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Asylum denied to North Korean due to firm resettlement in South Korea
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May a citizen of North Korea be granted political asylum despite being firmly resettled in South Korea? The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently said, “no.”
In Jang v. Lynch, — F.3d. — (9th Cir. 2015) the
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5 Things You Need to know About the EB-5 Investor Visa in 2016
The EB-5 immigrant investor program is complicated and controversial. Today’s post is from guest blogger Robert Rogers, an experienced business immigration attorney from Miami Florida. He describes the key elements of the EB-5 program and what we need
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Can I have custody of my children if I am in the United States illegally?
Issues concerning child custody are always intense and even more so during the holidays as families and children inevitably struggle with who are the children going to be with on which day. When an immigration component is present, it sometimes
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Listing 12.05 requires onset prior to age 22, not diagnostic testing prior to age 22
Writing federal court briefs is hard work. It takes a lot of time and I do not know if IContinue reading
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Solano County Public Health Department Starts Hepatitis C Rapid Testing Program
Solano County Department of Public Health is now offering rapid Hepatitis C testing at its HIV clinic in Vallejo, 365Continue reading
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Getting the Earnings Record Right
I am seeing in more and more of my cases that the Social Security Earnings Record is an issue inContinue reading
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Will Social Security consider the years of schooling I have had or what my real edcuational ability is when determining what other work I can do?
I am currently working on a federal court case in which my client completed 8th grade but believes that sheContinue reading
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SSA Office of Inspector General issues Semiannual Report to Congress
Last week the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) issued their Semiannual Report to Congress. It summarizesContinue reading
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Social Security Administration fails to reduce initial claims backlog due to funding
In a report, The Social Security Administration’s Progress in Reducing the Initial Disability Claims Backlog released on April 28,Continue reading
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