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Immigration Practice, 14th Edition

Name: Immigration Practice, 14th Edition
Brand: Juris Publishing
SKU: 9781578233625
Price: 2950.00 HKD
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Author: Robert C. Divine
ISBN: 9781578233625

By Robert C. Divine

Juris Publishing May 2012

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781578233625
Publisher: Juris Publishing
Publication: May 2012
Format: Paperback + CD-ROM , 1710 pages
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Immigration Practice guides readers through all aspects of immigration law in one volume, complete with over 3,000 footnote citations to the wide range of statutes, regulations, court and administrative cases, policy memos, operations instructions, agency interpretive letters, and internet sites that a lawyer needs for complete understanding of a particular problem. No other source merges the practical with commentary and analysis so helpfully.

The book explains in understandable language and meaningful and dependable detail the substantive issues and the practical procedures a lawyer needs to handle a specific immigration matter, complete with checklists of forms, supporting evidence, and other strategies needed for application/petition packages. The book has unparalleled coherence, integration and consistency.

* Liberally cross references to other sections in the book where related topics are discussed (because so many topics are interrelated).

* Line-by-line instructions on how to complete the most commonly used forms to avoid embarrassing mistakes.

* Lists the contents of packages to file with government agencies: forms and fees, detailed support letters, and other supporting evidence.

* Explanations of potentially applicable visa options organized according to the attributes of the foreign national (and the employer), rather than classifications in alphabetical order, so that practitioners can make sense of options in light of the client in the office.

* Comparisons and charts of attributes and procedures of such topics as nonimmigrant visa classifications, procedures to permanent residence, and standards of "extreme" hardship.

* Citations throughout the book, and collection in the extensive CD-ROM Appendix, to primary source materials and the most useful Internet site URLs with explanation of the increasingly helpful free databases and tools available through each one.

Summary Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Author

Part I
DEALING WITH CLIENTS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE LAW

Chapter 1
CLIENT CONTACTS AND PREPARATION OF FILINGS

Chapter 2
DEALING WITH AGENCIES

Chapter 3
REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEYS AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES

Chapter 4
REQUESTS FOR GOVERNMENT FILES

Chapter 5
SOURCES OF LAW

Part II
THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS

Chapter 6
INTRODUCTION TO IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES

Chapter 7
NONIMMIGRANT (TEMPORARY) VISAS AND STATUS: ACQUIRING, USING, EXTENDING, AND CHANGING THEM

Chapter 8
PROCESSING TOWARD PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Chapter 9
MAINTAINING PERMANENT RESIDENCE STATUS

Chapter 10
INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY GROUNDS AND THEIR WAIVER

Chapter 11
REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS AND BELIEF FROM THEM

Chapter 12
CITIZENSHIP

Part III
PATHS TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Chapter 13
"LOTTERIES" FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Chapter 14
FAMILY-BASED AVENUES TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Chapter 15
EMPLOYMENT-BASED AVENUES TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE

Chapter 16
IMMIGRATION TO AVOID PERSECUTION AND CHAOS

Part IV
CLASSIFICATIONS FOR TEMPORARY STATUS AND COMPARATIVE PERMANENT OPPORTUNITIES

Chapter 17
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT-BASED CLASSIFICATIONS (AND INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC PERMANENT RESIDENCE MATTERS)

Chapter 18
VISITORS, STUDENTS, AND TRAINEES

Part V
OTHER AREAS OF REPRESENTATION
CONCERNING FOREIGN NATIONALS

Chapter 19
EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS

Part VI
APPENDICES

Appendix A: USCIS Filing Fees

Appendix B-1: Abbreviations Used in Immigration Practice

Appendix B-2: INS/U.S.C. Conversion Table

Appendix C: Government Offices, Law and Policy

Appendix D: Frequently Used Government Forms and Suggestions for Completing Them

Appendix E: Miscellaneous Forms, Checklists, and Documents

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index

CD ROM

Appendix C: Government Offices, Law and Policy

Appendix D: Frequently Used Government Forms and Suggestions for Completing Them

Appendix E: Miscellaneous Forms, Checklists, and Documents

About the Author

Robert C. Divine is the Chairman of the Immigration Group of Baker Donelson, a law firm of over 550 lawyers and public policy advisors with offices in 13 cities from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans.

Mr. Divine has over 25 years of immigration law experience and served in Washington, D.C. from July 2004 until November 2006 as the first presidentially appointed Chief Counsel of United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), the world's largest immigration services agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). From July 2005 until July 2006, he served as Acting Director and then Acting Deputy Director of USCIS. In early 2004 he served as an expert for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom evaluating the impact on asylum claims from DHS' implementation of expedited removal procedures.

He has practiced immigration law since 1986 and in the last several years has chaired the American Immigration Lawyers Association's "Inter-Agency" Committee and its Liaison Committee to the U.S. Department of State. He has served as an expert witness in U.S. and foreign courts.

His practice includes all aspects of U.S. immigration law, representing large and small international and domestic employers, investors, developers, regional centers, family sponsors, and individual foreign
nationals. He has also litigated significant business matters, including class action employment discrimination, contract, commercial, product liability, antitrust, ERISA benefits, business torts (including RICO, misrepresentation, Consumer Protection Act), and immigration-related criminal matters.

About the Assisting Author:

R. Blake Chisam is a partner in the immigration law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP. Formerly he served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Ethics Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and before that as Senior Counsel to the Immigration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Before government service, Mr. Chisam practiced exclusively in the area of Immigration and Nationality Law as a partner in the firm of Chisam & Majid. He advised organizations with respect to immigration-related policy, employment, civil rights, and health care law matters, including related white-collar criminal and regulatory compliance issues.

Mr. Chisam began his career as a criminal defense lawyer in Brooklyn, New York, where he gained extensive litigation experience with a diverse population, and he has continued to litigate immigration-related matters before judicial and administrative tribunals. He has been an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association ("AILA"), serving on its Business Litigation committee, and the American Bar Association ("ABA").

In October 2000, Mr. Chisam and his partner (and spouse) Jasmine A. Majid were awarded the prestigious Meritorious Public Service Award from the Director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, which was presented by then-Attorney General Janet Reno, in recognition of their "tireless and distinguished pro bono efforts on behalf of unrepresented aliens detained by the...Immigration and Naturalization Service." Mr. Chisam has lectured on immigration law to law students at universities across the U.S., and he is a frequent author and lecturer to professional associations, academic symposia and community groups. He is admitted to practice in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania and a host of federal courts.

Reviews

Some of the most experienced and acclaimed immigration lawyers in the nation have said:

"Having Immigration Practice is like having an AILA mentor sitting beside you at work. Your real-world examples, suggestions and strategies make the morass of laws and regulations comprehensible."
- R. Mike Borland, Borland & Borland, Attorneys at Law, P.C., Midland, Texas

"Immigration Practice is excellent and very practical. I use it for my Immigration Law classes. My students appreciate the focus on the real-life practice of Immigration Law, as opposed to the theory and policy of immigration. The charts regarding eligibility for various visas and forms of relief are indispensable for students and practitioners alike."
- David C. Koelsch, Assistant Professor and Director, Immigration Law Clinic, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, named by AILA as Outstanding Immigration Law Professor for 2009.

"Immigration Practice is a handy reference work for both the novice and the experienced practitioner with a novel organizational approach that focuses on real life situations rather than the statutory category."
- Daryl Buffenstein, Partner at Berry Appleman & Luden LLP. He is former Chair of the national immigration practice group of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP. He is former President and General counsel of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He was the 1997 recipient of AILA's Founders Award.

"Immigration Practice is filled with practical, down to earth information in a format that is easy to use. I bought one for each member of my staff."
- Peter Williamson, Houston, TX. Mr. Williamson is Former President of AILA (1994-1995) and served as Chair of the Texas Chapter, on the National Board of Governors (1982-present), and on the National Executive Committee.

"Immigration Practice fills a niche that needed filling: A single volume with all the basics explained in plain English for newcomers, and plenty of sophisticated discussion with lots of footnotes for old hands. The appendix alone is worth the price of the book! I keep this volume on my desk as a convenient and thorough reference. You can tell that it was prepared by an experienced practitioner who understands the practical side of an immigration practice and who is result oriented."
- Dale M. Schwartz, Atlanta, GA is a Former President of AILA (1986-87), and has testified as an expert witness before committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate on immigration legislation. Mr. Schwartz serves as an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Emory University School of Law.

"Immigration Practice is an absolutely fabulous resource, unlike anything else on the market, oriented toward the attorney rather than the paralegal."
- David Ware, Metairie, LA is very active in AILA and NAFSA: Association of International Educators.

"I ordered a copy of Immigration Practice. We love it, and are using it frequently."
- Elizabeth Espin Stern, Baker and McKenzie, Washington, DC, heads the firm's Global Migration & Executive Transfers group.

In-house counsel have said:

"I am really impressed by Immigration Practice. I picked a few arcane questions to look up and found the subjects right away in the index. The text was clear and practical. We find it very useful."
- Joseph K. Venishnick, Labor and Employment Counsel, Alstom Power, Inc.. Windsor, CT

Other practitioners have said:

"I use Immigration Practice in preference to the other immigration law treatises I have tried. It really is the best of its kind - the easiest to use and the most complete."
- Jonathan David Guze, Durham, NC

"I have enjoyed and profited a great deal from Immigration Practice."
- Philip Berns, Stamford, CT

"I just bought the latest edition of your book, Immigration Practice, and I use it every day. It is the best book on immigration available. I have used your book far more than any other since starting my practice in 2005. I am very grateful to you for writing it."
-K. Craig Dobson, Esq. Dobson Immigration Law & Policy, LLC. Hilton Head Island, SC.