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• Ever-moving Target: USCIS Issues Memo Regarding Some Provisions of AC21 Including Portability ( September 2005 )
  Lori Dawson Melton of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  The USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Service) has just issued a new memorandum regarding certain provisions of AC21 (The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act). AC21 provided H-1B extensions beyond six years and portability for H-1B and adjustment of status applicants among other provisions. This new memo provides answers to several questions employers and their foreign national employees have struggled with since AC21 was passed in 2000.

• ILIFE Act Makes Adjustment of Status Possible For Aliens ( December 2000 )
  Sean G. Hanagan, Joseph  DeGiuseppe and William J. Manning of Jackson Lewis, LLP

  This article reviews the Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act of 2000.

• Congress Raises H-1B Cap ( December 2000 )
  Sean G. Hanagan, Joseph  DeGiuseppe and William J. Manning of Jackson Lewis, LLP

  This article reviews the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act which raises the H-1B cap for FY2000 through FY2003 to 195,000 visas per year.

• INS Eliminates the Need for Certain H-1 and L-1 Adjustment Applicants (and Derivative Family Members) to Obtain Advance Parole Before Traveling Outside the United States ( June 2000 )
  Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

  This alert reviews the INS interim rule that allows H-1 and L-1 adjustment applicants and their family members who are maintaining their valid nonimmigrant status to travel outside the United States without obtaining "advance parole" before their departure.

• Tips for United States Visas--Exchange Visitors ( February 1998 )
  State Department

  Tips from the United States Department of State on how obtain a United States visa if you are in an exchange visitor program.

• Frequently Asked Immigration Questions ( July 2000 )
  Law Offices of Irani & Wise, PLC

  1. Can my attorney's office call the INS Service Center regarding my case? Can my attorney get the INS to expedite.

• Nonimmigrant Visas ( July 2000 )
  Law Offices of Irani & Wise, PLC

  THE H-1B NONIMMIGRANT VISA SPECIALTY OCCUPATION WORKERS The popular H-1B visa is an employer-specifi.

• Cooley Alert: INS Eliminates the Need for Certain H-1 and L-1 Adjustment Applicants (and Derivative Family Members) to Obtain Advance Parole Before Traveling Outside the United States ( August 1999 )
  Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

  The INS has issued an interim rule that allows green card applicants and their family members who are maintaining their valid nonimmigrant status to travel outside the United States without obtaining advance parole before leaving for their trip.

• Cooley Alert: Nonimmigrants Holding California Driver's Licenses May Now Extend Them for Four Years ( January 2000 )
  Lance Director Nagel of Cooley Godward Kronish LLP

  This alert summarizes a recent California Department of Motor Vehicle policy whereby non-immigrants can now extend their drivers' licenses for up to four years despite the fact that their I-94 forms will expire before the above-referenced time.

• Business Immigration to the United States ( February 2000 )
  Law Office of John Du

  A BASIC OVERVIEW Current U.S. immigration law allows people who have skills and talents needed in the United Sta.