Sister in China Not an Easy Road for Her Immigration November 11, 2007 1. Counting Age Under The CSPA and Possible Option 2. Taking Advance Parole When Filing Adjustment of Status Under Section 245(i), Its Dangers and A Possible Option 3. Factors in Deciding Whether to Attempt to Reopen an Old Deportation Order 4. Filing for NIW in Another Field After Extraordinary Alien (E-11) I-140 Approved and the Revocation Process 5. Possible Options for H-1B Holders Expiring Their Six Year Limit Whose Labor October 21, 2007 1. Qualifying for Adjustment of Status Under the Older Version of 245(i) 2. Reopening a Deportation Order if You Did Not Appear at the Hearing 3. Children Do Not Need Citizenship Certificates if They Automatically Became Citizens Through Naturalization of Parents 4. Bringing a U.S. Citizen Child Back to the U.S. When the Parents are Illegal September 24, 2007 1. K-1 Fiancée is a Communist Party Member and Her Case is Delayed. Reader Asks if Party Membership Will Affect the Application and How Long Will be The Wait 2. Use of a Labor Certification Application for Section 245(i) Benefits With a Related Question on I-601 Applicability 3. Applying for Mother in China Who Overstayed for Three Years in the U.S. 4. Naturalization Questions of Reader with Extensive Absences Constituting Abandonment of Permanent Residence Status 5. Permanent Resident Parent Bringing Baby Born Overseas to the U.S. September 9, 2007 1. Will I Have a Problem With Immigrating Because I Use Two First Names? 2. The Amount of My Tax Filings is Very Low - Can I Be Naturalized? 3. Can I Immigrate Through My Son's Petition if My Prior Marriage Was Suspected As Fraudulent and I Withdrew the Case? 4. Can I Apply for Naturalization Three Months Before I Turn 18? 5. The Effect of Legal Separation or Divorce on Adjustment of Status Through Marriage 6. Following to Join Family Members Who Have Already Immigrated September 2, 2007 Question On I-864 Co-sponsor Liability & What Constitutes A Public Charge August 26, 2007 1. Attempting to Obtain Extension of Time to Delay Immigration to the U.S. Before and After Immigrant Visa Interview at Consulate 2. Can Custom Marriage in China in 1996 Between Petitioner's Father and Stepmother Form a Stepchild-Stepparent Relationship Recognizable by U.S.C.I.S.? 3. Facts About Reentry Permit Application and Processing 4. CSPA Counting Rules on Age - When Age is Deemed to be Frozen August 19, 2007 1. Reader Asks About Delay in I-485 Adjudication - Is It the FBI Name Checks? 2. Factors in Determining Whether a Citizenship Applicant has Maintained Residence in the U.S. During the Statutory Period 3. A Short Summary of Employment Based Immigration for a B-2 Visitor 4. The Effect of a Prior Deportation Order on the Naturalization Application 5. When to File For Citizenship If Out For Most of the Years 2001-2004 6. Possible Problem with Adjustment of Status When Spouse of U.S. Citizen Enters July 29, 2007 1.Why is U.S.C.I.S. Taking so Long to Schedule My I-485 Adjustment of Status Interview? 2. What Can I do With My Child Who is in Third Grade and Whose Visa is About to Expire July 22, 2007 Is the niece eligible for CSPA protection when she was only 10 at the time the case began? Current CSPA Interpretation July 15, 2007 Refilling a Naturalization Application July 8, 2007 1. Can You File For Political Asylum Through Having a Second Child in Violation of China’s Family Planning Policy If You Are in the U.S. for Over One Year? 2. How to Communicate Changes of Circumstances to The National Visa Center and Whether a Child Can Immigrate Before Aging Out 3. Green Card Filing For Spouse Can Use $100,000 In Assets Alone For Affidavit of Support 4. Reader Wishes Refund $400 Fee from USCIS for Senior Friend on SSI Whose Naturalization Application Should not Have Been Accepted As It Was Filed Too Early July 1, 2007 1. Asylee Wishes to Invite Parents for a Visit 2. Petitioner in Family Immigration Case Wishes to Only Use Co-Sponsor’s I-864 Affidavit of Support June 24, 2007 1. F-2B Beneficiaries Retain Priority Dates When Upgraded to F-11 When Parent Naturalizes 2. Notification of Divorce Will Allow F-3 Beneficiary to Immigrate Faster Under F-11 Category for Unmarried 3. Circumstances Under Which Child Born Overseas Can Be a U.S. Citizen 4. Applicant with Overdue Priority Date & No Consul Interview Schedule Should Inquire June 7, 2007 1. Asylees and Their Dependents Must Have 365 Days of Physical Presence in U.S. After Award of Asylum to File for Adjustment of Status to Permanent Residence 2. Reader Has Problem with the FBI Namecheck Clearance. Also Wants to Move to Another Employer Now and Wonders About Effect on Processing of His Case May 27, 2007 1. Can Reader Use 245(i) to Extend H-1B Status in U.S. Although now Illegal? 2. What Weight to Give Newspaper Answers for Your Personal Legal Affairs: the Fate of K-2 Children of K-1 Fiancees of U.S. Citizens Who Were 18 When the Marriage Occurred May 20, 2007 1. Things to Consider When Petitioning a Parent for Adjustment of Status Who is Still in Status As a Visitor and the Petitioner Must Wait Over a Year to Become a U.S. Citizen 2. Asylee Wishes to Explore Employment Based Immigration Options for Adjustment of Status -- What to Look Out For 3. Father Sponsoring His 15 Year Old Illegitimate Son Must Show Parental Care - Suggestions on What to do Now 4. When Can I Leave my Present Sponsoring Employer and Safely Keep my Old Labor Certification Case? May 6, 2007 1. What Can I do if I Iimmigrated as a Child, and No Fingerprints or Signature on the Permanent Residence Card? 2. Will I be Able to Immigrate Under the DREAM Act if I am Already an Adult and Finished College? 3. How Can We Immigrate When We (Engineer and Teacher) will Return to China After Expiration of our J-1/J-2 Statuses? 4. What Can I do if I Change my Mind After Filing for Change of Status to Another Visa Category Before the Decision? If my Change of Status from F-1 to M-1 is Denied, What Does U.S.C.I.S. Consider my Status to be? 5. Can I Move to Another Employer now that my PERM Labor Certification and I-140 Petition Have Been Approved and Still Keep my Case? 6. As an RN from Canada, Can I Work Here Since I Have a Sponsoring Employer? 7. What can a K-1 holder do whose I-485 adjustment of status application which was sent to USCIS six months ago was rejected for incorrect filing and only learned of the rejection now? 8. Possible Options When the I-485 Application to Adjust Status to Permanent Residence is Denied Because of Fraudulent Entry March 4, 2007 Fraud at the time of Entry and What Can be Done When Such is Discovered at the time of the Adjustment of Status Interview for Permanent Residence Previous Published Q & A (2005~2007) (2002~2004)

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