Voluntary Departure as an Option for UNNJ cases.

  • Posted on April 13, 2016
  • /Under Asylum
April 12 2016 - The UNNJ cases have brought back some really interesting concepts or reliefs which most people in the community has not experienced for a long time. One of them is the Voluntary Departure (VD).  VD might actually be an option once the Notice To Appear (NTA) has been issued and the individual wants to leave without triggering the inadmissibility bars of ten years of under INA §212(a)(9)(A). Note that in case there is an NTA issued, you cannot depart from the US without at least a VD. In the most of…Read More Breaking News

Failure to Change Address – UNNJ issue!

Whenever you move, you need to file an AR 11 form for change of address. This is mandatory. Failure to change address can have dire consequences.  Recently many people have failed to file their change of addresses because they either forget to do so or were unaware of the rules and regulations on change of addresses.  The specific requirements for reporting your change of address are federal regulations found in 8 CFR Part 265 and 8 CFR Section 264.1(f)(6), concerning designated special registrants. Under 8 CFR § 264.1(f) (as amended by 67 Federal…Read More Breaking News

May 2016 Visa Bulletin

May 2016 Visa Bulletin is out and unfortunately, it did not really move as we expected. We wish at least it had moved further for India but it did not. Please see chart below. Read Full Visa Bulletin Here PROCESSING TIMES A.  APPLICATION FINAL ACTION DATES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCE CASES On the chart below, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed (see paragraph 1); "C" means current, i.e., numbers are authorized for issuance to all qualified applicants; and "U" means unauthorized, i.e., numbers are not authorized for…Read More Breaking News

H1B lottery Acceptance Emails for Masters Cap and Premium have started.

April 12 2016 - It seems from some cases which were filed under Masters Cap and on premium, emails are being sent to confirm that the candidate applicant has made it through the H1B lottery. Note that making it through the lottery or random selection, does not guarantee an approval.  At this point in time only premium emails are being received. Those who did not file under premium will have to wait for a physical receipt to know whether they made it through the H1B 2017 cap or not. Our office will inform our clients…Read More Breaking News

Willful Misrepresentation or Fraud in providing Documents to apply for H1B, or OPT.

  • Posted on April 9, 2016
  • /Under CPT
April 8 2016 - Some of the students of the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ) who applied for an OPT or an H1B visa, have been receiving a number of requests for evidence (RFEs) based on their physical and actual attendance of UNNJ classes including but not limited to transcripts, parking space receipts, attendance records, etc. Since UNNJ was not a real school per se, many of those records were wrongfully obtained either through the brokers or the school administrations. As such bogus parking space receipts, false attendance records and false transcripts…Read More Breaking News

Justice Department Published complaints against Defendants on UNNJ cases

April 9 2016 - The UNNJ case is a sting operation by the DHS using a "fake university" called University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ). The sting operation  has been going on since 2012.  As  the cases will unfold we will know whether the UNNJ students or ex-students were 'co-conspirators' or just victims? If they were victims or just witnesses, it will be appropriate for the government to issue  U visas or T visas accordingly. Until we finalize our research and do our own investigations, we cannot conclusively assess the possibilities of the…Read More Breaking News

Shah Peerally Law Group PC helping the UNNJ students.

For Immediate Press Release Newark April 7th 2016 - On April 5th 2016, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) closed down a school known as the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ). UNNJ was set up by the government as a sting operation to “trap” both brokers and foreign students on possible visa fraud. The operation had twenty-one brokers charged with several counts of visa fraud, harboring aliens among other charges. Today not only the brokers are affected but thousands of students who attended the school. While the sting operation, uprooted many alleged criminals,…Read More Breaking News

USCIS Reaches FY 2017 H-1B Cap

USCIS Reaches FY 2017 H-1B Cap Release Date: April 07, 2016 WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2017. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. USCIS will use a computer-generated process, also known as the lottery, to randomly select the petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 visas for the general category and 20,000 for the advanced degree exemption. USCIS will first randomly select petitions for the…Read More Breaking News

Updates on UNNJ – Scenarios Encountered | Law Show Dedicated to UNNJ

April 6 2016 - During our discussions with situations of the (University of Northern New Jersey - UNNJ), we have seen a bunch of scenarios: A. Students who were currently enrolled in UNNJ until it was closed! B. Those who have been arrested. C. Those who have been questioned by DHS officers or other authorities. D. Those who have already transferred to another schools or to another visas. DON'T MISS OUR SHOW ON WWW.KLOK1170AM.COM ON AM RADIO AND ONLINE FROM 10AM TO 11AM ON APRIL THURSDAY 8TH The video covers some possible solutions,…Read More Breaking News

Misleading information from UNNJ – Were the students just victims?

ICE is talking about the big sting operation on the so-called University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ) arresting agents and punishing students by cutting their SEVIS. While unfortunately many students actually used "agents" or "consultants" to get into UNNJ, many others were just duped through the website, the Facebook and the recommendations thinking it was an accredited genuine university. The question is whether ICE and SEVIS are actually taking into consideration: - What happens if the students have never violated a visa before? - What happens to those who directly called the school…Read More Breaking News

Updates on University of Northern New Jersey – SEVP Updates

University of Northern New Jersey: On April 4 and 5, 2016, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) exercised its authority to terminate the initial and active student records of any nonimmigrant student enrolled at the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ), as well as many active nonimmigrant students who have since transferred from UNNJ. The students were found to have knowingly participated in visa fraud by enrolling at UNNJ for the sole purpose of illegally obtaining and/or maintaining their F-1 nonimmigrant status. UNNJ is a school operated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)…Read More Breaking News

ICE set up “fake” University to trap foreign students and agents.

April 5 2015 - ICE set up a "fake" school called the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ) and ultimately 'trapped' 21 agents from India and China which offered a scheme with UNNJ. The administrators were federal agents posing as administrators.  According to ABC news: "It never had classes, only offices staffed by federal agents who posed as school administrators. "The University of Northern New Jersey was just another stop on the pay-to-stay tour," said Fishman. The people accused in the scheme, enabled approximately 1,076 foreign individuals, primary from China and India, to fraudulently…Read More Breaking News

Shah Peerally Law Group calling on Congress to increase the Visa Cap for Victims of Crimes known as the U visa Cap.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Newark CA April 5th 2016 - The Shah Peerally Law Group Pc, an immigration law firm in California, calls on Congress and President Obama to increase the U visa cap from 10,000 to 30,000. The law firm which had previously, with great success, championed for the H4 work permit and TPS for Yemen, has now set its goal to help immigrants who are victims of criminal activities. The U visa is given to those who are victims of certain crimes. Congress created the U non-immigrant visa with the passage of…Read More Breaking News