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  • 2007-01-14 - World Journal Weekly on January 14, 2007 Published Mr. Lee's Article - "THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PATIENCE IN IMMIGRATION LAW " (English) (Newspaper Clipping) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified)
  • 2006-11-06 - World Journal Weekly on November 5, 2006 Published Mr. Lee's Article -"Will The Denial of Your Immigration Application or Petition on or After October 1st Force You Before The Immigration Court?" (English) (Newspaper Clipping) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified)
  • 2006-10-14 - More on NTA Issuance Quoting Mr. Lee's Article - "Will The Denial of Your Immigration Application or Petition on or After October 1st Force You Before The Immigration Court?" 10-14-2006 (As Published in the Immigration Daily)
  • 2006-10-03 - Mr. Lee's Article -"Will The Denial of Your Immigration Application or Petition on or After October 1st Force You Before The Immigration Court?" (English) (As Published in the Immigration Daily)
  • 2006-08-27 - World Journal Weekly on August 27, 2006 Published Mr. Lee's Article "Little Immigration Points That Not Everyone Knows"
    (English) (Newspaper Clipping) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified)
  • 2006-08-21 - World Journal Weekly on August 20, 2006 Published Mr. Lee's Article "Immigration News Affecting Large Numbers of People"
    (English) (Newspaper Clipping) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified)
  • 2006-07-22 - Mr. Lee's decision at Board of Immigration Appeals was published in The Interpreter Releases 1484, 83 NO. 27 on July 17, 2006 under title, "Chinese Divorce Valid Even Without Physical Appearance, BIA Finds" (As Published in the Interpreter Releases)
  • 2006-07-19 - Mr. Lee's Article "Immigration News Affecting Large Numbers of People"
    (English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified)
  • 2006-07-11 - Mr. Lee's Article "BIA In Unpublished Decision Rules On Presence Requirement For Foreign Divorce To Be Recognized In New York State" was published in The Immigration Daily on July 11, 2006 (As Published in the Immigration Daily)
  • 2006-06-30 - World Journal Weekly on June 25, 2006 Published a Special Report on Mr. Lee's fight to qualify his over 21 year old client as a child under the “Child Status Protection Act" and "U.S. Patriot Act” ( English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified)
    World Journal Weekly - Special Report Website Link (Chinese Only)
  • 2006-06-20 - Mr. Lee's 6/10/06 Three Comments to the Department of Homeland Security Interim Rule of May 12, 2006, Withdrawing the Regulation on the Prohibition Against Paroled "Arriving Aliens" Adjusting Status to Permanent Residence (English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified)
  • 2006-05-22 - World Journal Weekly on May 21, 2006 Published Mr. Lee's article "Conservative Put Themselves In An Immigration Pickle" (English)(Newspaper Clipping) (Chinese Traditional ) (Chinese Simplified)
  • 2006-05-11 - Mr. Lee's Article "Conservative Put Themselves In An Immigration Pickle" was published in The Immigration Daily on May 10, 2006 (As Published in the Immigration Daily)
  • 2006-04-14 - Comments to the Department of Labor Proposed Rule, RIN 1205-AB 42, "Labor Certification for the Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United States; Reducing the Incentives and Opportunities for Fraud and Abuse and Enhancing Program Integrity", F R Volume 71, No.29, February 13, 2006 (English)
  • 2006-04-09 - World Journal Weekly on April 9, 2006 Published a Special Report Regarding the Senate Judiciary Committee's Illegal Aliens’ Earned Legalization/Guest Worker Program Proposal (English)(Newspaper Clipping) (Chinese Traditional ) (Chinese Simplified)
    
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  February 25, 2007 1. Do I Study the New Questions or Old Questions for the Naturalization Test? 2. Will I have a problem getting an H-1B visa or not? I have a degree in fashion and am working for a company in my field. 3. H-4 Holder Who Changed to H-1B for Almost 3 Years is Eligible for H-1B Extension Even Though Total Time in U.S. as H-1B/H-4 Holder will Exceed Six Years February 11, 2007 1. Will 1994 F-4 Approved Visa Petition Applicant Receive Instructions on When to File the Rest of the Papers for his Green Card? 2. How Can a Conditional Resident Through Marriage Obtain the Final Green Card if Separated or Divorced? 3.Can a Conditional Resident Apply for FAFSA Without Such Application Affecting Her Immigration Status? 4. Passing the Naturalization Test and being Denied for Citizenship at the Swearing in Ceremony for not being able to Answer a Question in English January 28, 2007 1. Can Girlfriends or Boyfriends Obtain Visas to Accompany F-1 Students? 2. The Interaction of Security Clearances with Final Asylum & I-730 Approvals 3.Will the Daughter be able to Immigrate with the Parents Under the CSPA? January 21, 2007 1. Losing Political Asylum & Then Having a Bonafide Marriage with a U.S. Citizen – Can I Get my Green Card? 2. Felony or Aggravated Felony? The Immigration Consequences of Both 3. Will Past Nonimmigrant Status of Persons Haunt Them in Immigrant Visa Interviews Overseas? December 26, 2006 1. Traveling and Keeping the Green Card 2. Tracking a Misdirected I-824 Follow to Join Application for Family Members December 17, 2006 1. Upgrading an I-130 petition for a single unmarried son or daughter upon becoming a U.S. citizen 2. A permanent resident wants to stay outside the United States for most of the next five years 3. Reader will be stuck outside the U.S. following surgery when the green card expires 4. Does a child under the age of 14 require fingerprinting who files an I-485 application for adjustment of status to permanent residence before turning 14? December 10, 2006 1. It is Hard to Take Back Naturalization Once Given 2. Can You Process an I-90 Green Card replacement Application for Another Person? 3. The Effect of Medicaid Assistance on Naturalization Applications 4. Brother/Sister I-130 Petitions Where Beneficiary is Here 5. L-1 Intracompany Transferee Application Procedures 6. Timing on Filings for K-1s Removing Conditional Basis of Residence and on Citizenship December 3, 2006 Am I Eligible for Legalization If It Passes? October 29, 2006 1. Issues Connected With Employment Based I-485 Adjustment Of Status Application Denial, e.g.- Continued Employment Authorization, Amount Of Wage To Be Paid Now, Appeals And Motions 2. Follow To Join Asylum Concerns With Overseas Delays 3. Keeping U.S. Citizenship For Persons Leaving The U.S. 4. Outlining The Road Ahead In Removal Or Deportation Proceedings October 22, 2006 Legal Options Where Green Card Holders Have Been Out of The Country Longer Than Allowed by Law October 15, 2006 1. Traveling and Keeping the Green Card 2. Tracking a Misdirected I-824 Follow to Join Application for Family Members October 8, 2006 1. How long now to obtain permanent residence through asylum adjustment; and how long for my family members to join me in the States 2. How much material is now needed for an affidavit of support in overseas processing? 3. Immigrating a dependent aged-out child and having an advantage in advocating your interpretation of the CSPA if he or she is already in the United States 4. Special rules of naturalization for ages 50, 55, 65, holding the green card for 15 and 20 years

  October 1, 2006 1. Rollback Date & Requirement of Past Persecution or Fear of Future Persecution in Asylum Adjustment Cases 2. Planning to File I-751 Removal of the Conditional Basis of Residence Application Where the Couple Do Not Now Live With Each Other 3.Will the Parent’s Overstay in U.S. Affect Daughter’s Application for B or F Visa? 4. Claiming A Green Card Holder As A Dependent for Tax Purposes 5. What to do When You Have Petitioned for Your Married Child Who Then Divorces and Now Marries Someone Else? August 21, 2006 1. Is Hearing Loss Enough of a Physical Disability to Exempt From The Regular Naturalization Test; and The Physical Presence Requirement 2. Can a Person Entering Illegally (Instead of Overstaying a Visa) Get The Green Card by Marrying a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident? 3. Processing Issues with Adjustment of Status to LPR from K-1 Status 4. Refused Entry Where Visa Normally Not Required – Steps to Take August 13, 2006 Reader’s Thought-Out Options Where His F-1 Status May Be Running Out and Mr. Lee’s Comments August 6, 2006 Omission on Non-Immigrant Visa Application of a Sister & Its Effect on Later Naturalization Application & Sponsorship of Sister for Visitor Visa August 2, 2006 1. Where 94 Year-old U.S. Citizen Wants To Marry And Sponsor A 60s Year-old Wife 2. Steps To Sponsor A Child In China Under The Immediate Relative (IR) Category 3. H-1B Validity Dependent Also Upon Working In The H-1B Position And Not Just Ending Date On Paper; Whether An H-4 Dependent Can Change Status To F-1 Student; And What To Do In Case Of Failure Including Watching Out For 3 And 10 Year Bars 4. Visitor Visas – Factors for Consideration 5. Filing for Adjustment of Status in the U.S. While Having an Overseas Child July 9, 2006 1. I-90 Applications for Replacement Green Cards Where Criminal Record is Involved and Naturalization Applications Where Individuals Married for the Green Card But Got the Ex-wife Pregnant During the Time of Divorce 2.Whether to Put in a Second Relative Petition Under Different Category and What to do if Naturalization Interview is Not Passed June 25, 2006 1. Adopted Child -- Filing for Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship Directly? 2. H-1B Processing for the U.S. Master's Degree Holder June 11, 2006 1. Interviewing for an H-1B Visa Outside the U.S. 2. Options for a U.S. Citizen in Bringing the Boyfriend to the States 3. Filing I-485 Adjustment of Status Applications and Leaving the U.S. on Advance Parole June 5, 2006 1. Dangers of Not Telling the Truth in Naturalization Interviews 2. Chasing a Lost I-90 Replacement Green Card Filing May 14, 2006 1. Security Clearances – A Huge Problem with USCIS 2. Student’s Ability to Adjust Status to Permanent Residence or Otherwise Obtain Immigrant Visa Overseas 3. Adopting Relatives and then Applying for U.S. Immigration Status – Potential Problems April 24, 2006 1. Parent Takes Big Risk Using B-2 Visitor Visa to Stay in U.S. with Occasional Trips Back Home in Order to Stay with U.S. Citizen Child 2. Obligation of Disclosing All Incidents with Law Enforcement on Naturalization Application 3. Sponsoring a Parent for Permanent Residence 4. Effects of Divorce to Permanent Resident After Obtaining Green Card from the Marriage Previous Published Q & A

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