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US Immigration Law Blog - by Ashwin Sharma, Esq.: Category Archive for Articles and Commentaries

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 | 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 | 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

High Skill, Low Priority

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/24/2006 7:33 AM | Add Comment

Langberg: Tech visas come with obligation for valley leaders

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/21/2006 7:34 AM | Add Comment

Jobs that get you US visas (NEWS.COM.AU)

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/18/2006 7:23 PM | Add Comment

Backlog holds up legal path into U.S.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/15/2006 2:04 PM | Add Comment

US Senate Examines Economics of Immigration

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/13/2006 4:06 PM | Add Comment

More than just Latinos illegally call U.S. home

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/10/2006 2:59 PM | Add Comment

The Use—And Abuse—Of L-1 Visas

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/6/2006 10:02 AM | Add Comment

New US law could cripple Indian hospitals

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/5/2006 7:45 PM | Add Comment

The GOP's immigration shame

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/27/2006 4:44 PM | Add Comment

Celebs bend visa lines like Beckham

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/20/2006 2:17 PM | Add Comment

Immigration Math: It's a Long Story

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/19/2006 11:52 AM | Add Comment

Left Out by the Legal Route In

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/13/2006 12:44 PM | Add Comment

Opening borders would solve many problems

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/13/2006 12:39 PM | Add Comment

In Depth: Why We Need The H-1B

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/12/2006 12:50 PM | Add Comment

A Post-Mortem On Fiscal 2007 H-1B Count

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/8/2006 3:36 PM | Add Comment

Article: AILA on Reaching of H-1B Cap

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/1/2006 4:35 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Can you prove you’re a citizen?

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/19/2006 8:12 PM | Add Comment

Senate guest worker plan survives attack, Boxer, Alabama Republican fails to kill provision, but number of visas is reduced

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/17/2006 4:17 PM | Add Comment

Many unaware of enforcement level

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/15/2006 6:04 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Hey Buddy, Can You Spare an Engineer

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/15/2006 5:44 PM | Add Comment

Legal immigrants face citizenship hurdles

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/12/2006 3:18 PM | Add Comment

Immigration reform could hurt construction

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/12/2006 2:14 PM | Add Comment

Critics say U.S. naturalization process too slow

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/9/2006 10:44 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Making sure teams look good on paper

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/8/2006 10:38 AM | Add Comment

U.S. Immigration Law Inhumane to Same-Sex Couples

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/8/2006 10:34 AM | Add Comment

U.S. Immigration Debate Is a Road Well Traveled

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/8/2006 10:32 AM | Add Comment

AshwinSharma.com selected as one of the Top Ten Blogs on Immigrants' Rights

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/6/2006 2:45 PM | Add Comment

Does IT Need More H-1B Visas?

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/6/2006 11:54 AM | Add Comment

A Look Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/5/2006 4:00 PM | Add Comment

The Victim's Advocate Story on my clients' experiences with the Violence Against Women Act

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/3/2006 12:19 PM | Add Comment

Employers walk a legal tightrope

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/3/2006 11:22 AM | Add Comment

Avoiding H-1B Visa Wage Violations

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/2/2006 11:20 AM | Add Comment

Have you applied for the H 1B visa?

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/2/2006 11:18 AM | Add Comment

Something to think about: A day without Mexicans in Chicago

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/28/2006 1:03 PM | Add Comment

Know Your Rights: Can an Employer Fire an Employee Because the Employee Participated in an Immigration Rally?

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/26/2006 10:14 AM | Add Comment

ICE Increases Sweep and Arrest Activity

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/26/2006 10:07 AM | Add Comment

Struggle on two fronts

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/26/2006 10:01 AM | Add Comment

A Look at Past U.S. Immigration Controls

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/24/2006 10:14 AM | Add Comment

U.S. Immigrant Protests Did Not Lead to Sympathy

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/21/2006 11:07 AM | Add Comment

Immigration or recession?

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/20/2006 2:06 PM | Add Comment

A lesson in immigration

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/19/2006 2:01 PM | Add Comment

Here Illegally, but Choosing to Pay Taxes

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/17/2006 2:08 PM | Add Comment

Tax Treaty Benefits For Students And Business Apprentices From India

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/13/2006 4:41 PM | Add Comment

Response to a comment about the Detroit firing of 15 women- By Ashwin Sharma, Esq.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/13/2006 11:28 AM | Add Comment

Why the Immigration Deal Flopped - Via Time.com

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/10/2006 8:36 AM | Add Comment

Immigrant Issues Are Personal for Bush

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/3/2006 5:33 PM | Add Comment

In pursuit of the American dream

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/29/2006 1:54 PM | Add Comment

Senate panel breathes sanity into immigration debate

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/29/2006 1:49 PM | Add Comment

Sen. Arlen Specter bill would provide for more H-1B visa numbers

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/23/2006 3:28 PM | Add Comment

Comment on India's The Economic Times Article Titled -- "Worried about H-1B visa? Take the L1 route"

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/21/2006 6:36 PM | Add Comment

The FY2007 H-1B Season Is Upon Us - By Ashwin Sharma, Esq.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/20/2006 5:42 PM | Add Comment

Market Is Hot For High-Skilled In Silicon Valley

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/20/2006 5:04 PM | Add Comment

The H4 virus

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/9/2006 12:07 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Nanny’s time in U.S. running out

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/1/2006 2:35 PM | Add Comment

Bush visits the New India

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/1/2006 1:18 PM | Add Comment

Outsourcing: Silicon Valley East

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/1/2006 1:16 PM | Add Comment

New IPC Report Reveals Voting Patterns Behind House's Passage of Immigration Enforcement Bill

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/28/2006 1:49 PM | Add Comment

Immigration issue key to business future

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/27/2006 12:48 PM | Add Comment

Experts Say US Immigration Policies Keep Foreign Students, Workers Away

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/24/2006 2:28 PM | Add Comment

Mexican Immigration: Reframing the Debate

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/21/2006 5:01 PM | Add Comment

An Open Letter To USCIS Ombudsman Prakash Khatri: AC21 In Court

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/9/2006 4:41 PM | Add Comment

H-1B Portability and Travel under AC21

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/7/2006 6:48 PM | Add Comment

Do Not Lose Your H-1B Over Wage Issues

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/4/2006 3:46 PM | Add Comment

Who Does What In US Immigration

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/3/2006 9:26 AM | Add Comment
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