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"Modernizing and Streamlining Our Legal Immigration System for the 21st Century" On the heels of President Obama's executive action of November 20, 2014, the White House released an update this summer on immigration reform entitled, "Modernizing & Streamlining Our Legal Immigration System for the 21st Century." In an effort to streamline and improve the legal immigration system, make use of all available immigrant visa numbers, and modernize the technological infrastructure behind the different agencies within our immigration system, the White House put forth a series of recommendations which will certainly have an impact on immigrants and nonimmigrants, as well as...

In appreciation of the team's efforts, Clark Lau LLC had a summer outing this past week.

O-1 Visa Applicants: Carrying More Luggage than Usualby Erin Hogan When filing a petition, the objective is always to get it approved - usually to have the case approved by USCIS. And often when we do get the approval, it feels like the case is finished; that the journey is over. However, there is actually a very important step that goes along with a USCIS approval - getting the visa. If a person receives an approval outside of the U.S., or if she changes her status in the U.S. and then travels internationally, then she will need to obtain a...

In this hot real estate market, a lot of people are shopping for, and buying homes. Not everyone can do an all cash deal, so they turn to mortgage lenders. One of the most common questions asked is "how long can you stay?" This is important because mortgage lenders want to make sure that the individual can stick around long enough to pay back the mortgage. So what follows is some tips for those of you out there who want to make sure that your loans are repaid! When it comes to real estate and mortgage issues, one common question...

Vince spoke on Thursday in Miami at AILA's Fundamentals Immigration Law Conference on PERM and on Saturday at AILA's PERM conference on aspects of the employment-based green card process.

The L-1A and L-1B nonimmigrant visa categories enable a U.S. employer to transfer certain types of employees from one of its affiliated foreign offices to one of its offices in the United States, or to send certain employees to the United States to help establish an affiliated U.S. office. The L-1A classification applies to employees working in an executive or managerial capacity, while the L-1B classification applies to employees with specialized knowledge relating to the organization's business. Although it is difficult to predict exactly what a particular officer is thinking when reviewing L-1 petitions, below we share some actual Request...