19 Oct

Essay #3: Immigration Reforms

By AMBIKA HANCHATE (INDIA) Today   there  is a  broad – based  consensus  that  the  U.S immigration  system  is  broken.  This  consensus  erodes,  however,  as  soon as  the  options  to  reform  the U.S  immigration  system  are  debated.  Substantial  efforts  to  comprehensively  reform  immigration  law  failed  in  the  109th  and  110th  congress.  Whether  and  how  the  112th …

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07 Oct

IT Consulting and IT consultants issues addressed.

Since the release January 2010, Neufeld Memo on H1B, many IT consulting firms have reduced their number of applications or stop applying for H1B in general. This article does not cover this memo but is intended to reinforce or demystify the issues related to H1B filing and permanent residence filing through a PERM labor certification….

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04 Oct

Essay 2 – Lost without Translation

By Amana Ranjan Introduction All of us dream. The ambitious dream big. The affected dream with vengeance. Some of us simply dream for whatever it is worth. but what one truly desires is change. A change from, more often than not, poverty, political instability, religious suffocation, economic backwardness, illiteracy, persecution, war and disaster. The world…

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03 Oct

Essay 1 – Life at the Border

Life on the Border I live on the border—the northern border—about five miles from British Columbia, Canada. We don’t have streams of illegal immigrants climbing over walls, fences, or swimming the river to get into the country. Up here, the border is actually a dirt ditch that separates the United States from Canada. Most illegal…

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03 Oct

Will immigration be a topic of discussion in the Presidential Debates 2012 between President Obama and Governor Romney?

On Wednesday October 3rd 2012, the presidential debates are starting.  This is going to be viewed by almost 90 millions Americans and people around the world.  President Obama has kind of made clear his stance on immigration including a harsh policy on deportations, alleviating the courts with prosecutorial discretion and now allowing almost two millions…

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30 Sep

The Shah Peerally Law Show on KLOK 1170 AM

Do not miss the KLOK 1170 AM law show on Monday from 12pm to 1pm. Topics of discussion: Immigration law – Marriage Petitions, Citizenships, H1B visas, Green Cards, Change of Status, Adjustment of Status and many other related legal issues.  We will also discuss debt settlement especially how a judgment against you can hurt you?…

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