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Melania Trump’s EB-1 “Einstein Visa” Faces Misplaced Scrutiny

3/13/2018 Written by SRW Lawyers

Since Donald Trump first announced his bid for the presidency with a speech focused on immigration reform, now-First Lady Melania Trump’s own immigration history has come under fire. Most recently, news stories about her EB-1 green card have prompted additional speculation and scrutiny. Although the First Lady has refrained from releasing her full immigration records, […]Read More >

ABIL Press Release: Immigration Threats for Employers in 2018

3/2/2018 Written by SRW Lawyers

The country’s immigration system was targeted heavily in 2017 by President Trump and supporters who hold negative views on foreigners entering the country. Among other anti-immigration promises couched in national security terms, the President promised to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and force Mexico to pay for it. Arrests of non-criminal immigration violators […]Read More >

Changes to USCIS Mission Statement – “Nation of Immigrants” Removed from Agency’s Mission

2/28/2018 Written by SRW Lawyers

This past Thursday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an updated mission statement omitting a line that described America as “a nation of immigrants,” among other changes. The previous mission statement, which was adopted in 2005, read: “USCIS secures America’s promise as a nation of immigrants by providing accurate and useful information to our […]Read More >

SRW Successful in Helping LPR Retain Status after Prolonged Absence from U.S.

5/15/2017 Written by SRW Lawyers

  Our client, an Indian citizen and lawful permanent resident of the U.S., recently came to us with the following facts: She had abruptly left the U.S. about 4.5 years ago and had not entered the U.S. since that time.  She had a lawful permanent resident husband who was in possession of a valid re-entry […]Read More >

The Public Benefits: Two Prestigious Ranking Services Say Several Members of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers Are Top Global Mobility Attorneys

3/24/2017 Written by SRW Lawyers

Two of the leading peer-reviewed journals confirmed last week that members of ABIL, the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers, garnered the lion’s share of top immigration lawyer rankings, and are head and shoulders above virtually all their peers in the global mobility bar. These affirmations of quality help potential and current clients readily recognize exceptionally […]Read More >