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Beach-Oswald
is a full-service law firm, concentrating on immigration law. We have
special expertise in work visas, family based visas, visa waivers,
green cards through family and employment and asylum. We have staff
members who speak many different languages to assist you.
We
succeed when others don't!
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8th Circuit Says No
Constitutional Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel
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 In a case decided on August 6,
2008, the 8th Circuit ruled that there is no constitutional right
under the Fifth Amendment to effective assistance of counsel in
removal proceedings. The court reasoned that because removal
proceedings are civil, an alien does not have a constitutional right
to an attorney, and therefore, an asylum applicant cannot claim that
his/her right to effective assistance of counsel was constitutionally
violated. For more info, see Rafiyev v. Mukasey, 536 F.3d 853
(8th Cir. 2008)
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Military Citizenship
Applications to be Processed Within 6 Months
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 Military Citizenship
Application to be Processed Within 6 Months
On October 9, 2008 The President signed the Military Personnel
Citizenship Processing Act into law. The Act requires USCIS to
process and issue a citizenship decision for current or former
members of the armed forces or their surviving dependents, within 6
months. If the USCIS does not make a decision in 6 months, it must
explain the delay and provide a new target date for when a decision
will be made.
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Diversity Visa
Lottery Program Has Begun
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 The instructions for the 2010
Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2010) have been posted on the
State Department website. Russia and Kosovo, which were not eligible
for the DV program last year, have been added to the DV-2010 list of
eligible countries. Natives of eligible countries may submit their
entry form online between October 2, 2008 and December 1, 2008 by
going to www.dvlottery.state.gov.
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J-1 Visa Waiver
Program for Physicians Extended
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 The Conrad 30 Program is
designed to provide each state with 30 waivers for J-1 physicians
each year. The waiver allows a physician that is present in the US on
a J-1 visa to remain in the US and practice medicine without having
to return to his/her home country for two years, as required by
law. The Conrad 30 Program was set to expire on June 1, 2008,
but will now be extended until March 6, 2009.
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USCIS to Delay N-400 Direct
Mail Program
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In our October 1
Newsletter we provided you with the new addresses where N-400 were to
be mailed under USCIS's new direct mail program, which
was scheduled to begin on October 14, 2008. However, the USCIS
has just announced that it is withdrawing its previously published
notice, and will delay implementing the new filing procedure further
notice. N-400 Applications should continue to be sent to a USCIS
Service Center, as has been done in the past.
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