Angelo Paparelli follows the money

"As Congress considers appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security, and as momentum builds for “a tough but fair path forward” to regularize the status of 11 million undocumented humans ...

E-Verify MOU with DOJ: USCIS Q&A

USCIS, Mar. 18, 2010.

E-Verify Releases Q&A Discussing TNCs and Employee Rights

"Earlier this week, E-Verify released a lengthy Q&A document which addresses questions posed during a DHS-sponsored webinar held last September." John Fay, Mar. 19, 2010.

GAO on SBInet - Report

SECURE BORDER INITIATIVE: DHS Needs to Address Testing and Performance Limitations That Place Key Technology Program at Risk. GAO, Jan. 2010.

GAO on SBInet - testimony

Testimony Before the Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittees on Management, Investigations, and Oversight; and Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism, Mar. 18, 2010.
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Q Visas International Cultural Exchange Program

Q Visa - Cultural Exchange Program

A Q visa is an Nonimmigrant visa for a participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program designated by the Attorney General for the purpose of providing practical training, employment and the sharing of the history, culture and traditions of the country of the participant's nationality. 

Q Visa - Conditions

1. Cannot exceed 15 months

2. Beneficiary must have foreign residence

3. Beneficiary must be employed under the same wages and working conditions as U.S. workers.

4. Limitation: One year foreign residence requirement which means if beneficiary has spent 15 months in US under a visa, he/she must physically leave the US for a year before he/she is allowed to return to the US with same visa. 

Q Visa - Requirements for Program Approval

1. Interaction with American Public

2. Cultural component which must be designed as a whole "to exibit or explain the attitude, customs, history, heritage, philosophy or traditions" of the person's country.

3. Work Component - The work must serve as the way to achieve the culteral objective.


For more information on whether a Q visa is appropriate for you and to nevigate throught the voluminous detailed rules and restrictions of Q visas, please contact Cipolla Law Group for a consultation.

 



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