Immigration Attorney
International and National Immigration Lawyers Berger & Berger
The immigration law firm of Berger & Berger has been helping immigrants and non-immigrants work and live in the United States for more than 35 years. It has represented individuals, corporations, and other institutions from across the nation and around the world. The firm's immigration attorneys help those in need with their work and residential visas. They specialize in all matters relating to the United States Immigration and Nationality Law from business visas and permanent residency to removal proceedings and visa processing.
Berger & Berger attorneys and their support staff work as a team. Cases are handled by one or two attorneys as well as paralegals and law clerks. This arrangement enhances productivity and provides the client with multiple points of contact and assistance. This also enables them to entrust distinct phases of representation to the appropriate immigration lawyer and support personnel. Berger & Berger's immigration attorneys, law clerks, and paralegals routinely discuss progress and potential issues in individual cases to provide the best possible immigration service to their clients.
The firm's immigration attorneys are active members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). They dedicate themselves assisting clients with matters related to —
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News Update!!!
6/15/10 - PROPOSED FEE INCREASE WILL GO INTO EFFECT SUMMER 2010
USCIS Director, Alejandro Mayorkas, is likely to implement a fee increase some time this summer after a public comment period and is the first since 2007. The fees would raise by an average of 10 percent the cost of filing petition for permanent legal residency and temporary residency for foreign skilled workers and foreign entrepreneurs.
Those affected by the fee increase would be U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents who wish to bring immediate relatives into the country. The proposed increase for these applications will be $420 from $355. Fees for applications for H-1B, L and O visas would rise slightly and the fee for processing a green card would increase to $965 from $930 plus $85 for required electronic fingerprints.
Other increased fee for a foreigner seeking to earn the right to live in the U.S. by investing at least $500,000 and creating at least 10 jobs under a program known as EB-5 would rise to $1,500 from $1,435. However, another fee associated with the program which must be paid about two years later would jump to $3,750 from $2,850.
5/26/10 - ELIMINATION OF PAPER I-94W FOR VISA WAIVER TRAVELERS
According to the Department of Homeland Security and by the end of the summer, the use of paper I-94W forms will be eliminated for VWP travelers with an approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization at all airports. The green colored paper I-94W record will soon no longer be issued by the US Customs and Border Protection inspectors.
As of January 12, 2009, all nationals of VWP countries have been required to apply for an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) prior to boarding a carrier to travel to the United States. Please note, however, the ESTA requirement does not apply to those already in possession of a valid US visa.
12/17/09 - CDC REMOVES ZOSTER AND HPV FROM LIST OF REQUIRED VACCINATIONS
Effective December 14, 2009, and based upon the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the vaccines for herpes zoster (zoster) and human papillomavirus (HPV) will no longer be required for immigration purposes.
Since November 13, 2009, USCIS has held any application which would have been denied solely due to the applicant’s failure to show proof of having received the HPV or zoster vaccine. USCIS will resume adjudicating those applications on December 14, 2009.
10/22/09 - Diversity Visa Lottery Program Announced for 2011
Applications for the Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2011) must be submitted electronically between noon, Eastern Daylight Time, on Friday, October 2, 2009 and noon, Eastern Standard Time, on Monday, November 30, 2009.
The Diversity Visa Lottery Program makes permanent resident visas available to individuals who meet simple eligibility requirements—individual must have either a high school education or its equivalent OR two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience to perform.
The Diversity Visa Lottery Program promotes diversity among new immigrants by allowing natives of countries with low immigrant admissions during the previous five years to obtain a “Green Card”. Based on immigrant admissions to the USA natives of the following countries are excluded from DV-2011: Brazil, Canada, China (Mainland only—Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are included in the program), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, Peru, Poland, South Korea, the United Kingdom (Great Britain and its dependent territories are excluded; however, Northern Ireland is included in the program), and Vietnam.
06/09/2009 - Janet Napolitano, Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security, has granted deferred action for two years to widows and widowers of US citizens, as well as unmarried children under 18 years old, who reside in the United States and who were married for less than two years prior to their spouse's death. For more information, please contact our law firm for details.
01/15/2009 - Effective immediately, U.S. Department of Homeland Security has expanded its biometric technology at U.S. ports of entry. The biometric technology upgrade consists of a ten-fingerprint collection which will now be required for non-U.S. citizens including lawful permanent residents upon entry or re-entry into the United States.
12/19/2008 - Currently, AILA, the American Immigration Lawyer's Association, Texas Service Center liaison, has questioned the problems with the adjudication of EB-2 Form I-140 petitions on behalf of foreign medical graduates with MBBS degrees or other foreign degree equivalent to a U.S. medical degree with the USCIS Texas Service Center. The Texas Service Center has requested specific case numbers so that it can perform a complete review of the adjudications.
