Steven Pham's Legal Blog

Currently, there are 65,000 H-1B nonimmigrant visas are available to foreign nationals who seek to enter the U.S. a temporary professional workers.  Generally, the applicant must be qualified as a having a specialty occupation.  The qualifying position must require  at least a bachelor degree or higher.  In some instances, such as nurses, physical therapists, and […]

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The USCIS has recently changed their procedures in adjudicating Adjustment of Status applications that are pending FBI check.  In a Memo issued by the USCIS Associate Director for domestic operations, Mr. Michael Aytes announced that USCIS will begin processing pending applications and grant green cards to pending applicants.  Because only about 1% of the applications […]

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The USCIS revised the filing instructions and procedures for filing a Petition for Alien Relative. Previously, all petitioners filing stand-alone Form I-130 must file with their respective Service Center.  Here in TX, petitioners have been filing with the Texas Service Center in Mesquite.  As of February 20, 2008, all Petitioners must file their petitions with […]

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Dear friends and prospective clients:
Smith & Garg, LLC is proud to announce that on Monday March 17, 2008, our Long Beach Office will officially open for business. We have a team of very competent and experienced attorneys to assist you in the area of Immigration, Business Law, Consumer Defense, Real Estate & Foreclosures, Family […]

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