You are receiving this because you subscribed to this publication. If you wish to unsubscribe, please go to http://www.visalaw.com/subscribe2.html. Siskind’s Immigration Bulletin November 1999 E-mail subscribers as of November 22, 1999: 23,985 persons (50 states/130 countries). Published by Greg Siskind, partner at the Immigration Law Offices of Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine, Attorneys at Law; telephone: 800-748-3819, 901-737-3194 or 615-345-0225; facsimile: 800-684-1267, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], WWW home page: http://www.visalaw.com. SSHD serves immigration clients throughout the world from its offices in the US, Canada and the People's Republic of China. To schedule a telephone or in-person consultation with the firm, go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html. Writers: Amy Ballentine and Greg Siskind. To receive a free e-mail subscription to Siskind's Immigration Bulletin, fill out the form at http://www.visalaw.com/subscribe2.html or send an email message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message in the body of the e-mail "subscribe your e-mail address". TO BE TAKEN OFF THE LIST, GO TO http://www.visalaw.com/subscribe2.html. To subscribe to the free Siskind's Immigration Professional Newsletter, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and tell us your name, location, e-mail address, and the type of immigration occupation you are in (immigration lawyer, paralegal, foreign student advisor, journalist, Congressional staffer, etc.). To subscribe to Visalaw Physician, go to http://www.visalaw.com/IMG/resources.html. 1. MESSAGE FROM SISKIND, SUSSER, HAAS & DEVINE - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/1nov99.html Dear Readers: The past month has been very busy on the immigration front. So busy, that we are publishing what is our largest newsletter ever – 54 stories covering more than 84 pages . We include all of our regular features – Immigration and the Internet, Visa Spotlight, Government Processing Times, Border and Deportation Roundup, News Bytes etc. We also have dozens of articles covering the latest news. For at least some of our readers, we have good news to report this month on new immigration legislation that has become law. Congress and the President have approved legislation to restore national interest waivers to physicians serving in health professional shortage areas and a few hundred nurses a year will now be eligible for the new H-1C visa if they are working in a large hospital in a health professional shortage area. A few weeks ago, we published a special newsletter summarizing the status. If you have not had a chance to view the newsletter, it can be found at http://www.visalaw.com/99novspec/. For people with pending I-485 applications, there is also good news. The INS will no longer require that the CIA criminal background check be complete prior to processing the green card application. That should mean green card application processing times should start to improve as well. Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine, publishers of this newsletter, are pleased to make a number of announcements. First, Greg Siskind was honored by the Memphis Business Journal as one of the 40 most influential business executives under age 40 in the city. He received commendations from the Memphis City Council and the Mayor of Memphis as well. SSHD’s marketing director Sandra McQuain also made the highly competitive list. Greg Siskind was also interviewed for a report that aired November 23rd on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered concerning the impact of the Internet on the way lawyers practice their profession. Joshua Levs, the reporter on the story, learned of SSHD when American Bar Association President Bill Paul recently commended the firm for the innovative ways it is using the Internet to deliver immigration legal services to the public. The story can be heard in Real Audio by going to http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/19991123.atc.16.ram. Greg also is the author of a chapter in the just-released American Bar Association book THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MARKETING YOUR LAW PRACTICE. Not surprisingly, he wrote the chapter on Internet marketing for lawyers. Immigration lawyer Phil Cargyle has joined our Nashville office as an associate. Phil is a 1996 graduate of the University of North Carolina Law School and has been practicing immigration law in Nashville since that time. Welcome Phil! Also, we remind you of our other free newsletters. Siskind's Immigration Professional is a newsletter that provides notices of job openings, reporters seeking story leads, conference announcements, book and software reviews and other announcements that will be of interest to immigration lawyers, paralegals, foreign student advisors and anyone else who handles immigration matters for a living. If you handle immigration matters for a living and wish to be added to our email distribution list, just go to http://www.visalaw.com/sip-intro.html. More than 1000 of our readers who are immigration professionals have already subscribed. Our other newsletter is brand new and the first issue will be released shortly. It is called VISALAW PHYSICIAN and is designed to provide immigration information targeted to doctors. The newsletter is tied into our new Visalaw Physician Info Center on the web site at http://www.visalaw.com/IMG/resources.html. And as always, we remind readers that this publication is put out by Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine, an immigration law firm, and we are available for telephone or in-person consultations to answer immigration questions and discuss our representing individuals and employers in immigration matters. If interested, please go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html. Regards, Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine 2. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE – ADVOCACY UPDATE CENTER - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/2nov99.html 3. IMMIGRATION AND THE INTERNET: THE VISALAW PHYSICIAN INFO CENTER - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/3nov99.html 4. Y2K TO CAUSE SUSPENSION OF VISA ISSUANCES AT US CONSULATES - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/4nov99.html 5. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION ANNOUNCES IT WILL NO LONGER CONSIDER IMMIGRATION STATUS IN REMEDYING WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/5nov99.html 6. INS REORGANIZATION WON’T HAPPEN THIS YEAR - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/6nov99.html 7. NEW LAW RECREATES NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVERS FOR PHYSICIANS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/7nov99.html 8. CAMPAIGN 2000 - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/8nov99.html 9. AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYER’S ASSOCIATION ISSUES POSITION PAPER ON MANDATORY DETENTION - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/9nov99.html 10. BORDER AND DEPORTATION NEWS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/10nov99.html 11. REMOVALS IN FISCAL YEAR 1999 REACH NEW RECORD - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/11nov99.html 12. NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP UPDATE - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/12nov99.html 13. STATE DEPARTMENT VISA BULLETIN – DECEMBER 1999 - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/13nov99.html 14. GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/14nov99.html 15. NEWS BYTES - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/15nov99.html 16. MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL OFFER IMMIGRANTS EASIER PATH TO HOME OWNERSHIP - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/16nov99.html 17. FEDERAL JUDGE RULES USE OF SECRET EVIDENCE IN DEPORTATION HEARINGS UNCONSTITUTIONAL - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/17nov99.html 18. VISA SPOTLIGHT – H-2B VISA FOR TEMPORARY NONAGRICULTURAL WORKERS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/18nov99.html 19. GUEST ARTICLE: WHEN IMMIGRATION AND CRIMINAL LAWS INTERSECT - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/19nov99.html 20. US CONSULAR CHIEF IN CHINA ADDRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT VISA FOR CHINESE STUDENTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/20nov99.html 21. INS WILL ISSUE STICKERS FOR EXPIRING GREEN CARDS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/21nov99.html 22. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CRITICIZES CALIFORNIA FOR FAILING TO REPORT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LEGAL IMMIGRANT WORKERS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/22nov99.html 23. WORKSITE RAID AT THE PENTAGON UNCOVERS 33 UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/23nov99.html 24. IMMIGRANT DETAINEE SUES INS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/24nov99.html 25. LOCAL UTILITY COMPANY CIRCULATES ANTI-HISPANIC QUESTIONNAIRE - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/25nov99.html 26. INS INTRODUCES 24 HOUR LIVE INFORMATION HOTLINE - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/26nov99.html 27. DALLAS AREA PRACTICE OF EXCLUDING NATURALIZED CITIZENS FROM JURIES REVEALED - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/27nov99.html 28. RUSSIAN STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS FACE INCREASED VISA DENIALS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/28nov99.html 29. PROPOSITION 187 SUPPORTERS SEEK TO PLACE SIMILAR MEASURE ON 2000 CALIFORNIA BALLOT - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/29nov99.html 30. INS RELEASES “QUICK GUIDE TO PUBLIC CHARGE” - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/30nov99.html 31. AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAW FOUNDATION PREPARES TO SUE INS OVER PROCESSING DELAYS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/31nov99.html 32. POSSIBLE RIOT AT INS DETENTION CENTER - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/32nov99.html 33. U.S. SUSPENDS VISAS OF THOSE INVOLVED IN KOSOVO REPRESSION AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE MILOSEVIC REGIME - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/33nov99.html 34. NEWS FROM THE COURTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/34nov99.html 35. GUEST ARTICLE: RECENT NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER DECISIONS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/35nov99.html 36. DALLAS EPISCOPALIAN BISHOP DENOUNCES US IMMIGRATION POLICY - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/36nov99.html 37. INS RAID AT MINNEAPOLIS HOTEL DRAWS SUPPORT FOR UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/37nov99.html 38. INS HOLDS MEETING TO DISCUSS DETENTION POLICIES - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/38nov99.html 39. CONSULAR FOCUS: HANOI, VIETNAM - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/39nov99.html 40. FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEPORTATION ORDER AGAINST FORMER NAZI - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/40nov99.html 41. IMMIGRANT PLEADS GUILTY TO ARRANGING MORE THAN 100 SHAM MARRIAGES - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/41nov99.html 42. PERMANENT RESIDENT WINS FIVE-YEAR BATTLE FOR READMISSION - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/42nov99.html 43. ADVOCATES PROTEST TRANSFER OF ASYLUM SEEKER TO COUNTY JAIL - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/43nov99.html 44. DV-2001 LOTTERY ENTRY PERIOD ENDS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/44nov99.html 45. GRAND JURY ISSUES 125 COUNT INDICTMENT IN TRUCK DRIVER SMUGGLING SCHEME - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/45nov99.html 46. NEW RULES ON AU PAIRS ISSUED - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/46nov99.html 47. TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS EXTENDED FOR BURUNDI, SIERRA LEONE AND SUDAN - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/47nov99.html 48. IMMIGRANT GROUP COUNTERS ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILLBOARDS IN NEW YORK CITY - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/48nov99.html 49. FLORIDA POLL INDICATES SUPPORT FOR DECREASED IMMIGRATION LEVELS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/49nov99.html 50. IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES CONCERNED OVER NEW RESTRICTIONS ON CHECK CASHING FACILITIES IN L.A. SUBURB - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/50nov99.html 51. GUEST ARTICLE – COMMON IMMIGRATION LAW MISCONCEPTIONS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/51nov99.html 52. INS’ FAILURE TO PROVIDE WORK PERMITS FOR HONDURAN IMMIGRANTS WITH TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS LEADS TO LAWSUIT - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/52nov99.html 53. GOVERNMENT PAMPHLET FOR HAITIAN IMMIGRANTS IN FAKE DIALECT OFFENDS MANY - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/53nov99.html 54. WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA SCHOOL CONTRACTS WITH TRANSLATION SERVICE TO HELP IMMIGRANT PARENTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99nov/54nov99.html
SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN - NOVEMBER 1999
Gregory Siskind, Attorney at Law Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:21:09 -0800
- SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN - NOVEMBER... Gregory Siskind, Attorney at Law
- SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN - NOV... Gregory Siskind, Attorney at Law
