As the world grows smaller and literally becomes a global village, through information technology one comes to understand that there is both good and bad in other cultures. Part of the ingrained culture of India is the dowry system in which the girls parents during negotiations for the marriage agree to give cash and other gifts to the boys side.

Foreign nationals who are skilled or educated and who have job offers have the possibility of immigrating to the United States. Employment-based immigration is limited by statute to 140,000 persons per year.

Unlike actions related to naturalization applications, pursuant to INA § 336(b), a mandamus complaint only vests the federal courts with the jurisdiction required to compel the defendant agency to act.

Recently, the American Immigration Lawyer's Association announced that during a meeting with Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, he indicated U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have re-examined their existing name check system and developed strategies to process security clearances more quickly

LOS ANGELES CA: "He told me that he would send for me after a few months but the only papers that arrived were the ones seeking a divorce," states Maya. Maya's family arranged her marriage with an émigré from Los Angeles, California and soon afterwards she arrived in the US where she resided with her husband as a H4 visa holder. She was physically and mentally abused by her husband and often harassed for more dowries.

It is only possible to maintain H-4 status if one does not work in the US. If your spouse chooses to work on an EAD, he or she will no longer be considered to be maintaining H-4 status. However, the spouse can still be in the US pursuant to the pending adjustment of status application.

LOS ANGELES: SAN seeks the support of the Bangladeshi community to advocate for Temporary Protected Status for Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the United States. Temporary Protected Status (TPS), established as part of Immigration Act of 1990, is a temporary immigration status granted to eligible nationals of designated countries.

As hundreds of thousands of would be immigrants filed adjustment of status applications during the window between July 17, 2007 and August 17, 2007, it is unlikely that cut-off dates in the Employment-based Second (EB-2) and Third Preferences (EB-3) will advance very rapidly.

NEW YORK: When the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education fund (SALDEF) recently bestowed its Public Service Award to Daniel W. Sutherland, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the US Department of Homeland Security.

The procedure for filing an EB-5 Investor Green Card petition is relatively straightforward. The investor must present evidence that traces the funds through bank transfers and other documentation, from the investor directly to the enterprise.