USCIS and DOS mistake shatters hopes and dreams….
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, copyright 2015 The US Department of State posted a visa bulletin in a new format on September 9, 2015. In that format, the Bulletin announced two […]
CAN AN ATTORNEY LIMIT REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE IMMIGRATION COURT?
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney © 2015 As attorneys, for whatever reason, we may not want to continue to represent a client. The issue becomes whether an attorney who has already […]
PowerPoint Presentation: Overview of Immigration Law and Crimes
This was a presentation I made to the Ohio Law Libraries Association annual meeting in Sugarcreek, Ohio, on May 7, 2015. I have attached the presentation (24 PowerPoint slides) and […]
Fiscal Year 2016 H-1B cap reached
© Farhad Sethna 2015 On April 7, 2015, the USCIS announced that it had already reached the cap of 65,000 general visas for H-1B as well as the 20,000 “Advanced US […]
H-4 SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 THE PROBLEM: Until an alien’s “priority date” is current, the alien and any non-US Citizen dependents cannot apply for Adjustment of Status (“green card”) […]
DACA ALERT- USCIS will accept DACA applications starting February 18, 2015
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 As most of you now know (unless you have been hiding under a rock somewhere), President Obama announced two expansions of his original DACA […]
Bars to Reentry or Adjustment of Status
By Attorney Farhad Sethna, © 2015 A frequent set of questions that I encounter in my practice is “I was in deportation proceedings and I was ordered removed from the United States, […]
Self-Employment Options for F-1 students
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney and Counselor; © 2014 Often, I hear enterprising and creative clients ask me – “Farhad, can I start a business in the USA”. Many times, these […]