U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions

U.S. Immigration Policy on Permanent Admissions
Author: Ruth Ellen Wasem
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1437932819

Contents: (1) Overview; (2) Current Law and Policy; Worldwide Immigration Levels; Per-Country Ceilings; Other Permanent Immigration Categories; (3) Admissions Trends: Immigration Patterns, 1900-2008; FY 2008 Admissions; (4) Backlogs and Waiting Times: Visa Processing Dates: Family-Based Visa Priority Dates; Employment-Based Visa Retrogression; Petition Processing Backlogs; (5) Issues and Options in the 111th Congress: Effects of Current Economic Conditions on Legal Immigration; Family-Based Preferences; Permanent Partners; Point System; Immigration Commission; Interaction with Legalization Options; Lifting Per-Country Ceilings. Charts and tables.

The Startup Visa

The Startup Visa
Author: Tahmina Watson
Publisher: Http: //Www.Watsonimmigrationlaw.com
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2021-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735758534

Job creation. Job Growth. Economic recovery. These urgent issues in America and Immigration law is a tool for recovery if only Congress would create a Startup Visa.

The Smart Guide to United States Visas

The Smart Guide to United States Visas
Author: Scott Syfert
Publisher: Smart Guide Publications Incorporated
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2015-02-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781937636012

This simple, easy-to-understand guide to one of the most complex, confusing, and misunderstood areas of U.S. law helps readers navigate the bewildering and intimidating world of U.S. visa and immigration laws. The book simplifies complex concepts, defines common terms, and provides information on avoiding missteps while meeting with a U.S. immigration inspector, at a U.S. embassy abroad, or in a filing with a governmental agency. Anyone--whether foreign visitor, human resources staff, student, or lawyer--seeking a straightforward explanation of the U.S. visa process will find this an invaluable manual.

Priceless

Priceless
Author: Lloyd Constantine
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2012
Genre: Antitrust law
ISBN: 1616083751

The author provides an account of the antitrust lawsuit his small legal firm brought against Visa and MasterCard, resulting in a $3.4 billion settlement in 2003.

A Visa for a Dream

A Visa for a Dream
Author: Patricia R. Pessar
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

This text is part of The New Immigrants Series edited by Nancy Foner. This groundbreaking new series fills the gap in knowledge relating to today's immigrants, how these groups are attempting to redefine their cultures while here, and their contribution to a new and changing America.