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 September 1999 E-mail subscribers as of September 13, 1999: 22,805 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: 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. 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 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/99sep/1sep99.html Dear Readers: As we are putting this issue to bed, we are also keeping a close eye on legislative activities in Washington. September is make or break month for immigration legislation and we will probably have a great deal of news to report in our next issue. A number of immigrant advocacy organizations will be having lobbying days this month to press Congress on a number of issues. I'll be in DC attending lobbying events sponsored by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the ABA Coordinating Committee on Immigration Law (on which I serve) and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (on whose Board of Directors I serve). I look forward to reporting on the experience in our October issue. As a firm, we've had a big month in the news. We were cited as one of the best immigration resources on the Internet by two different publications Fortune Magazine and Access, the weekly magazine that is distributed with several dozen Sunday newspapers around the country. And by the time you read this, we expect an article on the firm to have run in the Wall Street Journal. We were also honored when William Paul, the new president of the American Bar Association, mentioned our firm as an illustration of how lawyers can use technology in our case the Internet to more effectively deliver legal services to the public. In this issue, we cover many of the legislative issues currently in Congress. Bills are in the works that would raise the H-1B cap, reverse excesses of the 1996 Immigration Act, reorganize the INS and much more. We also provide analytical articles on how employers can comply with I-9 rules, the basics of consular processing, understanding employee and a special guest article on whether promises by employers to sponsor an applicant for a green card are legally binding. Also, a reminder of our other free newsletter, Siskind's Immigration Professional. The newsletter 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 wish to be added to our email distribution list, just email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and be sure to tell us a little bit about what kind of immigration-related work you do and where you work. More than 800 of our readers who are immigration professionals have already subscribed. We only include immigration professionals on this list so it is important to specify the type of work in which you are engaged. 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, Greg Siskind 2. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ADVOCACY UPDATE CENTER - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/2sep99.html 3. H-1B LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/3sep99.html 4. LEGISLATORS PRESENT BILLS TO REVAMP INS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/4sep99.html 5. NEW SKILLED WORKER VISA FOR RECENT TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES INTRODUCED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/5sep99.html 6. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT BLASTS INS FOR TREATMENT OF DETAINEES - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/6sep99.html 7. USIA ISSUES NEW RULE ON REINSTATEMENT FOR J-1 EXCHANGE VISITORS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/7sep99.html 8. BORDER AND DEPORTATION NEWS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/8sep99.html 9. INS ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY ON LONG-TERM DETENTION - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/9sep99.html 10. IMMIGRATION AND THE INTERNET - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/10sep99.html 11. VISA BULLETIN: WHAT EVERY EMPLOYER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IMMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/11sep99.html 12. GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/12sep99.html 13. NEWS BYTES - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/13sep99.html 14. LEGAL IMMIGRATION TOTAL FALLS DURING 1998 - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/14sep99.html 15. IMMIGRANTS AND CITIZEN SPOUSES IN BOSTON SUE INS FOR FAILING TO PROCESS RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/15sep99.html 16. FALUN GONG MEMBER SEEKS ASYLUM IN THE U.S. - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/16sep99.html 17. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION APPROVES FARMWORKER RESOLUTION - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/17sep99.html 18. VISA SPOTLIGHT WHAT EVERY EMPLOYER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE LAWS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/18sep99.html 19. LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES REPORT CRITCIZING DETENTION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/19sep99.html 20. SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCED IN SAIPAN IMMIGRANT LABOR DISPUTE - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/20sep99.html 21. DISAPPOINTED SEEKERS OF INVESTMENT VISAS SUE INS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/21sep99.html 22. WOMAN WINS ASYLUM BASED ON FEAR OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/22sep99.html 23. DESPITE TEMPORARY AMNESTY, NICARAGUANS AND HONDURANS DO NOT YET HAVE WORK AUTHORIZATION - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/23sep99.html 24. FISCAL YEAR 1999 REMOVALS PROMISE TO OUTPACE 1998 - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/24sep99.html 25. PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL GEORGE W. BUSH RUNS INTO PROBLEMS ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/25sep99.html 26. INS DECIDES TO DETAIN CHINESE ASYLUM SEEKERS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/26sep99.html 27. PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN REFUGEE ADMISSIONS FOR 1999 - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/27sep99.html 28. IMMIGRATION FRAUD IN SALT LAKE CITY OLYMPIC SCANDAL - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/28sep99.html 29. NEWS FROM THE COURTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/29sep99.html 30. INS OPERATION RIO GRANDE MARKS TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/30sep99.html 31. LOCAL CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO CHARGE FOREIGN NATIONS COST OF EDUCATING UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/31sep99.html 32. STATE DEPARTMENT CRITICIZES CUBAN POLICY OF BARRING THOSE WHO LEAVE ILLEGALLY FROM RETURNING - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/32sep99.html 33. U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE PANAMANIAN GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN IMMIGRANT SMUGGLING - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/33sep99.html 34. INS DETAINEE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN FALL - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/34sep99.html 35. CONSULAR FOCUS: CONSULAR PROCESSING - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/35sep99.html 36. DESIGNATION OF BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, SOMALIA, AND MONTSERRAT FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS EXTENDED - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/36sep99.html 37. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HALTS INS INVESTIGATION OF MIDWESTERN MEATPACKING INDUSTRY - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/37sep99.html 38. PORTUGAL, SINGAPORE AND URUGUAY ADDED TO VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/38sep99.html 39. ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILLBOARDS IN NEW YORK CITY SPARK PROTESTS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/39sep99.html 40. DV-2001 LOTTERY TO BEGIN SOON - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/40sep99.html 41. LCA FAXBACK SYSTEM FINALLY ON TRACK - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/41sep99.html 42. MANY GREEN CARDS ABOUT TO EXPIRE - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/42sep99.html 43. PHYSICIAN NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER BILL FACES TOUGH BATTLE - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/43sep99.html 44. U.S. EMBASSY IN MEXICO ANNOUNCES NEW VISA PROCESSING RULES - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/44sep99.html 45. STEPHAN YALE-LOHER GUEST ARTICLE - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/45sep99.html 46. NEW YORK PASSES LICENSE EXTENSION FOR FOREIGN DOCTORS - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/46sep99.html 47. DV-99 GREEN CARDS RUN OUT SEVERAL WEEKS EARLY - http://www.visalaw.com/99sep/47sep99.html
SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN - SEPTEMBER 1999
Gregory Siskind, Attorney at Law Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:26:28 -0700
