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Published by the Law Offices of Carl Shusterman, 600 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550, Los Angeles, California, 90017. Phone: (213) 623-4592 x0

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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2. November 2019 Visa Bulletin
3. Visa Bulletin Predictions for FY2020
4. Immigration Government Processing Times
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6. Trivia Quiz: The Integration of Immigrants into American Culture
7. Ask Mr. Shusterman: 
8. Shusterman’s Upcoming Immigration Seminars
9. Jobs & Green Cards for RNs & MedTechs: Free Legal Help!
10. Winner of Our October 2019 Immigration Trivia Quiz

NEWS FLASHES

• USCIS Clarifies Qualifications Regarding Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification — On October 15, 2019, USCIS issued three Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) adopted decisions in order to clarify requirements regarding the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification. Under these decisions, the agency clarified that it needs evidence of a court’s intervention to provide relief to foreign-born children who are victims of abuse, neglect, abandonment, or similar maltreatment. Juvenile court judges are essential in determining a child’s eligibility for SIJ status.

• Lawmakers Urge Attorney General William Barr to Withdraw Decertification Petition — On September 16, 2019, Representative Sanchez and 80 members of Congress wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr urging him to rescind the petition made by DOJ to decertify the National Association of Immigration Judges. Dozens of lawmakers have argued that the decertification process would strip federal immigration judges of their collective bargaining rights.

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2. November 2019 Visa Bulletin

The Visa Bulletin is issued by the U.S. State Department on a monthly basis. The Bulletin shows the backlogs for persons who have been sponsored for green cards through their employers, their relatives, through investments and through the diversity lottery. The length of the backlog varies depending on the person’s preference category and their country of chargeability which is usually their country of birth.

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3. Visa Bulletin Predictions for FY2020

Charlie Oppenheim at the US Department of State issues visa bulletin predictions as to how rapidly or slowly he expects the priority dates in the employment-based and family-based categories to move forward, or to retrogress.

You can stay up-to-date with the waiting times in the Visa Bulletin by subscribing to our Free E-Mail Newsletter.

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4. Immigration Government Processing Times

We link to the most recent immigration waiting times for each of the four USCIS Service Centers, the National Benefits Center and the Administrative Appeals Office. We also link to the processing times of all of the 83 USCIS District Offices and Sub-offices. We link to the Labor Department’s page entitled “Processing dates for labor certification applications”. Finally, we link to the State Department’s “Visa Wait Times” page.

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6. Trivia Quiz: The Integration of Immigrants into American Culture

This month’s Immigration Trivia Quiz is entitled:

The Integration of Immigrants into American Culture

The first person to correctly answer our quiz (and supply their biographical information) wins a free legal consultation with one of our attorneys before the end of November.

7. Ask Mr. Shusterman: Green Cards for Caregivers

The number of baby boomers turning 65 years old is rapidly increasing, and, unfortunately, many of them have multiple chronic health conditions ranging from diabetes to dementia. Yet, the supply of caregivers is not keeping pace with the increasing demand for their services. Over 25% of caregivers are foreign-born, yet our broken immigration system does not provide for a temporary working visa category for them.

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8. Shusterman’s Upcoming Immigration Seminars

Free Immigration Consultations
Sponsored by Congresswoman Grace Napolitano
St. John the Baptist Church, 3883 Baldwin Park Blvd., Baldwin Park
October 3, 2019 at 4pm

Webinar: Canadian Nurses
Topic: TN Visas and Green Cards for Canadian Nurses
October 4, 2019 at 9:00am

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9. Jobs & Green Cards for RNs & MedTechs – Free Legal Help!

Are you a Registered Nurse or a Medical Technologist or a Speech Language Pathologist who is looking for a job in the US?

What if you could find a job, a work visa, and green cards for you and your family to live in the US? And what if the cost to you for all of this was zero dollars?

Hard to believe? Let me explain.

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10. Winner of Our October 2019 Immigration Trivia Quiz

October’s Immigration Quiz was entitled: Hollywood’s Horror Movie Industry is Fueled by Immigrants

Here are the answers to the Immigration Quiz from our winner, Salar:

“A) Names:
1. Alfred Hitchcock
2. James Whale
3. Takashi Shimizu

B) Country of birth:
1. United Kingdom
2. United Kingdom
3. Japan

C) A popular horror film they directed:
1. Psycho
2. Frankenstein
3. Ju-On: The Grudge“

Congratulations, Salar! And thank you for keeping up with our newsletter!

Carl Shusterman

Certified Specialist in Immigration Law, State Bar of California
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Attorney (1976-82)
Member of AILA Board of Governors (1988-97)
Law Offices of Carl Shusterman, 600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 623-4592 x0, Fax: (213) 623-3720

““Refugees fleeing violence and persecution come to the United States in search of a better life…They should be welcomed with compassion and understanding, not turned away or have their children taken from them at the border.“”

– Sen. Dianne Feinstein

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