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• September 20th - Article: OCTOBER VISA BULLETIN BRINGS MANY CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES
• September 13th - Article: ANOTHER CALL FOR “BACK TO THE FUTURE” CHANGE OF POLICY FOR H-1B CAP SELECTIONS BY JANUARY 2024
• August 9th - Article: Requests for Further Evidence for Submitted “Missing” Documents Relating To Current Guidance for Paper Filed Applications by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• July 28th - Article: CAN THE SCOTUS CASE, US V. HANSEN, HELP TO PROTECT ALIENS WHO MAY BE DEEMED INADMISSIBLE FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING?
• June 22nd - IMMIGRATION NEWS YOU CAN USE –TO PHOTO OR NOT FOR N-400 FILINGS? WHERE ARE ALL THE I-601A CASES GOING? NEW VETTING CENTER FOR SPECIFIC AFFIRMATIVE ASYLUM CASES.
• June 14th - IMMIGRATION NEWS YOU CAN USE – JULY VISA BULLETIN AND USCIS CHART ACCEPTANCE QUICK SUMMARY; WATCH OUT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING; DOS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING TIME BEING SHORTENED.
• May 21st - Article: Last Days to Start a Labor Certification Case.
• May 1st - Article: H-1B SELECTION PROCESS A TRAVESTY – TIME TO GO “BACK TO THE FUTURE”
• April 21st - Article: MAY 2023 VISA BULLETIN MUSINGS ON FAMILY AND EMPLOYMENT BASED CATEGORIES
• March 22nd - Article: TRANSIT POLICY AT BORDER A HEAD SPINNER; LAST DAYS TO START A LABOR CERTIFICATION CASE.
• March 8th - Article: PREDICTIONS ON NUMBER OF H-1B REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS; CSPA VIS-À-VIS USCIS ADJUSTMENT CHART.
• January 30th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – WHITE HOUSE EXPANDS AND RENEWS HONG KONG DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE PROGRAM; USCIS SETS SCHEDULE FOR H-1B CAP REGISTRATION PROGRAM; “FINAL” COVID-19 FLEXIBILITY DATES ADVANCED TO MARCH 23, 2023; USCIS ANNOUNCES NEW DATES FOR EXPANDED PREMIUM PROCESSING CLASSES OF CASES; TRUMP PUBLIC CHARGE RULE FINALLY KILLED BY SUPREME COURT?
• January 24th - Article: “2023 AND THE US DEMOGRAPHIC TIMEBOMB”

• December 14th - Article: “USCIS RECOMMENDATIONS ON FILING PAPER PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS – WHAT WORKS AND WHAT NEEDS SOME THOUGHT.”
• December 6th - Arthur Lee, Esq. marries Ann Back
• November 10th - Article: SEACHANGE IN LINE FOR N-648 MEDICAL CERTIFICATION FOR DISABILITY EXCEPTIONS ADJUDICATIONS
• October 13th - Article: “Family-Based Preference Cases to Progress in FY-2023?”
• October 7th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – CONFUSION IN THE IMMIGRATION COURTS; NEW PUBLIC CHARGE RULE ON RESPONSIBILITY OF AFFIANTS GIVING I-864 SUPPORT; US – CANADA TAKING SEPARATE COVID PATHS
• October 5th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. SUPER LAWYER FOR 2022 IN NEW YORK METRO AREA
• August 23rd - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – USCIS PRONOUNCES FINALITY TO H-1B SELECTIONS; CONSULAR PRACTICE; HAPPINESS OR SADNESS WHEN IJ’S DISMISS CASES; LITTLE TO DO IN OFFICE WITH SEPTEMBER VISA CHARTS; NRC NEWS; ETA 9089 FILLING WHERE NO SUNDAY NEWSPAPER.
• August 15th - BIA Affirms IJ Grant on Certification on Crime, Overbroad Statute, and Second Circuit Changed Law In Our Case
• July 22nd - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – CONTACTING USCIS ON REJECTED AND NO RECEIPT CASES; 3/10 YEAR BARS CAN BE SATISFIED IN SOME CASES WHILE LIVING IN US: NYC CIS DISTRICT OFFICE POLICY CHANGES COMING; FLEXIBILITY PERIOD FOR RFE’S, RFI’S, NOID’S, ETC. LIKELY AT AN END; AUGUST VISA CHART SHOWS MULTIPLE FB AND FEW EB CHANGES.
• July 18th - Article: “DOYLE PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION MEMO SEEMINGLY HANGS IN THE BALANCE”
• June 20th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – SOME MOVEMENT ON JULY VISA BULLETIN; RENEWED GUIDANCE ON DISTANCE LEARNING; CHANGED LOCKBOX FOR SOME I-485 EB FILINGS; NVC CURRENT PROCESSING TIMES; USCIS SAYS “GO FISH”
• May 18th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – DOYLE MEMORANDUM GIVES HOPE TO THOSE IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS; JUNE VISA CHART BIG EFFECTS; NEW 540 DAY EXTENSIONS FOR MANY EAD RENEWALS; MORE STATS ON H-1B SEASON; IMPROVEMENT ON USCIS PUBLISHED CASE PROCESSING TIMES?
• April 15th - Recommendations to Improve H-1B Lottery System by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• April 1st - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE: CAP H-1B SELECTION PROCESS ANNOUNCED COMPLETE; EB-5 REGIONAL CENTER REAUTHORIZATION/REFORM LAW TO BEGIN IN MAY; TITLE 42 NEWS INCLUDING UKRAINIANS; NO MORE PAPER I-94S AT THE BORDER; THE DEPARTURE OF EXPANDED EXPEDITED REMOVAL.
• February 14th - Article: “WILL K-3s COME BACK INTO VOGUE? WHY BASE PERM PREVAILING WAGE DETERMINATIONS ON ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS NOW? WHY 10 YEAR LPR INSTEAD OF 2 YEAR CPR CARDS FOR THOSE MARRIED LESS THAN TWO YEARS? PHOTOS NEEDED AT NATURALIZATION OATH CEREMONIES? NEW FORMS FOR APRIL AND NEW USCIS LOCKBOX IN ELGIN, ILLINOIS.”
• January 19th - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – NEW H-1B CAP SEASON RAMPING UP; DROPBOX USE EXPANDED FOR US VISAS OVERSEAS; F, M and J VISA APPLICATIONS MADE EASIER; MFL TERMINATION LETTERS AND NVC NEED FOR QUALITY CONTROL; FLEXIBILITY EXTENDED FOR TIME TO RESPOND TO USCIS ACTIONS; VISA PROBLEMS WHERE APPLICANTS LEAVE US BEFORE DECISIONS ON EXTENSION/CHANGE OF STATUS REQUESTS.”

• December 22nd - Article: “IS THERE A PLAN D? IF NOT, CAN OR WILL DEMOCRATS IGNORE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN TO OBTAIN IMMIGRATION RELIEF FOR MILLIONS?”
• November 23rd - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE: USCIS DOES THIRD ROUND OF H-1B PICKS FOR FIRST TIME; FILING ADDRESSES EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO; EAD CHANGES FOR H-4, L AND E DEPENDENTS; DECEMBER VISA CHART HOLDS A FEW BRIGHT SPOTS; NEW YORK DISTRICT OFFICE/CONTACT CENTER MEETING POINTS.”
• October 19th - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – NATURALIZATION PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE; THE NOVEMBER RETROGRESSIVE VISA CHART; H-1B BY HIGHEST SALARY STILL BEING ADVOCATED BY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION; BAN ON TRAVEL FROM CANADA AND MEXICO ENDING IN STAGES; NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS.”
• September 16th - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – OCTOBER “SURPRISE” IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS DOS FAILS TO PARTNER WITH USCIS; PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 APPEARS ONLY PROSPECTIVE; $3.5 TRILLION RECONCILIATION PACKAGE HAS HOPE FOR MANY UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST H-1B PROPOSED NATIONWIDE CLASS-ACTION SUIT SETTLEMENT; REPORTING TO ICE ERO TO BECOME SIMPLER.”
• August 25th - Article: “New Texas Preliminary Injunction Against Prosecutorial Discretion Focused on Detention Only; Visa Chart Largely Humdrum for September Except for Indians – Will There Be an October Surprise? H-1b Restrictions Continuing under Biden Administration; Multiple Reports on Dearth of F-1 Visa Interest Around the World; Congressional Research Service Report Shows in Absentia Rate for Hearings Only 17%.”
• August 23rd - Article “EAD Processing Times for Adjustment of Status Applicants Must Be Drastically Improved” by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• July 13th - Article: “Immigration news that you can use-Preserving F-2B preference at the NVC or consulate; Immigration video interviews; New ground for denying China NIV applications; New policies on EAD’s, RFE’s, and expedites; Possible actions for I-601A cases stymied by Castro-Tum”
• June 1st - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – NEW STUDENTS FROM CHINA TO BE ADMITTED AND GUIDANCE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING, EOIR RE-OPENINGS, H-1B REGISTRATIONS FOR 2021 AN ALL-TIME HIGH, SSA NO MATCH LETTERS NIXED”, ENTREPRENEUR PAROLE PROGRAM RETURNS, EXPANDED BIOMETRIC RULE NIXED, BIDEN BACKUP PLAN FOR LEGALIZATION, TIPS IN DEALING WITH THE NVC”
• May 22nd - News: “Our law firm gains remand of 1-212 prelude to I-601A as USCIS appellate body (AAO) examines in detail evidence given in application and appeal and decides that certain points relied upon in initial USCIS denial are not relevant.”
• April 27th - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – CHANGE IN CASE FLOW PROCESSING BEFORE THE IMMIGRATION COURTS; SWORN STATEMENT SAMPLE WITHOUT NOTARY IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC; KEEPING F-2B CATEGORIZATION WHEN PETITIONER NATURALIZES; H-1B COMPUTER CASE TREATMENT THIS YEAR.”
• March 31st - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – PUBLIC CHARGE, VENEZUELA/BURMA TPS, AND INTERPRETERS”
• February 23rd - Article: “BIDEN PLAN FOR UNDOCUMENTED AND THOSE WITH REMOVAL ORDERS IS GENEROUS”
• January 25th - Article: “WHAT IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLAN FOR H-1B SEASON?”
• January 12th - Article: “The Congressional Review Act and Freeze on Regulations Give Immigrants Hope for Relief ” by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• January 4th - Article “BIDEN TO DO LIST – TWO VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS”

• December 7th - Article “S386/HR1044 – Passed By Senate – Goes to Conference with Part That Must be Fixed”
• December 1st - Comment on USCIS proposed regulation, “Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap Subject H-1B Petitions”, RIN 1615-AC61 – by Alan Lee, Esq.
• November 13th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. CHOSEN 2020 SUPER LAWYER IN NEW YORK CITY
• October 27th - Article: “The U.S. Government Should Consider Excusing Some Violations of Voluntary Departure Orders During The Pandemic ” by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• October 19th - Article: “Interim Final Regulations (IFRs) on Wage Hikes by DOL and on H-1Bs by DHS and Some of the Flaws of Their Logic”
• October 15th - Article: In Provisional I-212 Appeal Win, AAO in Non-Precedent Decision, In Re: 9072079 (AAO 9/24/20),Clarifies What Constitutes After-Acquired Equity, Correct Standard of Adjudication, and Rightful Consideration of Evidence.
• September 20th - Article: “WITH JUSTICE GINSBURG GONE, DREAMERS DESPERATELY NEED A POLITICAL SOLUTION”
• September 4th - Article: WHAT IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW, AND DONALD TRUMP – FRIEND TO IMMIGRANTS?
• August 14th - Article: Fort USA Arises In The Gloaming
• July 21st - Article: State Department Allowing Schengen Area, UK And Ireland F-1 And M-1 Students To Enter Despite Ban Under Presidential Proclamations 9993 And 9996; And Other Miscues Interpreting 6/22/20 Proclamation.
• June 23rd - Article: Trump 6/22/20 Proclamation Suspending the Entry of Nonimmigrant Workers – Who is Affected and How.
• June 15th - Article: Why Donald Trump Is Stumbling Badly And How He Can Save Himself And The Nation
• May 7th - Article：Recommendations for U.S.C.I.S. Reopening Offices During Covid-19
• April 16th - Article: The Importance of Setting the Record Straight on East Coast Infections – It’s the Europeans; Why not just excuse the LCA posting requirement during the Pandemic?
• March 19th - Article: REPEATEDLY CALLING IT A CHINESE VIRUS IS RACIST AND A DEFLECTION OF BLAME
• February 20th - Article: Is Mr. Trump an Unstoppable Freight Train?
• February 5th - Article: Coronavirus China Travel Ban Reveals Prejudice Against Parents And Six Nation Ban Hodgepodge Thinking
• January 23rd - Article: Watch Out For The Public Charge Rule!
• January 3rd - Article: Intersection Of The RELIEF Act And FAIRNESS FOR HIGH SKILLED IMMIGRANTS ACT OF 2019

• December 4th - Article: S.2603, The Relief Act, In The Season Of Hope; Two Proposed Regulations Likely To Become Law; December Visa Chart Movement And Prognostication; Stockwell Lives
• October 16th - Article: WHERE DO WE STAND TODAY AFTER 3 COURTS PUT A TEMPORARY HALT ON THE PUBLIC CHARGE RULE?
• October 10th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. SUPER LAWYER FOR 2019 IN NEW YORK CITY
• September 23rd - Article: AMENDED HR 1044 IN S.386 HAPPENING NOW AMID A FLOOD OF CONCERNS
• August 17th - Article: New Public Charge Rule Coming Out on August 14, 2019, Not Retroactive for Cases Submitted Before 10/15/19 and ACA Subsidized Health Insurance Outside of Medicaid not Considered a Public Benefit
• July 30th - Article: Naturalize Now!
• June 25th - Article: Nothing About Trump Policies On Immigration; The Effect Of Visa Retrogressions; The Iron-Doming Of DHS; And Watch Out For Closed Loop Voyages
• May 24th - Article: Protecting The Green Card When Taking Extended Trips From The U. S.; Entitlement To 10 Day Or 60 Day Grace Periods For Nonimmigrant Workers; Public Charge Danger Signals
• April 25th - Article: Payment Of Fees Becomes More Restrictive At U.S.C.I.S.; Aliens Being Defrauded By DHS Look-Alikes; H-1B Denial Rates Show Need For Lawyers And Sharper Lawyering
• April 12th - Article: Will EB-5 Regulation Ever Come Out? Why More H-2B’s When America is “Full”? New Form Changes – Make Sure to Use the Right Forms to Avoid Rejection.
• February 19th - Article: Immigration Procedure – 10 Possible Items Of Interest
• February 1st - New H-1B Regulation “Registration Requirement For Petitioners Seeking To File H-1B Petitions On Behalf Of Cap-Subject Aliens” Becomes Final Changing The Order Of Selection But Delaying Pre-Registration System
• January 23rd - Article: The Art Of The Deal In Making The Wall
• January 2nd - Article: Comment on USCIS New H-1B Proposed Regulation

• December 31st - Article “Comment on Flipping Selection Process of Regular and U.S. Masters or Higher Graduates”
• December 4th - Article “U.S.C.I.S. Releases Trove Of Information In New Proposed Rule, “Registration Requirement For Petitioners Seeking To File H-1B Petitions On Behalf Of Cap-subject Aliens””
• November 6th - Article “The Dwindling Migrant Caravan Marches On As Trump Glowers And Threatens”
• October 26th - Article “Why The Migrant Caravan of 7000 (Whoops! 5000) Is Not Concerning?”
• October 15th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. SELECTED AS SUPER LAWYER FOR 2018 IN NEW YORK CITY
• October 4th - Article “Brett Kavanaugh v. Christine Blasey Ford – Who Can You Believe?”
• September 17th - Article “This Is What They Love To Hear – Stories Of Immigration Misery”
• July 24th - Article “What Concerns The President And The Answers”
• June 21st - Article “Even With The Child Separation Issue, Why Donald Trump Feels Confident About The Midterms”
• June 1st - Matter of Y-M-C- States Limit on U.S.C.I.S. Ability to Automatically Deny I-212 Because of Another Possible Ground of Inadmissibility
• May 15th - Article: Warnings On Immigration Changes
• April 12th - Article “For Some Well-to-do China-born, A Faster, More Useful, And Perhaps Less Expensive Alternative Than Eb-5 Investment To U. S. Immigration” as published in the Immigration Daily on April 12, 2018.
• March 23rd - Article “New Pathway To Permanent Residence Opening Soon” as published in the Immigration Daily on May 23, 2017.
• March 1st - Article “Extorting Protectors Of The Innocent On DACA; I-485 Filing When U.S.C.I.S. Says That You Cannot; H-1B Decisions To Mull Over; Other H-1B Scuttlebutt; Planning Your Litigation According To Circuit” as published in the Immigration Daily on March 1, 2018.
• January 16th - Article “President Trump – In How Many Ways Does He Hurt This Country? – DACA And More” as published in the Immigration Daily on January 16, 2018.

• December 15th - Article “No Surprises In January 2018 Visa Bulletin; Dangers In Leaving The U. S. For NIV Consular Interviews; Varied H-1B RFE Response Strategies” as published in the Immigration Daily on December 15, 2017.
• November 13th - Alan Lee, Attorney-At-Law, Wins Two Immigration Administrative Appeals at AAO.
• November 6th - Article “Visa Lottery Program In Trump World; Attestation Of Translation Dangers; DNA Testing Standards; Interviews For Employment Based Cases; Interpreter Acceptability At U.S.C.I.S. Interviews; Eb-5 China Case Backlog And Trump” as published in the Immigration Daily on November 6, 2017.
• September 29th - Article “New Travel Ban, Succeed Act, Detainer Problems For Administration, DOS 90 Day Rule For Misrepresentation, H-1B Premium Processing Resumption, And DOL On PERM And H-1B LCA’s” as published in the Immigration Daily on September 29, 2017.
• September 6th - Article “DACA and What Lies Ahead” as published in the Immigration Daily on September 6, 2017.
• July 28th - Article “Why The Trump/Republican Party Grand Plan Won’t Work – A Prelude To 2018 And 2020” as published in the Immigration Daily on July 28, 2017.
• July 14th - Article “Economic Growth and Stifling the Buying of Goods and Commodities by the Undocumented” as published in the Immigration Daily on July 14, 2017.
• May 27th - Article “Lees’ Second Generation Arthur Lee, Esq. Joins the Law Firm of Alan Lee, Attorney at Law” as published in the Sing Tao Daily on May 27, 2017.
• April 27th - Article “Late to the Party, the Trump Administration Weighs in On H-1B’s With 5 Pronouncements” as published in the Immigration Daily on April 27, 2017.
• March 2nd - Article “Trump on Future Legalization – Deliberate Distraction or Naïveté” as published in the Immigration Daily on March 2, 2017.
• February 6th - Article “Is The Wreckage Fast Approaching For The Nation Under Trump?” as published in the Immigration Daily on February 6, 2017.
• January 23rd - Article “DACA To Go – But An Acceptable Trump Solution?” as published in the Immigration Daily on January 23, 2017.