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USCIS, Apr. 7, 2022 - Interview Waiver Criteria for Family-Based Conditional Permanent Residents "Policy Highlights • Updates interview waiver criteria by providing that USCIS officers may consider waiving an interview if, generally, the applicant...

Jeffrey S. Chase, Mar. 2, 2018 - "In its decisions involving claims for protection under Article III of the U.N. Convention Against Torture, the BIA defines “government acquiescence” to include “willful blindness” by government...

USCIS, Jan. 31, 2018 - "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the agency will schedule asylum interviews for recent applications ahead of older filings, in an attempt to stem the growth of the agency’s asylum...

"ACLU Foundation of Southern California, ACLU of Northern California, and the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), along with the international law firm Reed Smith LLP, today filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California...

1. Where did you grow up and where did you go to college and law school? Can you tell us about anything from those experiences that led you to your current position? I grew up, as did my high-school sweetheart wife, in Elkhart Lake, WI, a village of...

"... Generally, all applicants must be interviewed in person. There are certain circumstances in which you, the chief of mission (COM), or the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Visa Services may waive the personal interview for a visa applicant...

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 217 / Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - "This rule is promulgated to clarify the circumstances in which a consular officer and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services may waive the requirement for a nonimmigrant...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 11/10/2015 - "This rule is promulgated to clarify the circumstances in which a consular officer and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services may waive the requirement for...

"The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has issued a warning about a fraudulent visa interview coaching program that charges Php 3,888.00 for “visa interview coaching” and Php 5,000.00 for medical tests. The sender,...

There's been a lot of ink spilled about OCI, the on-campus interviewing process by which law firms hire summer associates. (You can find several such articles here: Summer Jobs 101 , in fact.) But let's get down to brass tacks. What's the...

When we interview prospective candidates, we tend to interview with the blanket purpose of determining whether or not the candidate is qualified for a job in our office. This is fine. But a successful interview will depend on something more than this...

With classes starting soon and interviewing looming for summer associate positions and clerkships, I figured this would be a good time to bring up a sensitive topic: the elevator pitch. Somehow, law students (and lawyers) have gotten the idea that...

New research suggests that frankness and honesty on a job interview won't hurt a candidate's chances of getting hired, but it will help them land a suitable job. Two surveys conducted by the London Business School and the University of North...

Every year, the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse , in conjunction with Cornerstone Research , releases its annual overview of securities class action lawsuit flings. As I noted in a post last week, this year's version introduced...

Every year, the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse , in conjunction with Cornerstone Research , releases its annual overview of securities class action lawsuit flings. As I noted in a post last week, this year's version introduced...