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- Category: Becker & Lee Announcements
- CBP Implements “Stampless Entry” Program
- 3 Becker & Lee Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyer Magazine as Top Immigration Lawyers
- Christina Lee and Camiel Becker Named 2021 Super Lawyers
- Camiel Becker to Train Lawyers on Waivers and Inadmissibility Issues for O and P Visas
- Camiel Becker to Train Lawyers Across the US on Employment-Based Strategies for DACA and TPS Recipients
- Camiel Becker to Speak on a Panel Explaining Options for DACA Recipients in Light of the Supreme Court’s Recent DACA Decision
- Partner Christina Lee Spoke on a Panel about Relief from Removal at 2020 AILA National Immigration Law Conference
- Senior Associate Emily Wilson Spoke on a Panel on Employment-based Immigration at 2020 AILA National Immigration Law Conference
- The Best Rated ® Names Camiel Becker One of the Top 3 Immigration Lawyers in Oakland, California
- ICE Requires Foreign Students to Attend Some In-Person Classes During the Fall of 2020 or Leave the United States
- Trump Suspends Issuance of Certain H-1B, H-2B, J and L Visas and Extends Suspension of Issuance of Certain Immigrant Visas through the End of the Year
- Becker & Lee LLP Condemns Police Violence and Supports Movements for Justice
- Super Lawyers Magazine names Christina Lee and Camiel Becker 2020 Super Lawyers
- Camiel Becker to speak about Student Visa Trends
- Founding Partner Christina Lee Will Speak on the Topic of Sane Immigration
- Partner Camiel Becker Will Speak About I-9 Audits and Social Security No Match Letters
- Camiel Becker Interviewed on Univision KDTV About How California Bill AB5 Will Impact the Immigrant Community
- Camiel Becker to Speak on “Counseling Employers on the DACA Workforce” Panel at National Immigration Conference in Orlando
- Partner Camiel Becker to Speak on Pre-filing Strategies for H-1B Cap Season
- Becker & Lee client Maria Mendoza-Sanchez featured in Buzzfeed and NBC Evening News
- Partner Camiel Becker to Speak on Relief for the Undocumented Workforce in San Diego
- Camiel Becker to Speak on Panel Explaining Options for Those Who Are Losing TPS Status
- Founding Partners Camiel Becker and Christina H. Lee to Speak at 2018 AILA Annual Conference
- Camiel Becker Named as 2018 Rising Star by Super Lawyer’s Magazine
- Emily Wilson and Camiel Becker to Speak on TPS to Employment-Based Green Card Panel
- Camiel Becker to Speak on Screening DACA Recipients for Eligibility for Employment-Based Cases
- Camiel Becker to Consult with DACA Entrepreneurs at the Festival of Undoculnnovation
- Founding Partner Christina H. Lee to Discuss the Basics of Mandatory Detention
- Founding Partner Christina Lee to Moderate Trans Immigration and Mass Incarceration Panel at the Trans Law Institute
- Camiel Becker Speaks to Business Owners at SF Small Business Week Conference
- Partner Christina Lee and Associate Attorney Adhemir Romero at the Practising Law Institute
- Heightened Screening and Vetting Could Mean More Visa Delays and Denials
- USCIS to Halt Premium Processing of H1-B Visas for Up to Six Months
- Expertise.com Ranks Becker & Lee LLP Amongst the Best Immigration Lawyers In San Francisco
- Passport Expiring Soon? Renew It Now Urges the U.S. Department of State
- H-1B Lottery Expected to Remain Open for only 5 Business Days in Early April 2017
- Category: Deportation Defense
- Category: Employment Immigration
- USCIS Received 190,098 H-1B Petitions For This Year’s H-1B Lottery
- USCIS Will Suspend Premium Processing for New H-1B Cap Petitions
- Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate Work Permits for Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders
- USCIS Makes It Harder to Get a TN as An Economist
- Court Mandates Implementation of the International Entrepreneur Rule
- New Trump Administration Policy Makes It Easier For Immigration Officers to Deny H-1B Extensions
- Trump’s Crack-Down on H-1B Visas
- Premium Processing Available for All H-1B Petitions
- Premium Processing Resumes for FY2018 Cap H-1B Petitions and Advanced Degree H-1B Petitions
- DHS Planning to Require Interviews for All Employment-based Green Card Applicants
- Trump Delays Parole for Entrepreneurs
- Increased H-1B Fraud Probes Announced
- With NAFTA Renegotiations Imminent, How will the Canadian and Mexican TN Visa Program Fare?
- Employers Must Now Use New I-9 Form
- Immigration Groups Sue Government to Gain H-1B Lottery Transparency
- USCIS Completes H-1B Cap Lottery for 2017
- USCIS Received 236,000 H-1B Cap Cases For Fiscal Year 2017
- What Employers and Students Need to Know About the May 10, 2016 STEM OPT Rules
- Despite Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, Trump Exposed for Sketchy Immigration Practices
- New Report: Immigrants Founded More Than Half of Highest Valued Startups in the U.S.
- New DHS Rule To Amend F-1 Nonimmigrant Visas Regulations for STEM-OPT Students
- 2016 H-1B Season is Here: Start Early to Avoid the Rush
- Category: Immigration Law Updates
- As DHS Announces TPS For Salvadorans Will End on September 9, 2019, All TPS Recipients Should Seek Legal Advice ASAP
- As Expected, DHS Terminates Haiti’s TPS
- As DHS Terminates Nicaragua’s TPS, All TPS Recipients Should Pursue Other Immigration Options
- Trump Makes It Harder to Get F-1 Student Visas
- What DACA Holders Need to Know About President Trump’s DACA Phase Out
- Premium Processing Resumes for Cap-Exempt H-1B Petitions
- New Form I-9 Now Available, Becomes Mandatory September 18
- Haiti’s TPS Designation Extended For Only 6 Months
- TRAVEL ADVISORY: 9th Circuit Upholds Temporary Restraining Order of Trump’s Travel Ban Aimed at Muslims
- New Final Rule Expands Options for International Entrepreneurs
- New Legal Standard Issued for National Interest Waiver Cases
- Obama Ends “Wet-foot, Dry-Foot” Policy for Cuban Migrants
- Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Obama Immigration Actions
- Changes to E-1 and E-2 Visa Processing in Canada
- Exorbitant Wait Times for Hearing Dates in Overworked Immigration Courts
- DHS Issues New STEM OPT Proposed Regulations
- Category: Uncategorized
- Trump Suspends Issuance of Certain Immigrant Visas at Consulates for At Least 60 Days
- Becker & Lee LLP Associate Attorney John F. Flanagan quoted in the New York Times
- Christina H. Lee to speak at PLI Training on the Bond Basics and Prolonged Detention Bond Proceedings in the Ninth Circuit.
- Camiel Becker on New Immigration Entrepreneur Rule
- Camiel Becker Speaks on DHS Rule Impacting High-Skilled Workers
- 2017 H-1B Season is Here: Start Early to Avoid the Rush!
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Major Immigration Bond Case
- Trump and Immigration: What Immigrants and Their Families Need to Know
- Employers Must Use Newly Released Edition of Form I-9 by January 22, 2017
- Christina H. Lee provides Training on Asylum Procedures
- Immigration Fees to Increase by 21% in December
- Senator Kaine Prediction for Election
- New Report Shows that Immigrants Often Lack Necessary Legal Representation
- New Study Highlights the Economic Benefits of Immigration in the U.S.
- Three New Judges Sworn Into San Francisco Immigration Court
- USCIS to adopt parole policy for U visa petitioners and family members abroad
- Bollywood Actor Detained by U.S. Immigration Authorities for Third Time
- Study shows almost half of DACA-eligible population has not applied
- Ninth Circuit holds that ICE may detain without bond hearing only those taken into custody promptly after release from criminal custody
- Questions raised over Melania Trump’s immigration history
- Significant Increases for Employer Fines take effect for I-9 and H-1B Violations in August
- Employer ordered to pay $42K for violating H1-B visa program
- USCIS extends Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador
- DHS Expands Eligibility for the I-601A Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver
- Pro-immigration Senator Tim Kaine has been selected as Hillary Clinton’s running mate.
- More Republicans favor path to citizenship for immigrants than a border wall according to poll
- Christina H. Lee and Camiel Becker Named as 2016 Rising Stars for Second Consecutive Year
- Emily Wilson and Camiel Becker win AAO appeal for an EB-1 Multinational Executive
- H-1B Cap Premium Processing to Begin May 12, 2016
- Number of People in U.S. Illegally No Longer Growing
- STEM OPT Extension Update
- New Rule Eases Processing for Some Australian, Chilean and Singaporean Professional Workers
- New Restrictions to the Visa Waiver Program
- AILA to Obama: Be More Generous to ALL Refugees
- Study Estimates the Impact of New DHS Deportation Enforcement Priority Policies
- U.S. and Cuba Reopen Long-Closed Embassies
- Further ICE Guidance Regarding the Care of Transgender Detainees
- USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for H-1B Extensions
- Christina H Lee and Camiel Becker Named as 2015 Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nepal.
- Next Step for DAPA and Expanded DACA: A July 10, 2015 Hearing in New Orleans
- Tech Companies Send H-1B Visa Petitions With Hopes of Making the Highly Competitive “H-1B Lottery”
- Some Spouses of H-1B Workers to Become Eligible for Work Permits on May 26, 2015
- 2015 H-1B Season is Here: Start Early to Avoid the Rush
- U Visa Cap Reached for Fiscal Year 2015
- President Obama Expected to Make a Major Immigration Announcement Thursday, November 20, 2014
- Northern California Attorney Gap for Detained Immigrants in Removal Proceedings
- Camiel Becker and Emily Wages to offer free presentation to entrepreneurs at startup incubator in San Francisco
- Children Fleeing Violence in Central America Struggle to Find Representation in Front of the Immigration Court
- Renew Your DACA Now
- New California Law Eases Deportations for Certain Minor Crimes
- Department of State Makes Progress on Visa Backlog
- Camiel Becker Presents to Scientists and Researchers at the American Chemical Society’s National Meeting and Exposition
- U.S. Visa and U.S. Passport Applicants Should Prepare Themselves for Serious Delays
- Congress Urged to Expand Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans
- Expansion of Qualifying Crimes and New Age Out Protections for the U Visa
- Obama Should Expand Parole in Place
- 72,000 Parents of US Citizen Children Deported in 2013
- DOJ Funds New Program to Assist Unaccompanied Migrant Children
- US Consulates in Canada Temporarily Suspend Most Interviews for Non-Canadian Third Country Nationals
- Christina H. Lee interviewed for KQED’s California Report
- Secure Communities Program
- Proposed Rule Would Expand Work Authorization to Some Spouses of H-1B Visaholders
- Why isn’t DHS exercising Prosecutorial Discretion in a Meaningful Way?
- Premium Processing to Begin April 28, 2014 for H-1B Cap Subject Cases
- Premium Processing for H-1B Cap Cases Will Start No Later Than April 28, 2014
- US Embassy in Caracas Stops Issuing Visitor Visas For Most First Time Applicants
- Can We Expect a Decrease in Deportations in the Near Future?
- 52% of Startups in Silicon Valley Founded by At Least One Immigrant
- Its Time to End the Immigration Detention Bed Quota
- Policy Change Helps Keep US Military United With Their Undocumented Family Members
- Chile Added to Visa Waiver Program
- Just How Hard Is It To Get a Tourist Visa? 2013 Denial Rates for B Visas Just Published
- Chapo Guzman’s Arrest Sheds Light on Mexican Convention Against Torture Claims
- Senators Urge DOS to Extend TPS to Filipino Nationals
- I-130 Spousal Visa Backlog Needs Immediate Fix
- New Law Makes Immigration for Adopted Orphans Easier
- Obama and Immigration in the State of the Union
- ACLU and ICE Reach Settlement on Shackling of Detained Clients
- Justin Bieber Arrest Exposes Unequal Application of U.S. Immigration Laws
- Ninth Circuit Joins 5 Other Circuits in Finding Exception to 212(h) Bar for LPRs
- Christina H. Lee Speaks on Immigration Master Calendar Expert Tips Panel
- Faced with a Small Window for Immigration Reform in 2014, House Republicans Begin Push for Immigration Reform
- USCIS Continues to Offer Relief to Filipino Typhoon Victims
- 2014 H-1B Season is Here: Start Early to Avoid the Rush
- In Already Backlogged Immigration Courts, Half of Judges Will Be Eligible For Retirement in 2014
- Oakland Wins $15 Million Against Immigration Scammers
- Major Retrogression for Some Employment-Based Visa Petitions for Indian Nationals
- House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) Meets with Immigrant Protestors
- ACLU: ICE Agents Arrest Individuals at Courthouses in Kern County
- Health Care Reform Will Impact Immigrants
- Obama Urges Immigration Reform and GOP House Speaker John Boehner Remains “Hopeful” That Reform Will Happen This Year
- Immigrant Rights Protesters Block Bus with Detained Immigrants in San Francisco
- San Francisco Immigration Court Will Reopen on October 18, 2013
- Diversity Visa Lottery Registration Open Now Until November 2, 2013
- Associated Press drops the harmful and inaccurate term “illegal immigrant”
- Deal Reached on Immigration Reform Bill
- 2013 H-1B Visa Season: Start Early to Avoid the Rush
- Obama Administration Will Push Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill in Early 2013
- Public Television Interview with Camiel Becker
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- Alejandro Portillo
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- Daianna Cristerna
- Siva Vemireddy
- Edith Ruelas Martinez
- Patricia Barragan
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- Andrea Hernandez
- John Flanagan
- Rhodora Derpo
- Emily Wilson
- Christina H. Lee
- Camiel Becker
Practice Areas
- International Entrepreneur Parole
- En Español
- H-1B1 Visas for Chileans and Singaporeans
- I-212 Waiver: After Order of Removal or Deportation
- I-601 "Extreme Hardship" Waivers
- Motion To Reopen
- Federal District Court Actions
- Filipino Veterans Parole Program
- LGBTQIA Asylum
- Gay Marriage-Based Green Cards Process
- LGBTQIA Immigration Process
- Naturalization And Citizenship
- K-1 Fiancé(e) Visa Petition
- NACARA & Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
- Asylum for Individual & Family
- I-751 Removing Condition On Residency
- Marriage-Based Green Card Process
- 15 Common Defenses To Deportation
- Criminal Immigration
- Deportation and Removal Defense
- EB-1C Managers and Executive Transferees
- EB-5 Investor Visa Green Cards
- EB-1B Outstanding Researchers
- EB-1A Extraordinary Ability
- The PERM / Green Card Process
- How To Obtain An I-94 After Entry To The US
- TN Visas For Canadians & Mexicans
- R Religious Worker Visas and Correlating I-360 Green Card Process
- P Visas For Athletes
- O Extraordinary Ability Visas
- J-1 Visa for Trainees and Interns
- E-3 Visas For Australians
- L Visas
- EB-2 National Interest Waiver
- Employment-Based Green Cards
- F Student Visas/ CPT, OPT & STEM OPT
- H-1B Visas
- Parole In Place (PIP) for Family of Military Personnel
- E-1/E-2 Trader & Investor Visas
- B-1 in Lieu of H-1B
- I-601A Provisional Waiver
- Waivers Applications
- Appeals, Waiver and Removal Orders
- Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
- Crime Victims & U Visas
- DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
- For HR Professionals
- B-1 Business Visitors
- Individual/Family Immigration & Removal
- Temporary Work Visas
- Business & Employment Immigration