CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITH USCIS
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 If you are not a US Citizen, and you are residing in the USA, the law requires that you have to let the USCIS […]
CAMBIO DE DIRECCIÓN CON EL USCIS
Por el Abogado Farhad Sethna © 2014 Si usted no es ciudadano norteamericano y reside en EEUU, la ley requiere que mantenga siempre actualizada su dirección al USCIS (United States […]
THE CSPA – CHILD STATUS PROTECTION ACT – GETTING OLDER AND WISER?
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2013 The Child Status Protection Act, enshrined in the Immigration & Nationality Act as § 203(h) originally held out great promise when it was first […]
IMMIGRATION REFORM FOR PHYSICIANS- A BOLD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2013 Despite the best efforts of immigration hardliners to malign the immigration reform proposals passed in the Senate (Senate Bill 744) and pending in the […]
Self-employment by F-1 student on OPT
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2013 Background: F-1 students are eligible for certain forms of work-authorization both prior to graduation and post-graduation. Under the post-graduate employment option, also called OPT, a […]
Can an International student be self employed or set up a company in the United States?
© Farhad Sethna, Attorney, 2013 Background: Many times, enterprising foreign students pose the same question: can I set up a business in the United States while I am still a […]
USCIS CAN “LOCK” SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS IN E-VERIFY
By Attorney Farhad Sethna, © 2013 In a press release on November 18, 2013, USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas claimed that the USCIS now has the ability to “lock” social security […]
Supreme Court’s “Chaidez” decision limits “Padilla v. Kentucky”
Click the link below to download a PDF of the published article – AkronBar-Publication-Chaidez-Padilla-10-2013