Beginning April 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the implementation of a new pilot program called “Stampless Entry” at all 238 airports, 34 seaports, all pedestrian ports of entry on the southern border and most secondary land ports of entry on the Northern border. CBP claims this will simplify and streamline the arrival
Senior Associate Attorney Emily Wilson has been recognized as a Rising Star by the Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine. The Rising Star selection process includes peer nominations, independent research, and peer evaluation. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10
Founding Partners Christina Lee and Camiel Becker have been recognized as Super Lawyers by the Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine for the third consecutive year. The Super Lawyers selection process includes peer nominations, independent research and peer evaluation. Each year only 5% of all attorney nominees within a legal field from each state are selected
Partner Camiel Becker will speak at the 2020 AILA Athletics, Culture, Entertainment, and Science (ACES) Virtual Conference in a session titled “Waivers . . . Your Client Did What?!!! Inadmissibility Issues for O’s and P’s.” The conference will be held virtually from Thursday – Friday, October 1-2, 2020. Camiel will join faculty members Zachary Robert
Partner Camiel Becker will speak on a national webinar titled “DACA and TPS Under Attack: Using Employment-Based Strategies to Obtain a More Secure Status” on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 11:00 AM PST (2:00 pm ET). That national American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) based out of Washington, DC, is hosting the webinar for immigration lawyers
Partner Camiel Becker will speak about employment-based immigration options for DACA recipients on a panel sponsored by the Alameda Bar Association Immigration section and AILA NorCal on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm. The first half of the session will provide updates on the Supreme Court’s decision by Anna Manuel, who will provide strategies
Partner Christina Lee spoke on a panel about forms of relief of removal in immigration court in this year’s national conference hosted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In the session “Relief from Removal: Cancellation and Asylum” the panel discussed other forms of relief such as The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA),
Associate Attorney Emily Wilson spoke on a panel about the basics of PERM labor certifications – the first step in most employment-based green card processes – at the year’s largest conference on immigration law hosted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. The session “Labor Certification 102” included guidance on recruitment, mandatory recruitment, supplemental recruitment, and
Three Best Rated ® has named Camiel Becker as one of the top 3 immigration lawyers in Oakland, California. The website uses a 50-point inspection process, which includes: reviews, reputation, ratings, satisfaction, history, complaints, trust, costs, and general excellence. During the summer of 2020, The Best Rated ® selected Becker & Lee LLP partner Camiel
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), which is run by ICE, recently announced that F-1 and M-1 students will have to leave the country unless part of their course load this fall is taken in-person. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the spring and summer 2020 semesters, SEVP had granted a temporary exemption to