Some non-citizens who live in Georgia have not able to renew their driver’s licenses while an application for extension of their immigration status is pending at USCIS.  This typically happens when the non-citizen's immigration document has expired, but an application to extend status was filed...

In August 2013 I was approached by a physician who owned a family practice clinic and wanted to sponsor an immigrant doctor to work at this clinic as an H-1B employee.  The immigrant doctor previously held an H-1B but was exempt from the 65,000 H-1B...

If you are a nonimmigrant visa holder (H-1B, L-1A, TN, E-2, etc.) and have not travelled outside of the US in several months you will notice a new change in the I-94 card process if you leave the US and return by plane or boat...

Same sex partners married to US citizens are now eligible to apply for permanent resident status.

A sad reality of the American immigration process is that immigrants are sometimes taken advantage of.  One common way that this happens is when immigrants put their immigration status and their lives in the hands of unqualified people who are not licensed to practice law. ...

I recently had a consultation with an employer who had several employees working for him but the employer had not completed I-9 forms for any of them.  I informed the employer that all employers are required to fill out I-9 forms for their employees.  The...

What should I bring to my consultation with the immigration lawyer? I often get calls from clients that schedule consultations and they will ask “what should I bring to the consultation”? In short, my response is bring any paperwork that you have related to immigration....