SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN - JUNE 1999 E-mail subscribers as of June 30, 1999: 21,749 persons (50 states/126 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: 630-604-9306, 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. 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 UNSUBSCRIBE 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.). 1. MESSAGE FROM SISKIND, SUSSER, HAAS & DEVINE - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/1jun99.html 2. J VISA BOOK RELEASED - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/2jun99.html 3. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/3jun99.html 4. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - ADVOCACY UPDATE CENTER - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/4jun99.html 5. NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP UPDATE - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/5jun99.html 6. VISA SPOTLIGHT: H-1B CAP REACHED - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/6jun99.html 7. POLITICAL DEBATE SURROUNDS H-1B VISA PROGRAM - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/7jun99.html 8. INS ANNOUNCES DURATION OF STATUS RULES FOR F-1 AND J-1 NONIMMIGRANTS SEEKING H-1B VISAS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/8jun99.html 9. NEW RULES ON MAINTAINING STATUS AND TRAVEL ABROAD FOR H AND L NONIMMIGRANTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/9jun99.html 10. H-1B VISA SHORTAGE'S IMPACT ON UNIVERSITIES - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/10jun99.html 11. BORDER AND DEPORTATION NEWS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/11jun99.html 12. INS PARTICIPATES IN MANHUNT FOR SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLER - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/12jun99.html 13. GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/13jun99.html 14. STATE DEPARTMENT VISA BULLETIN - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/14jun99.html 15. SENATE MAY VOTE TO RESTORE NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVERS FOR PHYSICIANS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/15jun99.html 16. NEWS BYTES - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/16jun99.html 17. REPORT OUTLINES CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASIAN IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS IN SILICON VALLEY - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/17jun99.html 18. INCREASING NUMBER OF CUBANS REACHING THE US RAISES FEARS OF ANOTHER IMMIGRATION WAVE - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/18jun99.html 19. SENATE AGAIN VOTES TO REPEAL ENTRY-EXIT LAW - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/19jun99.html 20. INS REPORT ADMITS DISCRIMINATION EXISTS IN SOME WORKPLACE RAIDS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/20jun99.html 21. NEW REPORT ON STATE RESTORATION OF BENEFITS FOR IMMIGRANTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/21jun99.html 22. SENATE IMMIGRATION SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVES INCREASED FUNDING FOR BORDER PATROL - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/22jun99.html 23. SOUTHWEST BORDER IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM DRAWS BOTH PRAISE AND CRITICISM - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/23jun99.html 24. LAWMAKERS CONSIDER FARMWORKER AMNESTY PROGRAM - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/24jun99.html 25. UNMANNED AIRPLANES MAY PATROL SOUTHWEST BORDER - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/25jun99.html 26. ASIAN-AMERICAN IMMIGRANT SCIENTISTS EXPERIENCE HOSTILITY FOLLOWING CHARGES OF CHINESE ESPIONAGE - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/26jun99.html 27. ASYLUM NEWS - MEDICAL GUIDELINES ISSUED ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/27jun99.html 28. NEWS FROM THE COURTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/28jun99.html 29. LAWSUIT FILED TO STOP NEGOTIATIONS ON PROPOSITION 187 - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/29jun99.html 30. CALIFORNIA DEBATES OFFERING IN-STATE COLLEGE TUITION TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/30jun99.html 31. NEW STUDY REVEALS SURPRISES IN IMMIGRANT DAY-LABOR MARKET - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/31jun99.html 32. LAWSUIT ALLEGES ALABAMA TAX ASSESSOR DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IMMIGRANTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/32jun99.html 33. REPORT SUGGESTS CURRENT HIGH LEVELS OF IMMIGRATION WILL CONTINUE - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/33jun99.html 34. COMPETITION LOWERS COST OF SENDING MONEY TO MEXICO - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/34jun99.html 35. NEW JERSEY DETENTION CENTER ANNOUNCES PLANS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/35jun99.html 36. INS RELEASES FURTHER GUIDANCE ON 245i SUNSET - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/36jun99.html 37. IRAQI NATIONALS RELEASED FROM INS DETENTION - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/37jun99.html 38. CONSULAR FOCUS: BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/38jun99.html 39. AUTHORITIES UNCOVER BABY-SMUGGLING RING - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/39jun99.html 40. TEMPORARY AMNESTY EXTENDED TO KOSOVO NATIONALS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/40jun99.html 41. TEXAS EXECUTES CANADIAN NATIONAL - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/41jun99.html 42. NACARA REGISTRATION PERIOD BEGINS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/42jun99.html 43. TPS DEADLINE NEARS FOR HONDURANS AND NICARAGUANS - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/43jun99.html 44. USIA ISSUES POLICY STATEMENT ON FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES - http://www.visalaw.com/99jun/44jun99.html _______________________________________ 1. MESSAGE FROM SISKIND, SUSSER, HAAS AND DEVINE Dear Readers: The nation's immigration lawyers gathered this month in Seattle Washington for the annual meeting of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. This was a more subdued year than the last few meetings largely because the tide appears to be turning on the legislative front and immigrants are now winning back much of what was lost in the tumultuous 1996 session of Congress. This year, the focus of people's attention was focused on more immediate problems - the reaching of the H-1B visa cap, the meltdown of INS processing of adjustment of status applications, the INS' basic shutdown of the National Interest Waiver category, etc. Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine was well-represented at the meeting with nine of our attorneys attending. Last month, I also had the pleasure of attending the annual meeting of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in New York City. I serve on the board of HIAS and am chairing its new Leadership Development Program. HIAS is one of the nation's oldest, immigrant resettlement and advocacy organizations. In recent years, it has settled thousands of refugees from the former Soviet Union in the US. In the past several months, it has played a leading role in resettling Kosovar Albanians here. I had the opportunity to hear the inside details on the Kosovar refugee crisis and also to attend a ceremony in which several dozen college scholarships were awarded to recently arrived immigrants to this country. I was honored to be asked to serve on HIAS' scholarship committee and was amazed at the remarkable accomplishments of many applicants, particularly those who have been here just a short time. There are a number of major stories in immigration law we are following this month. First and foremost, the H-1B cap was officially announced. Applications filed after April 11, 1999 did not make it, though people who filed before the cap was announced will get some important benefits. We discuss the cap in this month's Visa Spotlight feature. Another major development for our doctor readers and clients is the US Senate's consideration of a bill that would make it easier for physicians working in medically underserved areas to get a National Interest Waiver. And one development that will no doubt be welcome by many readers is an INS decision to certain H-1B and L-1 visa holders in the process of applying for adjustment of status to reenter the US after traveling on their visas instead of an advance parole document. In firm news, my new book THE J VISA GUIDEBOOK, can now be ordered from Matthew Bender, one of the nation's largest and most respected legal publishers. The purpose of this newsletter is not to plug books, but my co-authors, Bill Stock and Steve Yale-Loehr, have tried to include a considerable amount of material never before published. In this issue, I'll tell you more about the book's contents and how it can be ordered. 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. Employers interested in retaining the services of an immigration law firm are also welcome to call us at 800-748-3819. Regards, Greg Siskind
SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN - JUNE 1999
Gregory Siskind, Attorney at Law Thu, 1 Jul 1999 01:57:29 -0700
