Are you thinking about hiring an employee who has never held H-1B status and wondering when to begin the process? If you haven’t already started the process, the time to begin is NOW. Why? The process for your attorney to prepare an H-1B normally will...
Published On: February 19, 2014Categories: Business Immigration, Immigration, Twitter, UncategorizedSome 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...
Published On: November 22, 2013Categories: Immigration, Twitter, UncategorizedIn 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...
Published On: October 22, 2013Categories: Business Immigration, Twitter, UncategorizedIf 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...
Published On: July 29, 2013Categories: Business Immigration, Family Immigration, I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, Immigration, Twitter, Uncategorized
Same sex partners married to US citizens are now eligible to apply for permanent resident status.
Published On: July 1, 2013Categories: Family Immigration, Twitter, Uncategorized
The Dhanani Law Firm is pleased to announce that attorney Rahim Dhanani was selected for inclusion in the December issue of Georgia Trend magazine as 2012 Legal Elite. The Legal Elite is a roster of Georgia’s most effective lawyers as selected by their peers. Members...
Published On: December 1, 2012Categories: Business Immigration, Family Immigration, Immigration, TwitterAttorney Rahim Dhanani will be teaching a continuing legal education course for newer immigration attorneys on July 17th at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. The course will provide an overview and introduction into the basic concepts of U.S. immigration law and procedure pertaining to family and...
Published On: July 7, 2012Categories: TwitterA 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. ...
Published On: February 7, 2012Categories: Business Immigration, Family Immigration, Immigration, Twitter, UncategorizedI 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...
Published On: August 18, 2011Categories: Business Immigration, I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, Twitter, Uncategorized
