Greg Siskind

Dear alt.visa.us Readers:

The following is from this week's newsletter on our web site (www.visalaw.com). You
can view the complete contents for free and can also receive this by e-mail each
week, also for free.

Regards,

Greg Siskind

SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN

April 6, 2001

E-mail subscribers as of 29 March 2001 - 29,246 persons (50 states/144 countries).
Published by Greg Siskind, partner at the Immigration Law Offices of Siskind, Susser,
Haas & Devine, Attorneys at Law; telephone: 800-748-3819, 901-737-3194 or
615-345-0225; facsimile: 800-684-1267, email: [email protected], WWW home page:
http://www.visalaw.com. SSHD serves immigration clients throughout the world from its
offices in the US, Canada and the People's Republic of China. To schedule a telephone
or in-person consultation with the firm, go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html.
Writers: Amy Ballentine and Greg Siskind.

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DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE NEWSLETTER IN PDF FORMAT -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/newsletter.pdf

1. A MESSAGE FROM SISKIND, SUSSER, HAAS & DEVINE -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/1apr101.html

2. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE - http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/2apr101.html

3. CALIFORNIA COURT VOIDS PENALTY CLAUSE IN H-1B VISA HOLDER'S CONTRACT
- http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/3apr101.html

4. BORDER ARRESTS DROP SHARPLY - http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/4apr101.html

5. MEXICAN GOVERNMENT BEGINS NEGOTIATING IMMIGRATION ISSUES WITH BUSH
ADMINISTRATION - http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/5apr101.html

6. INDUSTRY STUDY SHOWS HIGH TECH WORKER DEMAND SLOWING -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/6apr101.html

7. TRIAL BEGINS IN IMMIGRANT INVESTOR VISA CASE -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/7apr101.html

8. BORDER NEWS - http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/8apr101.html

9. NEWS FROM THE COURTS - CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULES ON INEFFECTIVE
ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AND IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/9apr101.html

10. GOVERNMENT PROCESSING TIMES - http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/10apr101.html

11. NEWS BYTES - http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/11apr101.html

12. THE ABC'S OF IMMIGRATION - V VISAS FOR SPOUSES AND MINOR CHILDREN OF
PERMANENT RESIDENTS - http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/12apr101.html

13. ASK VISALAW.COM - http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/13apr101.html

14. INS SENDS REPORT ON USE OF PAROLE TO CONGRESS -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/14apr101.html

15. ANOTHER KROME DETAINEE MAKES CHARGES OF SEXUAL ABUSE -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/15apr101.html

16. SRI LANKAN SEEKS REFUGE IN CANADA AFTER FOUR YEARS OF DETENTION IN THE US -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/16apr101.html

17. BILL INTRODUCED TO RESTORE DUE PROCESS TO IMMIGRATION LAW -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/17apr101.html

18. RECENT IMMIGRANTS DO NOT FARE AS WELL AS EARLIER ONES, REPORT INDICATES -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/18apr101.html

19. PRESSURE MOUNTS WITH PENDING EXPIRATION OF SECTION 245(I) -
http://www.visalaw.com/01apr1/19apr101.html

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20. A MESSAGE FROM SISKIND, SUSSER, HAAS AND DEVINE

Dear Readers:

One of the less publicized provisions of the LIFE Act, signed by President Clinton
last December, is the creation of the new V visa. This is a visa that allows spouses
and minor children of US permanent residents to come into the US and work while they
wait for their green cards. The visa requires that the I-130 petition be pending for
three years and that it was pending before the law was signed. The INS and the State
Department are finally processing at least some of these cases. To find out more,
read this week's ABCs of Immigration article on V visas.

We also report this week on an important immigration bill introduced this week by
Representative Barney Frank (D-MA). The bill seeks to restore many of the due process
rights taken away by the 1996 immigration acts.

In our News from the Courts column, we report on a landmark California Supreme Court
case that will make it much easier for people convicted of crimes to have their cases
reversed if they were given bad immigration advice by their criminal defense
attorneys. This could help numerous people avoid deportation under the strict rules
applicable to criminal aliens.

In firm news, we remind readers that on Monday we will be hosting a telephone seminar
on H-1B visas. To sign up, just go to
https://secure.telalink.net/gsiskind/teleseminar.html. We review the recent AC21 law
as well as the new Labor Department regulations.

We also invite readers to visit our revamped bulletin board at
http://www.novatech.net:8080/~sshd. Regular readers of our bulletin board will no
doubt appreciate the many changes on the site. Please note that you will now need to
register on the site to post messages. This will allow us to more easily remove
participants on the site who fail to adhere to the board's ground rules.

And finally, as always, we remind readers that this newsletter is published by
Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine, a law firm that represents clients throughout North
America. If you are interested in scheduling a telephone consultation to discuss
immigration questions you may have or to discuss the possibility of Siskind, Susser,
Haas & Devine handling your immigration case, please go to
http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html.

In most cases, we are able to schedule a consultation within two days and we can
often accommodate evening and weekend appointments. We have a number of our lawyers
working overtime to accommodate the recent surge in interest in the new LIFE Act and
will do so until the April 30th 245i filing deadline.

Thanks again for your continued loyalty.

Greg Siskind