18 Nov

USCIS Redesigns Naturalization Certificate to Enhance Security: Questions and Answers

More than 600,000 new citizens will receive the enhanced certificate over the next year Introduction U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it has begun issuing a redesigned, more secure Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550) as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the integrity of the immigration system. The agency anticipates that over…

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15 Nov

California Superior Court pholds immigrant-tuition law

Cal. Sup. Ct. pholds immigrant-tuition law “Undocumented immigrants are eligible for in-state tuition as long as they meet the same requirements as other resident students at public colleges and universities, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. Overturning an appeals-court decision, the unanimous high court said the state law in question, implemented in 2001 by Assembly…

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07 Nov

Disbarred attorney, business partner settle claims of practicing immigration law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 04, 2010 back SEATTLE – A disbarred attorney and his business partner were accused of violating the Consumer Protection Act and the Immigration Assistant Practices Act in a case brought by the Washington Attorney General’s Office. Grosvenor Anschell, owner of Jona Immigration Services in Bellevue, was disbarred in 2000. Soon after,…

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28 Oct

New Application and Petition Fees Go Into Effect on Nov. 23, 2010

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds customers that its new fee schedule goes into effect Nov. 23, 2010.  Applications or petitions postmarked or otherwise filed on or after this date must include the new fee, or they will be rejected. USCIS published the new fee schedule in the Federal Register on Sept. 24, following a…

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28 Oct

Pakistan Business Regulatory Environment

Business  Regulatory  Environment In the past, investment in Pakistan was the subject of numerous approvals, permits and licenses which have been thoroughly streamlined recently. Administration of investment is now concentrated with the BOI(Board of Investment ) and the SECP(Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan) in a kind of one stop shop system. Requirements such as the…

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28 Oct

US VISAS FOR PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY

By Shah Peerally, Esq. and Ketki Buddhisagar, Esq. Generally, people associated with the media industry such as entertainers, reporters, artists, and models have been invited to the United States on B1 or P Visa. The fact is that such performers and entertainers may come to the United States on many different non immigrant and possibly…

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