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This presentation explains the proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill. Schedule a legal consultation (by Skype, telephone or in person) at . The Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill passed by the US Senate in 2013 offers a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US, mandatory employment verification, border security, entry and exit systems, and visas for both low and high-skilled workers. Some of the more significant changes proposed in the bill are to the family-based (FB) and employment-based (EB) immigration systems. For both systems, one major step toward eliminating backlogs would be to recapture unused visa numbers from 1992-2013 to be added to the numbers available for fiscal year 2015. For more information please visit our Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill page at – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Hot Topics in Immigration Reform


1
Hot Topics in Immigration Reform
  • Immigration Attorney
  • Carl Shusterman

2
Proposed Immigration Reform Bill (S.774)
  • Passed by the Senate on June 29
  • What will happen in the House?
  • No single bill as yet
  • Forcing a Vote?
  • Discharge Petition?

3
Legalization
  • Entered U.S. before 12/31/2011
  • Registered Provisional Immigrant (RPI)
  • Pay a penalty, back taxes
  • Receive work authorization
  • May travel abroad
  • LPR after 10 years
  • Citizen after 3 more years
  • Generous provisions for DREAMers, agricultural
    workers

4
Family-Based System
  • Move FB-2A into immediate relative category
  • Allow for derivatives of immediate relatives
  • Eliminate the FB-4 category
  • Married children of U.S. citizens eligible until
    31
  • Return of the V visa

5
Employment-Based System
  • Exempt from quotas
  • EB-1 immigrants
  • Doctoral degree holders,
  • Physicians who have completed the foreign
    residency requirement
  • Derivatives
  • EB-6 category for certain start-up investors

6
Temporary Workers
  • W-1 visa for lesser-skilled workers
  • W-2 visa for contract-based workers
  • W-3 visa for "at-will" E-B workers
  • W-2/W-3 visas to replace H-2A program

7
Asylum
  • Eliminate the one-year filing deadline
  • Authorize asylum officers to grant asylum during
    credible fear interviews

8
Mandatory E-Verify
  • All employers to be on the system after 5 years
  • Biometric Work Authorization Card
  • Biometric Green Card

9
H-1B Visas
  • Increase general cap to 110,000. 180,000 max
  • Raise advanced degree cap to 25,000
  • Limited to STEM grads
  • Recruitment requirement for all H-1B LCAs
  • EADs for spouses
  • 60-day grace period after H-1B job termination

10
Fraud
  • Crime to knowingly defraud an immigrant or
    falsely claim to be an attorney or accredited
    representative
  • ID required for individuals helping immigrants
    with their forms
  • Attorney General to prosecute fraudulent
    "immigration service providers" at federal level
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