Chin & Curtis News and Events
Update Regarding End of Government Shutdown
Early this morning, President Obama signed a temporary spending measure that the Senate and U.S. House of Representatives agreed to just before midnight on October 16, 2013. The short-term spending agreement ended a sixteen-day stand-off in Congress, and provides for...
U.S. Government Shutdown – Impact on Immigration Services
The government shutdown which began October 1, 2013 will impact immigration services, and immigration-related services, in a number of ways. In general, fee-based services can be expected to continue without major interruption for a period of time. Services that are...
FY 2015 Green Card/Diversity Visa Lottery
The U.S. Department of State holds an annual “Green Card Lottery” to assign 50,000 visas available pursuant to the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program for each fiscal year. This program provides immigrant visas to persons from countries with historically low...
Sarah Coleman to speak on Advanced Issues in H-1B Visas at Boston Bar Association March 7, 2013
Sarah Coleman and Madeline Cronin (Iandoli & Desai, PC) will host a brown bag presentation on Advanced Issues in H-1B Visas at the Boston Bar Association on Thursday, March 7, 2013. Their presentation will cover advanced issues that arise in...
Chin & Curtis to attend the 2012 Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund Dinner
Chin & Curtis looks forward to attending and supporting the annual Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund Dinner. The Dow Fund is an affiliate of the Asian American Lawyers...
Partner Phil Curtis quoted in Cape Cod Times article about the 2012 election and immigration
Partner Phil Curtis, media liaison for the New England chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), was quoted in a Cape Cod Times article on November 9, 2012 about the 2012 election and immigration reform. In “2012 Election: Cape...
Chin & Curtis welcomes Emily Ferrier as the firm’s new Information Resources Specialist
Emily joined Chin & Curtis in November 2012. Emily is applying her background in legal research and information management to work on client reporting and process improvement projects. For more information, please see http://www.chincurtis.com/about-us/meet-our-team/emily-ferrier.
...Chin & Curtis to attend WEST’s Leadership for Societal Impact Awards event
Chin & Curtis is pleased to annually support WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology). Headquartered in Cambridge, WEST’s mission is to promote, advance, and develop women in Science, Engineering, and Technology as leaders. This year we look forward to...
Chin & Curtis to attend ATASK’s 2012 Silk Road Gala
Chin & Curtis is delighted to attend and support the 2012 Silk Road Gala, the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence’s (ATASK) annual fundraiser. For more than 10 years, the firm has funded ATASK, indirectly providing services to Asian families...
Frank Johnson attends 2012 IMAGE Training & Forum: Fostering Compliance Through Education and Partnership
This past June, Frank Johnson attended “2012 IMAGE Training & Forum: Fostering Compliance through Education and Partnership,” a one-day conference sponsored by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Topics included Form I-9, Employer Compliance Audits and Fines; Avoiding Immigration...
Sarah Coleman participates in PERM panel at 2012 AILA conference
Sarah Coleman participated in the panel, "PERM II: Recruitment and Beyond," at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) annual conference, which took place on June 14, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. Sarah discussed the impact of recent Board of Alien Labor...
Francis Chin co-authors publication for 2012 AILA conference
Francis Chin was invited to speak at the annual American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) conference held June 13 to 16, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. Fran co-authored an article titled, “Who Pays the Piper?’: Immigration Expenses and Corporate Immigration Policies.” The...
Immigration News
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Biden Took Eight Administrative Actions on Immigration. Here’s What You Need to Know.
January 23, 2021
On his first day in office, President Biden took significant steps towards undoing the harm of the Trump administration’s immigration policies—and reforming our punitive and inhumane enforcement system. In response to years of work by […]
Visa Bulletin
This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center.
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Immigration News
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Biden Took Eight Administrative Actions on Immigration. Here’s What You Need to Know.
January 23, 2021
On his first day in office, President Biden took significant steps towards undoing the harm of the Trump administration’s immigration policies—and reforming our punitive and inhumane enforcement system. In response to years of work by […]
VISA Bulletin
This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center.