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Ashwin Sharma's US Immigration Blog: Category Archive for Articles and Commentaries

Tech firms triple their recruitment rate for H-1B workers, H-1B visa opponents find their voices again

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/23/2012 8:06 PM

Information on Consulates' use of 221(g) refusals

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/1/2012 9:59 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Supreme Court debate: is Arizona's Immigration law Constitutional?

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/25/2012 5:01 PM

Dying wish to become U.S. citizen granted

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/18/2012 9:37 AM

A National Foundation for American Policy report finds Indian applicants for L-1 and H-1Bs are most likely to be denied or issued an RFE query; L-1 cases for Indian Professionals have been denied up to five times as often as someone from a different count

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/13/2012 7:04 PM | Add Comment

@Forbes - "To Create Jobs, Streamline The Issuance Of Visas"

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/10/2011 9:26 PM

The Sharma Law Office, P.A. congratulates Benjamin C. Moore, Esq. on being named Partner.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/3/2011 5:22 PM

The Unauthorized Population Today

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/23/2011 11:55 AM

Alleged large-scale visa fraud at Infosys could actually be legal

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/27/2011 2:01 PM | Add Comment

Bloomberg BusinessWeek Article - H-1B Visas: A Modest Proposal for Immigration Reform

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/25/2011 2:33 PM

My comments on "Steamboat family hoping for changes to citizenship regulations" - Article by Mike Lawrence of Steamboat Today

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/25/2010 10:15 AM | Add Comment

"A losing game" - article by Bharat Jhunjhunwala of The Deccan Herald

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/25/2010 7:30 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Roy Germano's New Documentary: "The Other Side of Immigration"

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/6/2009 12:23 PM | Add Comment

Article by Associate Professor at the John Marshall Law School Colin Miller regarding impeachment of witnesses using immigration status.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/23/2009 3:21 PM | Add Comment

AILA Praises Decision by Attorney General to Withdraw Matter of Compean

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/3/2009 2:12 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

All Signs Point to Immigration Reform this Year: AILA Optimistic that the President and Congress will Push for CIR this Year

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/1/2009 11:47 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

AILA Welcomes Introduction of the DREAM Act in Congress

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/27/2009 11:36 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Will Scapegoating Foreign Professionals Worsen Economy? - Via ImperialValleyNews.com

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/12/2009 8:26 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Li: Quotas still hurt U.S. - Via Yale Daily News

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/3/2009 10:53 AM | Add Comment

Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/3/2009 10:41 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The US Immigration News Blog by Ashwin Sharma is BlawgSearch's all-time second most popular Immigration Blog

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/27/2009 2:35 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration and Security Since 9/11: A book written by Edward Alden, Former Washington bureau chief of the Financial Times

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/17/2008 12:52 PM | Add Comment

Tech Sanity Check - by by Jason Hiner, Editor in Chief of TechRepublic

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/15/2008 11:18 AM | Add Comment

More H-1B Visas, More American Jobs, A Better Economy

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/30/2008 11:20 PM | Add Comment

Answering a reader's comment regarding NY driver's licenses

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/13/2007 9:16 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Myths, lies and books about immigration

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/20/2007 3:21 PM | Add Comment

Human Rights Watch Assesses the Impact of Deportation Policy on Immigrants and Their Families

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/20/2007 3:07 PM | Add Comment

The Other Side Of Immigration - Forbes Commentary

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/13/2007 6:52 AM | Add Comment

Open the floodgates to IT immigration

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/12/2007 10:48 PM | Add Comment

Microsoft skips the US, opens development center in Canada as a result of US immigration limitations

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/11/2007 12:30 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Sending Flowers to USCIS to Protest the July Visa Bulletin Fiasco

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/11/2007 10:36 AM | Add Comment

Press Release - Rep. Lofgren Issues Statement on Updated Visa Bulletin

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/3/2007 2:29 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

VB Gate

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/2/2007 5:58 PM | Add Comment

Administration Slams Door on Thousands of Legal Immigrants: AILA Condemns Agencies’ Bait and Switch

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/2/2007 5:55 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Litigation is likely if USCIS revises the July visa bulletin

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/30/2007 8:25 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Immigration bill best chance to boost H-1B visas

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/27/2007 12:41 PM | Add Comment

Immigrants permitted to apply for adjustment of status - Via IndiaPost

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/27/2007 12:13 PM | Add Comment

AILA Statement on Revival of Senate Bill

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/21/2007 9:20 AM | Add Comment

Google's position on the lack of H-1B visas

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/7/2007 11:02 AM | Add Comment

Immigration reform's high-tech impact

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/5/2007 4:13 PM | Add Comment

Debate Rages over Employment Visa Program

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/5/2007 4:11 PM | Add Comment

NASSCOM Statement on the H-1B Program

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/3/2007 4:20 PM | Add Comment

Commentary: H-1B Visa and EB Green Card Stories - Via Compete America

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/25/2007 8:37 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Highly Educated Foreign Professionals: Separating Myth from Reality

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/25/2007 8:35 AM | Add Comment

AILA's CIR Daily Update 5/24/07: Debate Continues; Amendment to Massively Increase H-1B Fees Passed

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/24/2007 8:24 PM | Add Comment

Answering reader mail: INA Section 214(b) issues in applying for Visitor/Student visas

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/26/2007 4:06 PM | Add Comment

Response to a recent blog comment

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/25/2007 2:37 PM | Add Comment

Tucson Citizen Article - "Businesses can't compete with low cap on H-1B visas"

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/25/2007 1:10 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

As The H-1B Visa Cap Filled In Record Time, Reform Is In The Air

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/7/2007 1:52 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Does H-1B surge mean cap should be raised? - Via CNet News

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/5/2007 12:01 PM | Add Comment

H-1B Quota Exceeded On First Day of Filing, AILA Issues Response

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/4/2007 1:57 PM | Add Comment

US: To give or not to give more visas

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/19/2007 5:02 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Time to expand H-1B visas

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/12/2007 12:55 PM | Add Comment

How to Keep the U.S. Competitive - Washington Post Editorial by Microsoft's Bill Gates

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/25/2007 12:04 PM | Add Comment

High cost of U.S. citizenship could exact high price

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/23/2007 12:44 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The 110th Congress and Immigration Reform

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/13/2007 1:27 PM | Add Comment

Round 3: H-1B Battle - American engineers vs. senior Democrats!

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/12/2007 1:43 PM | Add Comment

Commentary - "Don’t foment hate; address roots of immigration problems"

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/19/2007 2:26 PM | Add Comment

Commentary - "A Petty Lesson - Efforts to deny higher education to undocumented students is not just mean-spirited. It’s also self-defeating."

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/18/2007 2:23 PM | Add Comment

Visa causes odyssey for Queen Creek couple

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/10/2007 3:29 PM | Add Comment

Till Deportation Do Us Part

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/8/2007 3:34 PM | Add Comment

Ancient ice shelf breaks free from Canadian Arctic

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/29/2006 3:57 PM | Add Comment

Tech Lobby to Renew H1B Visa Reform Effort

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/26/2006 10:40 AM | Add Comment

US immigration 'consultant', an unlawful practice of the law

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/22/2006 10:35 AM | Add Comment

Laws block British corporal's move to Iowa

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/18/2006 11:13 AM | Add Comment

Tough choices face women separated from spouses by immigration law

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/18/2006 11:09 AM | Add Comment

"Immigration Consultant" nonlawyer files frivolous case, has her clients deported

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/18/2006 11:01 AM | Add Comment

Legal immigrants to U.S. face green card logjam

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/30/2006 5:59 PM | Add Comment

Putting immigration on back burner could singe Dems in 2008

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/28/2006 1:40 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

City's immigration law turns back clock

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/20/2006 2:57 PM | Add Comment

Immigration Trumps War for Many Ethnic Voters

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/9/2006 8:34 AM | Add Comment

Election 2006: Immigration Debacle Hurt the GOP

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/8/2006 6:24 PM | Add Comment

Immigration and the 110th Congress

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/8/2006 6:23 PM | Add Comment

American Immigration Lawyers Association's 2006 Election Analysis

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/8/2006 5:13 PM | Add Comment

New immigration restrictions reflect voters’ dismay

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/7/2006 8:26 PM | Add Comment

Wipro CEO: U.S. Needs More H-1B Tech Workers

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/3/2006 8:39 AM | Add Comment

A Few [More] Thoughts on Jobs and Immigration

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/27/2006 8:07 AM | Add Comment

Foreign alums cope with visa troubles - Via The Yale Daily News

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/19/2006 2:42 PM | Add Comment

Diploma in Hand, But Visa in Limbo - Via The Harvard Crimson

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/19/2006 2:21 PM | Add Comment

Avoidable Disaster: Police Enforcing US Immigration Law

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/17/2006 2:53 PM | Add Comment

Newspaper Articles on H-1Bs and Labor Certifications in Rural States like Maine

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/12/2006 9:21 AM | Add Comment

Immigrants: The Last Time America Sent Her Own Packing

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/11/2006 10:05 AM | Add Comment

A call to arms? - BBC News Blog Entry on the US Mid-term Elections

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/10/2006 7:53 AM | Add Comment

Response to the article "The shifting debate over illegal immigration"

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/6/2006 12:16 PM | Add Comment

Rethinking the Effects of Immigration on Wages

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/3/2006 1:13 PM | Add Comment

Support Habeas Corpus Amendment to Military Tribunal Legislation

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/27/2006 6:36 PM | Add Comment

Temporary Skilled Workers Enrich America' s Competitive Edge

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/27/2006 6:35 PM | Add Comment

Comprehensive Immigration Reform is the Only Way to Fix a Broken System

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/27/2006 6:34 PM | Add Comment

Dealing with a dearth of H-1B visa slots

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/5/2006 2:06 PM | Add Comment

Group: Fix The Broken Green Card System

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/4/2006 2:04 PM | Add Comment

Immigration Protests May Not Spur Votes

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/4/2006 2:00 PM | Add Comment

First PERM BALCA Decision - Re: Harmless Error on Application

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/29/2006 9:08 AM | Add Comment

American dream sours for an exile

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/28/2006 4:06 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The Path Less Traveled: Why More H-1B Numbers By Themselves Are Not The Answer

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/28/2006 4:02 PM | Add Comment

Deported Man Was Actually U.S. Citizen

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/25/2006 9:20 AM | Add Comment

Hired hands: Wait for green card tries visa holders

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/9/2006 1:33 PM | Add Comment

Eager to make it in America

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/8/2006 1:31 PM | Add Comment

Corporate Immigration Compliance For Our Time

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/8/2006 1:25 PM | Add Comment

Reaching the H-1B Master's Cap Shows Need for Visa Reform

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/3/2006 3:07 PM | Add Comment

Understanding And Managing The H1B Visa Cap

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/25/2006 7:37 AM | Add Comment
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