Immigration

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3 Top Hurdles faced by small IT consulting companies and their H1B visa applications.

Many H1B visas are held by placement companies also known as IT consulting companies. The process for obtaining these H1B visas is stressful and difficult: Shah Peerally Law Group can help you and your company make this a smooth and easier process. With the H1B season right around the corner, this short but timely article focuses on the 3 top hurdles presently facing small IT consulting companies engaging in the H1B process. 1. Showing Employer-Employee relationship. In 2010, USCIS issued a memo addressing this specific issue. This is the famous document of Donald…Read More Breaking News

CNN IReport picked Shah Peerally’s questions to Michelle Obama

Encouraging American Students to Study Abroad. Shah Peerally in his comments quoted:"I have dedicated a big part of my life to helping immigrants to be "integrated" in American Society. I think if we explain to the young people that there is a 'bigger world' out there which they need to integrate with, they will ultimately learn from other cultures. They can also teach about the goodness of America too. In fact, they can actually be ambassadors of good faith for the United States. Ultimately it is beneficial for the United States and the…Read More Breaking News

A Man’s True Worth

  • Posted on February 21, 2014
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Author: Brooke Folk, freelance and short story writer, radio host, narrator, newspaper columnist: www.fiverr.com/BrookeNetwork If there is a thread of truth that we can become whatever we set our minds to and that whatever we can conceive and believe we can achieve, then there is a man in these modern times that can be showcased as a deliberate creator in sculpting his life into being on a journey toward finding a man’s true worth. Through experiences that ultimately builds a character in living life, a choice can be made to build upon that…Read More Breaking News

The Immigration Lawyer: Asylum from the Immigration Lawyer Series

Now Available on Paperback, Ebook and Audio (A fiction inspired by true stories. Any resemblance with a living or dead person or situation is purely coincidental) The Book "The Immigration Lawyer-Asylum' Shah Peerally’s new novel, The Immigration Lawyer Asylum has something for everyone; there is romance, suspense, comedy and drama. The story is inspired by a true story and is about a man from Iraq who is a suspected terrorist and wrongfully held by the FBI in the United States. The story is centered on the immigration lawyer who handles the case and…Read More Breaking News

10 Reasons Why You Don’t Want to Prepare Your Own H1B

By: Rabell Afridi I speak from personal experience when I say filing an H1B petition is no easy task. The irony is that I work as a legal assistant for Shah Peerally Law Group. Even after being trained in the H1B process by an immigration attorney, the whole process seemed like learning a completely different language to me. Terms like mid-vendor letters, support letters, itineraries didn’t make any sense to me; I felt like a deer in the headlights. The average person obviously does not receive any formal training on H1B cases so…Read More Breaking News

The Immigration Marriage Fraud Interview

They say being prepared is everything. Nothing could be more apt, especially in situations like an Immigration fraud interview where the difference between being prepared and not being prepared might mean cancellation of the request and consequent deportation. Te film ‘The Immigration Fraud Interview’ from the Shah Peerally Productions can be a chilling account( though fictionalized) on the experience of facing an immigration fraud interview. This kind of an interview is done by the USCIS officers, in order to gauge whether the application for a green card through marriage to an American citizen…Read More Breaking News

The Lost Dream – A movie on Administrative Processing INA 221g

The nightmare of INA 221g is never over.  The movie "The Lost Dream" produced by the Shah Peerally Productions Inc depicts the sad of story of a company which is affected by the refusal of one visa to one of their foreign employees. The movie is a way to show the importance of an one immigrant in an organization and also the unfortunate wrong application of the Immigration Nationality Action section 221, subsection g. The movie has been selected for the North Carolina South Asian International Film Festival.Read More Breaking News

Violence Against Men – A Harsh Reality

The Centers for Disease Control and U.S. Department of Justice, reported in 2010 on a national survey that there were more men than women who were apparently victims of intimate partner physical violence. This comes as a shock when violence over men have more or less been either unacknowledged or totally ignored. Having said that, it is time people realized and actually woke up to the fact that over 40% of severe physical violence has been directed at men. Also, men it has been noticed have been more likely victim of psychological aggression,…Read More Breaking News

US House Immigration Bill raises concerns in India

Apparently many Indian IT firms are extremely worried about the newly introduced Democratic Party bill, which aims at overhauling the immigration system in the US. The bill has been introduced in House of Representatives this month, and has as a result sent instant alarm bells in the Indian IT industry. There are many in the IT firms who think that the bill includes provisions that would hamper businesses of these IT companies and as a result they don’t really approve of it. The bill in question is, (HR 15), which has been introduced…Read More Breaking News

What is an Immigration Marriage Fraud Interview?

There are many people who base their application for a green card on the basis of their marriage to a US citizen. But in some cases it has been noted in the past that there have fraud where these people have been in false marriages only to obtain a green card. Keeping this in mind the US government has made provisions for what is known as ‘Immigration marriage fraud interview'. This happens if the U.S. immigration authorities feel that your marriage might be a false one that you are using to obtain a…Read More Breaking News

Release of the movie “Shattered Freedom” free on youtube – a movie on Violence Against Women Act & Immigration law!

The Shah Peerally Law Group PC and Shah Peerally Productions Inc. are proud to announce that now the Immigration Lawyer: Sattered Freedom is now free on youtube. This movie depicts the tribulations of Jasime, a girl from India coming to United States through a marriage visa to only find "hell". She is not only worried about abuses but also about being deported from America. Watch the movie on Domestic Violence and Immigration laws here. Kindly feel free to share the movie!Read More Breaking News

The H4 Visa EAD Battle – Few Reasons for granting EADs to H4s

As from May 26, 2015,  certain H4 visa holders whose spouses have either an approved I-140 or are on 6th year AC 21 extension, can actually file for an H4 Work permit.  It is important to make sure that the H4 EAD is a good option for you.  As such it is recommended to have an attorney review or work on the case for you before you file.  The article below relates to the time when the H4 visa holders were struggling and fighting for their rights and their rights to obtain a…Read More Breaking News

Visa Bulletin October 2013 is out

The Visa Bulletin October 2013 is out and we are seeing a small retrogression on F2A categories to September 2013 and EB2 India on June 2008 and EB3 for all other countries Chargeability is 2010.  Seems the trend continues to be good. Read the entire Bulletin here Family Family-Sponsored All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES F1 01OCT06 01OCT06 01OCT06 22SEP93 01JUN01 F2A 08SEP13 08SEP13 08SEP13 01SEP13 08SEP13 F2B 01MAR06 01MAR06 01MAR06 08MAR94 08FEB03 F3 22JAN03 22JAN03 22JAN03 22MAY93 01JAN93 F4 08AUG01 08AUG01 08AUG01 15OCT96 22MAR90 Employment Employment-…Read More Breaking News

Good news for family of US green card holders!

Immigrants to the US are either sponsored through their employers or through their families. As such the number of immigrants who can legally stay in the country and enjoy work rights amongst other benefits, are limited by the immigration rules of the government. Sponsorship for immigrants are usually done by family members who are U.S. citizens or those who are enjoy permanent residence-ship in the U.S. As such the new Visa bulletin issued for August 2013 has great news for spouses and children of permanent residents. From August 1, the family-based 2A category…Read More Breaking News