John Valdez’s Legal Blog

As an immigration attorney, I really enjoy helping Canadians come to the United States.  One reason I like helping Canadians is that they are our good neighbors to the North, and it is certainly good manners to help one’s neighbors.  Another reason is that there are more options to work with when processing cases for Canadians.
One important immigration […]

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Now is definitely the right time for businesses to review their employment practices for compliance with immigration rules.  The Bush administration is bent on putting the immigration problem on the backs of employers through fines and prosecutions; hence, employers should take precautionary steps to make sure they do not become a target or victim of the stepped up enforcement […]

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A California Court hit the government where it really hurts, the pocketbook, when it ruled that the USCIS was unreasonable in delaying adjustment of status applications for four years due to pending FBI security checks.  On July 2, 2008, the Court in Shirmohamadali v. Heinauer, No. Civil S-07-1073 DAD (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California) […]

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The U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez  (”the Consulate”) has changed its policy in a way that will prevent many young people from coming to the United States.  Indeed, the Consulate, the largest and busiest immigrant visa post in the world, will now apply a permanent bar to U.S. admission (refered to as “the Permanent Bar”) to all minors who:

Previously accrued unlawful presence in the U.S. […]

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