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My petition was approved a long time ago, and I am about to be processed for my visa. 


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The August 2012 priority dates - single children of US citizens (F-1) retrogresses!

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | July 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment based categories.

Opinion

The July 2012 priority dates

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | July 1, 2012 - 12:00am

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment based categories.

Opinion

The June 2012 priority dates

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | May 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment based categories.

Opinion

The May 2012 priority dates

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | April 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes in the Visa Bulletin the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment based categories.

Opinion

‘Your secrets are safe with an attorney’

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | February 10, 2008 - 12:00am

Opinion

‘Your secrets are safe with an attorney’

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | April 11, 2004 - 12:00am

There are a lot of rumors and misinformation going around that attorneys turn their clients in to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Sometimes my office receives telephone calls from people who...

Opinion

New California law makes it a crime to practice law without state bar license

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | October 20, 2002 - 12:00am

California recently enacted a new law that imposes stiffer penalties on non-lawyers who practice law or hold themselves out as practicing, or entitled to practice law. California came out with this law to stop persons...

Opinion

Hiring an attorney does not mean you’re ‘guilty'

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | September 15, 2002 - 12:00am

Dear Atty. Gurfinkel: My petition was approved a long time ago, and I am about to be processed for my visa.

Opinion

Government cracks down on immigration consultants

October 14, 2001 - 12:00am

The Los Angeles Times reportedly reported that three immigration consulting companies were hauled to court by the California State Attorney General, for allegedly "falsely portraying themselves as lawyers, false...

Opinion

Beware of fixers’ advice or promises

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | September 16, 2001 - 12:00am

Dear Attorney Gurfinkel: I saw an ad in a newspaper by an immigration consultant who claimed he can help people with their visa problems. So, I went to him for help to fill out my immigration papers. This consultant...

Opinion

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