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Class Action Filed by UNNJ students

After a long fight for UNNJ student, a class action was finally filed. According to AILA: A group of students filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District for the Eastern District of New York challenging the government's determination that they committed visa fraud by enrolling at the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ). The plaintiffs are seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to require the government to provide the students with individualized proceedings in which they can challenge the government's fraud determination, prevent the government from using their enrollment at UNNJ to…Read More Breaking News

Possible Class Action by famous Attorney Ira Kurzban for UNNJ students.

  • Posted on July 28, 2016
  • /Under UNNJ
This is an announcement from a group of volunteers from UNNJ regarding all those affected by the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ) tragic situation. We are UNNJ student volunteer group founded by 15 former UNNJ students. In the past 2 months, we were actively seeking opportunities of a class action to fight against the fraud charge and regain our lawful status. Up to this moment, we have made significant progress. The legend of American Immigration Law, Mr. Ira Kurzban, who is a past-national President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has…Read More Breaking News

Are the Students of NorthWestern Polytechnic University (NPU) in trouble?

May 30 2016 - Is NPU (NorthWestern Polytechnic University) next in the list of investigated Universities? An article on Buzzfeed on May 26 2016 describes NPU as “A college on the edge of Silicon Valley has turned itself into an upmarket visa mill, a BuzzFeed News investigation has found, deploying a system of fake grades and enabling thousands of foreign students to enter the United States each year — while generating millions of dollars in tuition revenue for the school and the family who controls it." The issue at hand is not whether NPU…Read More Breaking News

What is happening with the UNNJ students?

May 15 2016 - It has been almost  one and a half months since UNNJ was officially shut down and many of the students are either still struggling in custody, or to change status or stuck abroad. At this point in time we can only keep looking at the options which have been proposed although it is very sad to know that the entire incident was very unfair.  After contacting numerous organizations to help, our attempt has unfortunately so far been in vain. Some of them have not even answered, while others are totally confused…Read More Breaking News

Seven Things Consulting Companies should consider in hiring OPT students.

With the coming of the new rules on STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT), many students and employers are wondering whether they should actually hire students on OPT or not. This article covers some specific situations as they relate to employers especially consulting companies. The article includes but is not limited to their business model and whether they might encounter issues regarding hiring OPT work permit holders. Note that this article does not cover every single issues related to the OPT but it only tries to give a perspective on the OPT employment. First…Read More Breaking News

List of Civil Rights Organizations – UNNJ Updates

Since the situation of the UNNJ is getting quite complicated, many students have suggested that they should contact a civil rights organizations or similar organizations to help. Note that unless the organization agrees to help, you cannot force them to do so. However, if many students call them individually and ask them to help, it will have an impact .  Since most of these organizations will work in the interest of justice, we can only recommend to students to seek their help. Well-known organizations which usually handle immigration and civil rights issues are:…Read More Breaking News

Calling on the Government to consider Judicial Economy on the Court Cases for UNNJ students.

Many of the UNNJ students have been issued an Notice of Intent to Appear (NTA) which obviously will put a burden not only on the students but also on the immigration court systems. According to an article from the organization American Immigration Council - Immigration Court Backlog Shows No Sign of Shrinking, the immigration courts are over-loaded with work and many of the cases which are being referred to the court are non-serious criminals cases.  Since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),  is mostly not charging students of very serious charges, we call…Read More Breaking News

7 Things to know about the Immigration Court – UNNJ Updates.

Since many people are not familiar with how the immigration courts operate, we have tried to explain at least few things how the court works especially for those at UNNJ who might have to deal with the courts. 1. Department of Justice Immigration Courts are under the Department of Justice (DOJ) not the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This means that if you have received a Notice to Appear, you are no longer really under the jurisdiction of the DHS although Immigration Customs Enforcement will still be conducting their investigations. The government will actually be…Read More Breaking News

Should UNNJ students contact their respective countries’ Embassies or Consulates?

April 20 2016 - We are 15 days in the UNNJ issues, and many people are getting desperate and do not know what other options are afforded to them. Some students have suggested that they should reach out to their respective countries' embassies or consulates for help. This video addresses this approach. Note that we are just giving a suggestion here, there is no guarantee that any country's government will actually help in this matter but since the students are still citizens of their own countries, they should be able to ask for…Read More Breaking News

UNNJ Students – Is it possible to move to Canada?

April 19, 2016 - Due to the fact that many students are now eager to leave the US, we have been contacted by many for possibilities in Canada. Unfortunately the Shah Peerally Law Group PC does not handle Canadian immigration. However,  the law firm Joomratty Law Corp, has been nice to offer assistance. In case, you want to move to Canada, please feel free to contact them. This is a message from the President, M. Joomratty. "Given the sad turn of events at University of Northern New Jersey – UNNJ, our law firm has…Read More Breaking News

Difficulties of trying to re-enter the United States after UNNJ

Many of the ex-students of UNNJ who have left are asking whether they will be able to come back. The question is very difficult to answer unless there is an analysis of the specific situation in which the UNNJ students were in while “attending” the school. First of all for those who are found to have defrauded or presented fraudulent documents to any government officials including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State and other government entities, they might find themselves in a situation of willful misrepresentation or fraud. See article…Read More Breaking News

UNNJ students – what are the chances of a reinstatement?

  • Posted on April 17, 2016
  • /Under CPT
April 16th 2016 - Reinstatement is one of the options being proposed by the termination letter from the DHS. While this option is being "offered" or proposed the question is whether it is a good idea to actually go for a reinstatement. From our experience a reinstatement is usually hard to obtain because one of the elements of the case is that the foreign student has to actually prove that he/she is not at fault. Unfortunately it might be a big hurdle to explain that one was not aware of the rules on…Read More Breaking News

Can the press help the UNNJ students?

We are calling on the press to hear the stories of the UNNJ students.  We have been receiving hundreds of calls in the past week. As we hear the story of the students and their versions of situation, it seems that there are a lot of flaws in this operation. Entrapment is the word that comes to mind - in Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540, 548 (1992). “Government agents may not originate a criminal design, implant in an innocent person’s mind the disposition to commit a criminal act, and then induce…Read More Breaking News
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