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Quite a few of our community members have asked me about te basic laws governing adoptions. One of my colleagues has prepared brief write up for you.

The procedure to adopt a child from a foreign country varies depending on whether the Prospective Adoptive Parent(s) are U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders/Permanent Residents, or Non-Immigrant Visa holders. Two alternatives exist for United States Citizens only: adoption through the Hague Convention and orphan adoptions (from non Hague ...

Here is a set of questions posed to me recently by one of our clients:

I am Mr. Jones, the employer. The employee, Mr. Smith, is no longer employed with us because of company's budget issue. However, we may hire him in the near future if circumstance changes.

My question:
Q1. Do we need to withdraw PERM LC for him that was submitted 2009?
The status is still in process now. I would like to know if this PERM LC still has any goods for him. Let me know ...

Here is a question from our clients-only extranet.

Whats the relevance or importance of having continuous pay stubs (How much gap is permissible if Not significant?) in the processing of Green card of an H1B holder.

Continued payments are required by law for H-1 holder, unless they come under some very limited exceptions for leave for employee's personal reasons. Not paying, exposes the employer to investigation and penalties and may place the employee out of status. ...

See attached memo. They will be writing separately to set aside the Jan 8 memo completely. Looks like we might see some good results without having to go to court.

Attached Files

• AILANufieldMemoProtest.pdf (320.8 KB, 1550 views)

What kind of problems can employment-based nonimmigrants (H-1, L-1, E-1, E-2, E-3, TN) face during reentry?

I think this question is most relevant for H-1 holders, but other employment-based nonimmigrants may also note the general principles here.


For the last two weeks I had been hearing rumors of H-1B employees being “deported” from the airport when they tried to enter (or reenter) USA. I did not believe there was much to these rumors until, during the employers ...