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• Category: Article
  • Delay in naturalization applications leads to litigation, Congressional inquiry
  • Litigating H-1B denials in the “Buy American and Hire American” era
  • Going to Tijuana to Uphold U.S. Law and International Law on Asylum
  • Effective Use of the Freedom of Information Act
  • Immigration Consequences of Crimes: State of California Law Designed to Ensure Defendants are Meaningfully Informed
  • The Travel Ban Waiver: A Real Adjudication or Mere Window Dressing?
  • Immigration Consequences of Crimes: State of California Law Designed to Ensure Defendants are Meaningfully Informed
  • USCIS Intensifies Focus on Denaturalization
  • Detention of Minors: The lasting impact of Flores v. Reno
  • SGG Fights Recent Changes to Asylum Policies
  • USCIS Issues Revised Guidance on Unlawful Presence for Students and Exchange Visitors
  • SGG Litigation Gets a Win in CSPA Case
  • Two Year Work Permits for Spouses of Abusive H-1B Visa Holders Now Available
  • SGG Advice Leads to Vacated Criminal Conviction
  • Employer Compliance in an Era of Increased Audits and Site Visits
  • Parole for Entrepreneurs: A Pathway Under A Cloud of Uncertainty
  • Lives in Limbo in the Wake of DACA and TPS Terminations
  • The Challenges of a Mobile Workforce in Big Data Occupations
  • Top Immigration Threats Impacting Employers in 2018
  • Bond Hearings: The Detainee’s Financial Ability to Pay 
  • What’s Next for the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program?
  • Countdown to DACA’s End – SGG Helps College Students Work on Last Renewals Due this Week
  • Trump Travel Ban Indefinite and Expanded as Supreme Court Cancels Oral Arguments
  • Detained Immigrants: Less Likely to Hire an Attorney and More Likely to be Deported 
  • A DUI Spells Trouble for Immigrants
  • Prudential revocation of visa after arrest
  • Preguntas Antes de Contratar a un Abogado de Inmigración
  • Refugees Flee Gang Violence In Central America
  • FGM Among South Asians
  • Visa Life-Cycle for Researchers and Scientists
  • The J-1 Program Demystified: Answers to Your Top J Visa Questions
  • International Entrepreneurs – A New Proposed Immigration Option Published by USCIS
  • H-1B Short-term Placement
  • Emerging EB-5 Markets Spotlight: South Africa
  • USCIS Publishes Proposed Rule Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers
  • Extended Employment Opportunities for Foreign Students Come at a Price
  • Complex DACA – Crime Issues
  • Employer Obligations Related to the H-1B Labor Condition Applications and the H-1B Process
  • Strong Demand For H-1B Numbers Continues In Fiscal Year 2017
  • Part I: Journey from Home Country to H-1 B Work Visa
  • Part II: Physicians- Path to Legal Permanent Residency
  • Permanent Residency Through Labor Certification Processing
  • Update: U.S. v. Texas
  • Congress Implements Changes to Visa Waiver Program
  • New Electronic Visa System for Chinese Visitors
  • Transgender Activist Granted Political Asylum
  • SGG Marks Service Milestone After Scientific Breakthrough
  • STEM Workers Granted Extended Employment Authorization Period
  • Employer Alerts – Spring 2016
  • Investing Cash From Loan Proceeds:  A New Interpretation Of “Indebtedness”
• Category: Blog Post
  • H-1B News: USCIS Implements Electronic Registration and Changes Lottery Order
  • SGG in the News
  • Ninth Circuit Rejects Collateral Attack on Removal Orders
  • SGG Client Earns National Recognition – And a Green Card
  • Obtaining a Waiver to the Trump Travel Ban
  • Court Order Temporarily Halts Termination of TPS
  • Increase in Number of I-9 Audits by ICE
  • H-1B cap electronic pre-registration on Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda Released by the Department of Homeland Security
  • SGG Client H-1B Petition Approved!!!
  • Public Benefits and “Public Charge” – What Do They Mean for Immigrants?
  • Changes to USCIS policies – Shifting cases to Immigration Court
  • Board of Immigration Appeals Undermines Benefit of CA Law
  • COURT ORDER TEMPORARILY HALTS TERMINATION OF TPS
  • Board Revisits Crime of Stalking
  • Important Victory For Asylum Seekers: DHS Ordered to Notify Potential Asylum Seekers of the 1 Year Filing Requirement
  • Ninth Circuit Reminds BIA That an Asylum Seeker’s Testimony May Be Enough to Prove Asylum When No Explicit Adverse Credibility Finding Has Been Made
  • Meet Candice Garrett
  • USCIS Now Accepts Credit Card Payments for Most Filing Fees
  • EB-5 Regional Center Program Extended Until September 30, 2018
  • Happy St. Paddy‘s Day from the Family and Removal team at SGG!
  • Potential Elimination of H-4 EAD Program Delayed Until After June 2018
  • Brilliance of Berkeley: The Challenges of Current Immigration Issues
  • Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for El Salvador
  • Attorney General Likely to Order Immigration Judges to Reopen Administratively Closed Deportation Cases
  • SGG Wins Cases Appealed to Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Advocating for Mentally Incompetent’s Right to Appointed Counsel
  • Not A U.S. Citizen? Just Say No To Even “Legal” Marijuana.
  • Immigrants in Big Data Occupations
  • Successful EB-5 Appeal Paves Way for Thousands of Jobs
  • Waiver of Crimes Keeps Military Family Together
  • SGG Wins Appeal for Abused Spouse
  • Pro Bono Win Helps Family of U.S. Army Veteran
  • Urban Rock “n” Roll and O-1 Visas
  • Class Action Lawsuits Highlight Limbo for Immigrants in Military Service
  • Meet Diana Lowe, Our Office Administrator
  • Supreme Court Allows Trump Travel Ban 3.0 to Take Full Effect
  • DACA’s Over. Now What? Senators introduce Flawed SUCCEED Act That Fails to Truly Protect “Dreamers”
  • Ninth Circuit Finds Deported Man Did Not Waive His Right to Appeal and May Have Second Chance to Fight Removal
  • SGG in the Community – Deportation Defense Attorney Melissa Wong Discusses Political Asylum Caselaw as a Guest Speaker at Cerritos College in November 2017
  • Department of Homeland Security terminates TPS for Nicaraguans. Is Honduras Next? And Will Congress Finally Act?
  • U.S. Non-Immigrant Visa Services Suspended Indefinitely in Turkey
  • SGG Attorney Heather Poole Interviewed for KNX 1070 Story Covering Plight of Dying Woman Who is Barred From Receiving Needed Stem Cell Transplant from Vietnamese Aunt Donor, a Story that Highlights the Ongoing Need for Immigration Reform
  • CBS’s KNX 1070 Radio Award Winning Reporter Margaret Carrero Interviews SGG Family & Removal Group Partner Heather Poole on Consular Repeated Denials of Visitor Visas for Stem-Cell Transplant Donor
  • The Best and Brightest – Our Attorneys
  • SGG Attorneys Overcome Visa Denials
  • Social Media and Deeper Background Information Required of U.S. Visa Applicants
  • SGG Litigation Team Completes Briefing for Detention Cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Regional Center Terminations and Impacts on Immigrant Families
  • Revised Form I-9 Takes Effect September 18th
  • Proposed RAISE Act Introduces Merit-Based System for Employment-Based Immigration
  • Practical Training for STEM Graduates Survives Legal Challenge
  • USCIS to Expand In-Person Interview Requirements for Certain Permanent Residency Applicants
  • A Day In The Life Of SGG Attorneys
  • GENERALLY PERMISSIBLE B-1 ACTIVITIES AND GUIDANCE
  • Supreme Court rules that a conviction for obtaining naturalization illegally requires a material misrepresentation.
  • SGG Congratulates Attorney Amy Lenhert
  • Rights groups sue U.S. government, alleging it is turning away asylum applicants at Mexico border.
  • SGG Independence Day Success!
  • You Are Something Else, Carol Ross
  • From Violence in Honduras to Detention in New Mexico to Asylum in Los Angeles
  • USC’s International Students Meet One-on-One with SGG Attorneys
  • SGG Empowers Immigrant Communities with Know-Your-Rights Presentations
  • EB-5 Investment Immigration Update
  • SGG Litigation Team in Court of Appeals on Behalf of Detained Mentally Ill Immigrants
  • Employers Strategize With SGG as H-1B Cap Reached
  • Recent Judicial Developments Bring Good News for Foreign Nationals
  • Helen Sklar Co-Leads Training Session for Volunteer First Responders for the RRRN
  • New Findings For Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse.
  • Immigrants’ Rights Supporters Take To The Streets In Los Angeles This Past Week.
  • Preparing for the Worst in the Trump Era
  • Trump Administration’s Spotlight on H-1Bs
  • H-1B Season Is Over. Now What?
  • DOJ Issues New Memorandum on the Enforcement of Immigration Law
  • Removal Order Reversed & Asylum Granted to Gay Man Who Fled Torture in Cameroon
  • Expect Delays in Processing of H-4 & H-4 EAD Applications Filed with Premium Processed H-1B Petitions
  • Temporary Suspension of Premium Processing for all H-1B Petitions
  • USCIS Memo for Implementing Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvement Policies
  • SGG Congratulates Its 2017 Super Lawyers
  • Resolving Lengthy Delays Through The Federal Courts
  • Immigration Protests at LAX
  • First Wave of Worksite Inspections at EB-5 Project Sites
  • SGG Community Outreach at St. Lawrence Brindisi
  • Visa Overstay: What Is It And What Are Its Consequences?
  • Trump Executive Order Signals Major Shift in U.S. Visa Policy
  • Happy Year of the Rooster from SGG!
  • BIA Issues New Decision On Definition Of Conviction
  • New Rules Regarding Employment Authorization To Go Into Effect January 17, 2017
  • Board of Immigration Appeals Finds That California Perjury is an Aggravated Felony
  • Fraud Alert: Programs Offering EB-3 Immigration Opportunities May Be Unlawful
  • Spotlight on SGG Expertise: Visas for Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement
  • H-1B Cap Season Underway
  • Spotlight on Attorney Yeu Hong – SGG’s Newest Partner
  • AAO issues precedent decision changing the National Interest Waiver standard
  • Senators Propose Legislation To Protect Dreamers
  • Museums and other non-profit institutions are now eligible to bring in J-1 Research Scholars through a third-party host organization
  • DHS Final Rule on Retention of Immigrant Workers and Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers
  • Congress Extends Important Immigration Programs… Again
  • Mandatory EVUS Registration for Chinese Travelers
  • SGG Celebrates Pro Bono Win
  • SGG and Funding For Renewable Energy Sources
  • Revised I-9 Form Now Available
  • USCIS Fees To Increase December 23rd
  • USCIS Fees To Increase
  • How Would Proposed EB-5 Legislation Affect Individual Investors?
  • SGG attorneys voted Southern California Top Women Immigration Lawyers…again!
  • SGG Sponsors South Asian Bar Association’s Annual Leadership Retreat
  • Empresarios Internacionales – Una nueva propuesta y Opción inmigratoria publicada por USCIS
  • Severe Backlogs in Adjudication of H-1B Extensions
  • SGG Achieves Long-Sought Visa for Navy Seaman and Spouse
  • Supreme Court Declines to Interfere in DAPA/DACA
  • Entering the U.S. with an Expired Visa
  • The End of Internships?
  • Department of State Revoking Non-Immigrant Visas for DUI Arrests
  • Driver’s Licenses and Adjustment of Status
  • Increased Nonimmigrant Visa Appointment Wait Times In India
• Category: Newsletter
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Ninth Circuit Significantly Expands the Benefits of the Child Status Protection Act

Speaking Engagements

• 2017 San Francisco EB-5 & Investment Immigration Convention
• PIHRA - Pasadena
• 2017 NAFSA Annual Conference & Expo
• International Career Fair (ICF)
• AILA Interactive Workshop on Waivers
• San Gabriel Valley Bar Association
• Town Hall Meeting on Trump Travel Ban
• Caltech Town Hall Meeting on Executive Order
• API Immigration Town Hall - Know Your Rights & Attorney Consultations
• ILW EB-5 Summit - Los Angeles
• 2017 AILA Annual Conference
• 38th Annual AILA South Florida Immigration Law Update
• LACBA/ SoCal AILA Information Session at Loyola Law School
• 2017 Midyear AILA Conference
• 2017 Las Vegas EB-5 & Investment Immigration Convention
• AILA Southern California: Visas Options for Entrepreneurs
• AILA Late-Breaking Audio Seminar
• AILA Latin American and Caribbean Chapter Fall Conference
• NAFSA Region XII Annual Conference
• AILA Rome District Chapter Fall Conference
• AILA Education Department Audio Seminar
• Loyola Law School
• 29th Annual AILA California Chapters Conference
• 29th Annual AILA California Chapters Conference
• 2016 CDFA California Financing Roundtable Conference
• AILA EB-5 Investor Summit
• Rocky Mountain Immigration Law Conference
• AILA Waivers CLE Conference
• September 17
• April 7
• June 22-25
• April 28
• April 21
• April 21
• April 20
• April 8

Newsletters

• SGG's Quarterly Immigration Developments Alert-April 2019
• SGG 2018 Year in Review
• April 2018
• Fall 2017
• Summer 2017
• Spring 2017
• Winter 2017
• Fall 2016
• Summer 2016
• Spring 2016

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