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Hot Topics in Immigration Reform

http://www.shusterman.com This presentation explains the proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill. Schedule a legal consultation (by Skype, telephone or in person) at https://shusterman.com/intake-secure.html. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill passed by the US Senate in 2013 offers a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US, mandatory employment verification, border security, entry and exit systems, and visas for both low and high-skilled workers. Some of the more significant changes proposed in the bill are to the family-based (FB) and employment-based (EB) immigration systems. For both systems, one major step toward eliminating backlogs would be to recapture unused visa numbers from 1992-2013 to be added to the numbers available for fiscal year 2015. For more information please visit our Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill page at http://shusterman.com/immigrationreform2013.html – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Hot Topics in Immigration Reform

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  1. Hot Topics in Immigration Reform Immigration Attorney Carl Shusterman

  2. Proposed Immigration Reform Bill (S.774) Passed by the Senate on June 29 What will happen in the House? No single bill as yet Forcing a Vote? Discharge Petition?

  3. Legalization • Entered U.S. before 12/31/2011 • Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI) • Pay a penalty, back taxes • Receive work authorization • May travel abroad • LPR after 10 years • Citizen after 3 more years • Generous provisions for DREAMers, agricultural workers

  4. Family-Based System Move FB-2A into immediate relative category Allow for derivatives of immediate relatives Eliminate the FB-4 category Married children of U.S. citizens eligible until 31 Return of the V visa

  5. Employment-Based System • Exempt from quotas: • EB-1 immigrants • Doctoral degree holders, • Physicians who have completed the foreign residency requirement • Derivatives • EB-6 category for certain start-up investors

  6. Temporary Workers W-1 visa for lesser-skilled workers W-2 visa for contract-based workers W-3 visa for "at-will" E-B workers W-2/W-3 visas to replace H-2A program

  7. Asylum Eliminate the one-year filing deadline Authorize asylum officers to grant asylum during credible fear interviews

  8. Mandatory E-Verify All employers to be on the system after 5 years “Biometric Work Authorization Card” “Biometric Green Card”

  9. H-1B Visas • Increase general cap to 110,000. 180,000 max • Raise advanced degree cap to 25,000 • Limited to STEM grads • Recruitment requirement for all H-1B LCAs • EADs for spouses • 60-day grace period after H-1B job termination

  10. Fraud Crime to knowingly defraud an immigrant or falsely claim to be an attorney or accredited representative ID required for individuals helping immigrants with their forms Attorney General to prosecute fraudulent "immigration service providers" at federal level

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