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F-1 Visa Essentials: Mastering Your Documentation and Maintaining Legal Status

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Alien Registration is Back: Implications and Actions

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Preparing Mixed Citizenship Families for Separation

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Pets are often the unintended victims of deportation

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Searches of Your Devices at the Border: Tips for Protecting Your Data During Travel 

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New Immigration Policies Causing a Drop in University Enrollment

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USCIS Wants to Talk to Your Neighbors

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TN Visas Simplified: Understanding USCIS's New USMCA Rules

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Visa Holders on Alert: Inside Trump's Continuous Scrutiny

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False Claims of U.S. Citizenship

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USCIS Shifting to Electronic Payments Only: What this means for petitioners

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Navigating New USCIS "Anti-American" Standards: How this may affect what you post on social media

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DOS Reduces Visa Reciprocity - What This Means for Your Travel Plans

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A Guide for Detained Individuals

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ICE is at my office! What do I do?

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O-1B Deep Dive Part 6: What does "commanded a high salary or will command a high salary" mean?

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O-1B Deep Dive Part 5: Achievements from organizations, critics, government agencies or other recognized experts

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O-1B Deep Dive Part 4: What does “Major commercial or critically acclaimed successes” mean?

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O-1B Deep Dive Part 3: How to distinguish lead, starring or critical role

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O-1B Deep Dive Part 2: What Constitutes National Or International Recognition?

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O-1B Part 1: Why Do People Get This O-1B Criterion Wrong?

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USCIS is Disconnected from Reality

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USCIS Increases Costs for U.S Employers with its New Asylum Program Fee

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USCIS Publishes Final Rule Implementing a Beneficiary-Centric Selection Process

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When Templates Go Bad

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Two Men Staged Robberies to Commit Visa Fraud

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Can one piece of paper really be so important? Common mistakes people make with their Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record

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Don't Make This EB-1A Mistake - Membership in Unqualified Organizations

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The Relationship Between Unauthorized Practice of Law and Unauthorized Employment

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Multiple Petitions and The Gaming of the H-1B Lottery

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Department of Homeland Security Says “Use It or Lose It” to H1B Petitioners

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The DOJ Takes a $25 Million Bite Out of Apple

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Special Episode: Redefining Mindfulness for Professionals

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Franchise Opportunities for E2 Visa Applicants

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Why Certified Translation Matters In Immigration (and other kinds of) Law

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Everything Wrong with The Proposal

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DHS Extends Parole and Employment Authorization for Certain Ukrainian Nationals

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What Superstore Gets Right About Mateo's Immigration Story

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H-1B Cap Season: DOs and DON'Ts

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Immigration Lawyer "Fixes" What's Wrong With Seinfeld Episode "The Visa"

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Immigration at the Movies - The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks

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Immigration At the Movies: Ellis Island, Trope or Truth?

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What do pumpkin spice and our 1-94 Arrival Departure Record podcast have in common?

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What the "Case Backlog Transparency and Accountability Act" means for you

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Business owners beware! Your job advertisement software can get you into trouble.

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New York City’s Salary Transparency Law - What you need to know if you are an employer in NYC

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Don't make these Form I-9 mistakes. It can cost you thousands!

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PIMS Delays Impacting NIV Issuance - What you can do

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O-1B Deep Dive: Clearing up the confusion about "starring roles".

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The "Silent Issues" facing immigration lawyers: with attorney Luis Enrique Díaz Páez

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I want to be a DJ in the USA! Do I qualify for an O1-B visa?

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Notable Client Successes: L-1A Approvals After RFE Issuance

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What is a visa? The basics of immigration documents and what you need to know.

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Steps for applying for a nonimmigrant visa at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad.

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Online Marketing for Professionals - Q&A with Podcast Producer Mike Pulcinella

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Lightning Round Q&A: H-1B Master's Cap or Regular Cap, which is correct?

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USCIS Extends Certain Employment Authorization Cards by up to 540 Days

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Expansion of Premium Processing Service

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The 3 things you can do right now to minimize delays in NIV processing times

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21 things you need to know: Updates from this year's AILA conference

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How to avoid the RFE and annoying NOID for form I-140

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Are you ready for an O-1A scientist, educator, entrepreneur or athlete visa?

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Tips for getting your H-1B registration filed efficiently

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Lightning Round Q&A: How and when to expedite benefits requests

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Extended Immigration Benefits for STEM Talent - Part 3

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Lightning Round Q&A: Is it okay to file THREE H-1Bs?

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Extended Immigration Benefits for STEM Talent - Part 2

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Lightning Round Q&A: Questions About USCIS Processing Times and Benefits

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Extended Immigration Benefits for STEM Talent

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Lightning Round Q&A: Questions about the upcoming H-1B Cap Registration

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Why is USCIS Taking so Long to Process My Case?

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Lightning Round: Q&A about traveling during this difficult holiday season

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Get the Form 1-94 wrong and get barred for 3 or 10 years: A Holiday Travel Reminder (with examples!)

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Lightning Round: How Section 245(k) Can Help With Adjustment of Status

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How the COVID Omicron Variant may affect your holiday international travel

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Lightning Round: Tips to help with the third round of H-1B lottery selection

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How to Determine the Prevailing Wage...and why you need to know.

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Lightning Round: Changing jobs as an L-1A or H-1B

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The Deference Policy Part 2: How previous approvals can help with difficult L-1A RFEs.

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Lightning Round: Holiday Travel Edition

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"If I could turn back time..." Client Successes: A Nunc Pro Tunc Extension of Status

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Lightning Round: Vaccines, crossing the Canadian border and deadlines for the H-1B Cap

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Are You Ready For An O1-B Artist Visa?

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Lightning Round: Biden Administration rescinds the COVID-19 travel bans. What does it mean for you?

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Impact of Historical Processing Delays at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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5 Most Important Tips When Filing an NIE

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NIE Fatigue - An 18 Month Update

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Recent Policy Changes Impacting Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination or Vaccination Record

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The Impact of Relocating on U.S. Immigration Processes

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If Your H-1B Registration Has Been Selected in the Second Round…What Comes Next?

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A Review of the Potentially Damaging DHS Final Rule Creating Wage-Based Selection System for H-1B Cap Subject Petitions

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Best Practices Regarding USCIS' Flexibility Policy

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A Cautionary Reminder Regarding LCAs

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Help with Difficult RFEs: The Return of the Deference Policy

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The Common (Easily Avoidable) Mistake That Can Result in Your Failure to Maintain Status

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June 20, 2021: Learning From Success - How to Respond to a Difficult L-1A RFE

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June 13, 2021: Good News from the 2021 AILA Immigration Law Virtual Conference

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June 7, 2021: Travel Restrictions Not Based On Science

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May 17, 2021: The International Entrepreneur Parole Program

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May 10, 2021: A Creative Solution to a Difficult Problem