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  • DHS to Offer Deferred Action to Eligible DREAMers

    DHS will formally announce this morning that it will offer deferred action to DREAMers. Preliminary information indicates that eligible applicants must: Be 15-30 years old, and have entered before age 16 Have been present in the U.S. for 5 years as of June 15, 2012 Have maintained continuous residence Have not been convicted of one serious crime or multiple minor crimes Be currently in school, graduated or have a GED, or is an honorably discharged veteran. The deferred action offer will be available to those in proceedings, as well as to those who apply affirmatively. The White House is expected to make a formal announcement this afternoon at 1:15pm ET. AILA will provide further details today.

    AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12061560 (posted Jun. 15, 2012)

    Please read the formal announcement by Secretary Napolitano here: http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/20120612-napolitano-announces-deferred-action-process-for-young-people.shtm

  • H-1B cap reached for FY2013

    USCIS announces that the annual limit for H-1B filings was reached as of 6/11/12. Any cap-subject applications received after that date will be rejected.

    AILA Infonet Doc. No. 12061242 (posted June 12, 2012).

    Cap-Subject H-1B Filing Pace Accelerates

    As any AILA member who files H-1Bs can tell you, the pace of filing cap-subject petitions increases as USCIS closes in on reaching the cap. The week of May 7, it was receiving an average of 840 per day . The next week it was 1060, the next week 1280, and the week of May 28 it was 1800 per day.

    As of June 1, USCIS reported that 55,600 non-advanced degree cap-subject filings had been received. So, if the most recent week’s “burn rate” continued, USCIS would reach 65,000 by early next week.

    However, it is not that simple. Each year, USCIS accepts more than the 65,000 before it starts rejecting petitions, since it must account for a certain percentage of withdrawals and denials. However, the agency has stopped publishing what that number (previously known as the target number) is, so the actual number it will receive before the gate comes down is unknown.

    AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12060551 (posted Jun. 5, 2012)

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    USCIS updated its count of FY2013 cap-subject H-1B petitions & advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 5/18/12, nearly 42,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally, USCIS has receipted 16,000 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

    AILA Infonet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted May 18, 2012)

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    USCIS updated its count of FY2013 cap-subject H-1B petitions & advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 4/20/12, nearly 25,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally, USCIS has receipted 10,900 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

    AILA Infonet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted April 24, 2012)

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    As of April 13, 2012, approximately 20,600 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally, USCIS has receipted 9,700 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

    AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted Apr. 19, 2012)

  • Chemerinsky: Arizona Immigration Case Closes a Momentous Court Term

    “Oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court’s October Term 2011 will end April 25 with one of the most important and politically controversial cases of the year: Arizona v. United States. The issue before the court is whether key provisions of Arizona’s statute SB 1070—which calls on state and local law enforcement to aggressively enforce federal immigration laws—are preempted by federal law. The case poses basic questions about the allocation of power between federal and state governments and does so in a context that arouses deep emotion on both sides.”

    [Posted Apr 18, 2012 8:33 AM CDT on ABAjournal.com  By Erwin Chemerinsky]

    Please read this short article.

    We will report of the decision in this case.

     

     

     

     

  • New Visa Fees as of 04/13/2012

    DOS reminder that nonimmigrant and immigrant visa application fees changed on 4/13/12. If the visa fee was paid before 4/13/12, the difference between the new fee and the old fee does not need to be paid as long as the visa interview is on or before 7/12/12. AILA Doc. No. 12041642.

     

  • Anerkennung deutscher Geldurteile in den USA

    Nachdem in vergangener Zeit insbesondere Florida als Schuldnerparadies missbraucht worden ist draengen sich vermehrt bei deutschen Glaeubigern die Frage nach der Durchsetzbarkeit auslaendischer Titel in den USA auf.

    Die Anerkennung deutscher Geldurteile erfolgt in den USA nach einzelstaatlichem Recht, wobei in einer Vielzahl der Staaten eine einheitliche Rahmengesetzgebung (der sog. Foreign Money Judgment Recognition Act) adoptiert worden ist. So folgen z.B. die Staaten Florida und New York diesem Rahmengesetz, welches zur einfacheren Anerkennung auslaendischer Urteile fuehren soll.

    Voraussetzung ist in einem ersten Schritt, dass das auslaendische Urteil bei dem Gericht registriert wird, welches oertlich fuer den Wohnsitz des Schuldners zustaendig ist. Sodann erfolgt die Zustellung und Bekanntgabe der Eintragung an den Schuldner, der sich dann gegen die Anerkennung des Urteils wehren kann. Tut er dies, so geht das Anerkennungsverfahren in ein streitiges Verfahren ueber, wobei dann aber nicht mehr materriellrechtlich die Grundlage des Anspruchs zu pruefen ist, sondern etwaige Verfahrensmaengel geruegt werden koennen. Also, z.B. ob der Schulner Gelegenheit hatte, sich am Verfahren im Ausland zu beteiligen, oder die Anerkennung des Urteils gegen Ordre Public des anerkennenden Staates widersprechen wuerde.

    Widerspricht der Schuldner dem Urteil nicht, so ist es genauso wie ein US-Urteil durchsetzbar, wobei man wissen sollte, dass in den USA von Amts wegen die Zwangsvollstreckung aus dem Urteil nicht geschieht, sondern ebenfalls im Parteiverfahren betrieben werden muss.

    Die Rechtsanwaelte dieser Kanzlei haben hinreichende Erfahrung in Fragen der Anerkennung auslaendischer Urteile und stehen Ihnen bei weiteren Fragen gerne jederzeit zur Verfuegung.

  • Bereits mehr als 22,000 H-1B Visumsantraege eingegangen

    Die Einwanderungsbehoerde hat bestaetigt, dass am 4. April 2012 bereits mehr als 22,000 Antraege auf H-1B Visen eingegangen sind.

  • DOS Confirms China-Mainland Born and India EB-2 Cut-offs

    Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of Visa Control at the State Department, has confirmed that, effective March 23, 2012, no further EB-2 visas will be authorized for China-mainland born and India applicants with priority dates of August 15, 2007, or later. Visa applicants processing in April at consulates abroad will still receive visas, as those numbers were allocated before the cut-off date was established. Mr. Oppenheim understands that USCIS will continue to accept applications for adjustment of status for aliens with priority dates prior to the date established in the April 2012 Visa Bulletin. Those cases with priority dates of August 15, 2007, or later, will be processed by USCIS to the point of approval (pre-adjudicated) and a request for a visa number will be forwarded Visa Control at DOS to be held in a “pending” file until new visas are available beginning with FY2013 on October 1, 2012. Mr. Oppenheim advises that an item in the May Visa Bulletin will address the EB-2 movement.
    AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040447 (posted Apr. 4, 2012)

  • As of 4/4/2012, USCIS has already received 22,323 H-1B visa application received

    AILA Liaison learned at a CSC/VSC stakeholder engagement on 4/5/2012 that USCIS has received 22,323 cap-subject H-1B petitions as of 4/4/2012. Approximately 25% of the cases are for U.S. advanced degrees.

    AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040553 (posted Apr. 5, 2012)

  • Zwangsvollstreckungsverteidigung

    Die allgemeine Wirtschaftskrise und Krise am Immobilienmarkt ist insbesondere in Sued-Florida schmerzhaft spuerbar. Wurden im Jahre 2006 in Miami-Dade County insgesamt 9,814 Antraege auf Zwangsversteigerung von Immobilien gestellt, so waren es fuer das Jahr 2008 weit ueber 56,600 Antraege. Alleine im Januar 2009 wurden schon mehr als 6,000 neue Antraege gestellt und der Trend ist derzeit ungebrochen.

    Fuer die meisten Eigentuemer bedeutet dies die Insolvenz. Trotzdem sollte man nicht uebereilt einen Insolvenzantrag einreichen, sondern zunaechst versuchen, die Hypotheken zu modifizieren, oder den Verkauf der betroffenen Immobilien im Wege des sogenannten “short sale” zu versuchen.

    Ein Anwalt kann hier eventuell die Konsequenzen der Insolvenz verhindern. RA Pauly steht gerne zu Beratungsgespraechen zur Verfuegung, um Ihre Moeglichkeiten besser einzuschaetzen. Bitte vereinbaren Sie einen Termin.