Changes: Benefits or Repercussions By, Edward Juarez Immigrant's Voice (TV program) Column: January 23, 2007 Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

A simple change of direction can become a nightmare, causing serious legal and unnecessary complications when the laws are in effect.

Many Immigrants report their address changes to the post office so that their future mails can be transferred to their new address, not being aware that the post office does not send Immigration mail with address changes.

Immigration requires address changes within 10 days. If Immigration sends you a correspondence and it is returned due to not changing your address directly with Immigration, you can be accused of not reporting the changes; you can be fined a maximum of $1,000; you can be sent to jail for thirty days up to six months; this can even cause your deportation.

Now Immigrants can change their address via Internet. I recommend that the address change is sent urgently to the Immigration Services, via internet at www.uscis.gov/AR-11 or through regular mail sending the AR-11 FORM: U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services, Changes of address.

P.O Box 7134, London, KY 40742-7134. You can also send it through express shipping which guarantees you that it will only be received by: U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services, Changes of address, 1084-I South Laurel Road, London, KY 40744. To confirm the changes, it is recommended to call 1-800-375-5283.

If you have a pending process, enter the cases’ receipt number, names and biographical data of the family members, and the date and place of the last time you entered the country. If you have a pending deportation process or a criminal record, you can be arrested and removed immediately form the country. In these cases it is very important to be advised by a professional immigration expert after your process investigation began with the USCIS and the FBI.

Jobs Offers:A New Oportunity By, Edward Juarez January 09, 2007 Immigrant's Voice (TV program) Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

Since April of 2001, thousands of immigrants who started their residence cases via job offer to benefit under section 245i from the Immigration Act, continue to wait desperately. What is happening with my case that is not advancing, or is it that I am being deceived?

You are not being deceived. The closing of section 245i in 2001, led to millions of job offer cases to start at the same time and the Department of Labor, known as “DOL”, took inconsistent measures to consider each offer with the integrity that it deserved. This led to many immigrants to lose their faith, in absence of a logical, easy to understand reason by a population desperate to obtain its legalization.
At the end of 2006, the DOL announced that it will accept temporarily, to expedite the processing of these offers if they change to the procedure known as “RIR' (Reduction in Recruitment). You will ask yourself, how come my case was not changed previously? The inconsistency to process these offers by officials of the DOL, plus the fear of losing the priority date, that maintains the case under the benefit of the section 245i, caused your case to move slowly.

Now, the DOL, has established a procedure that will protect and benefit the immigrants who change their cases, expediting their final determination or approval.
In order to qualify, the case must have not received a denial; nor a document requesting that arguments be clarified, known as “Notice of Findings”; the occupation must not appear in the “B list” and must require more than two years of experience. Do not waste any more time, change your case now.

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Immigration 2007 By, Edward Juarez January 02, 2007 Immigrant's Voice (TV program) Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

Hoy es un día decisivo. Aunque es indudable que el Presidente y el Congreso de la nación resolverán la situación legal de más de 12 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados el próximo año, nadie puede garantizar qué clase de legitimación se otorgará y quiénes se beneficiarán.

Por eso es importante que todo ciudadano vote hoy por un candidato que favorezca la legalización.

La promulgación reciente del Acta de la Muralla de Seguridad sentó un precedente de un acta comprensiva de inmigración. Los republicanos tienen una nueva ley que muestra a quienes representan que están logrando frenar la inmigración ilegal y el contrabando, y seguirán presionando para aprobar la propuesta que criminaliza a los inmigrantes indocumentados y a toda persona que les asista. El futuro de estos congresistas se conocerá hoy, con la composición de la mayoría del nuevo Senado y Cámara de Representantes que dictará el contenido de la nueva acta de inmigración del siglo 21.

Conversando personalmente con varios senadores y congresistas, y con el portavoz del Presidente, me confirman que la mayoría se mueve en dirección de una ley que otorgue una estadía legal temporal a los inmigrantes indocumentados, debido a que infringieron las leyes. No sería una amnistía, ya que quien se beneficie de la nueva ley, deberá probar buena fe en su intención de regularizar su situación de acuerdo a las leyes del país. La propuesta requeriría que antes de otorgar un beneficio, todo indocumentado reingrese en los Estados Unidos con una visa legal. Eventualmente, calificarán para su residencia permanente en unos 14 o 16 años. Debemos prestar atención sobre quienes conformaran el nuevo Congreso. Ante lo que se espera, le recomiendo que trámite su residencia bajo las leyes actuales.

The Future of the New Year By, Edward Juarez December 19, 2006 Immigrant's Voice (TV program) Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

In the first six months of the next year, a new Act of Immigration will be debated. The elections of November marked the course for significant change. The democratic majority in the American Congress is taking steps so that the new president is also of the same party. Will this political movement guarantee an amnesty? No! But is does a program that will legalize a great percentage of the millions of undocumented people, granting them a work permit, and possibly their residence.

But this week, think in yourself; welcome the New Year with positive thoughts. Remember that your presence is essential, because this country needs you. You are the heart, the soul, the representative of the abilities that have been done, and made the country that we are today. You are one of millions of immigrants who continue to provide the best students to our schools and universities, exceptional art to our museums, music to our concert halls, literature to our libraries, exceptional abilities to our technology, professionals and craftsmen that comprise our labor force. You are very valuable to this, now our, country. It’s because of this, that I invite you to be proud of yourself. Make yourself stronger! Congregate yourself in a church and other recognized institutions of your community.

Since I have been sharing the lives of thousands of immigrants since 1973, I know the anxiety that you feel; I understand your pain; your suffering; your feeling of persecution, and your need to enjoy the freedom that has been created by God. During 2007, I commit myself to continue analyzing the immigration subject, so that you can be legalized with knowledge and with no need to commit fraud that could change all that shining future that you have prepared. A hug, and Happy New Year!

Can I Obtain The Residence? By, Edward Juarez Immigrant's Voice (TV program) Column: December 11, 2006 Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

The other day, when entering the International Immigrants Foundation Building a person saluted me and said “I must make you a ‘very easy’ question and do not understand why I would have to wait to see one of your professionals.” Surprised, I asked him, which is the question? He responded to me: “I only want to know if I will be able to obtain my residence, I am married with a U.S. citizen, I have two children born here, and came by the border after a deportation”. Sadly nobody, can respond this question so easily. Those who have a deportation order; a voluntary or involuntary departure of the country after having resided here as an undocumented person; an illegal re-entry, not mattering if you have been arrested or not by immigration; and a pending residence application, gather the “basic circumstances for re-removal” and has a possible solution only if you follow my advice.

1st) Obtain the legal representation of a group of professionals with “plenty” of experience in immigration. 2nd) Make sure to have a team of well prepared lawyers ready to litigate your case before the corresponding courts; and 3rd) the immigrant must exert much patience, and be economically solvent ready to pay several thousand of dollars, understanding that your only hope has no guarantee whatsoever.

The sooner your legal strategy is formulated, the more benefits it will have. Each case is individual and depends on many variants, for example: reason for the deportation or departure from the country; date and place of illegal re-entry; address; date that your residence case started, as well as the date that you asked for permission to re-apply for admission as a legal resident, known as I-212. Remember that there is always much more to analyze before formulating a legal strategy.

Deportation: Removal & Reentry By, Edward Juarez Immigrant's Voice (TV program) Column: Dicember 05, 2006 Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

Due to the anxiety of reuniting with their loved ones or simply to live in the United States, the country that has become a symbol for freedom; thousands of undocumented immigrants gather together the “Basic Conditions of Re-removal”. 1 - A deportation order; 2 - added to a voluntary or involuntary departure of the country; 3 - plus an illegal re-entry; 4 – with or without any previous arrests by immigration; 5 - plus a pending and approvable adjustment application. This situation can be turned to an interminable and expensive nightmare for that immigrant and his family.

If an immigration official, finds that you have reentered the country after being removed or that you left voluntarily after a removal order; he will reestablish the previous order as of the original date, unless an immediate action is taken within 30 days.

The immigrant completely ignores the repercussion of the execution of the immigration laws that were promulgated in 1996, and took effect as of April 1, 1997. He does not understand that although their spouse is citizen, or has adult children born here, or has a job offer case approved, it is not sufficient to change the law, unless there has been a technical fault in the implementation of the previous deportation. This fault has to be proven so that, what is known as a “Suspension of Removal Proceedings” can be obtained.

These procedures are difficult, take a long time, are expensive, they do not have guarantee anything and they require the legal advise and exclusive attention of an immigration lawyer that specializes in this area, which might be your last hope. Remember that there’s always much more to analyze before formulating a legal strategy

Don’t allow your family members or friends to become another annual statistic of victims crossing the border. For this reason, start your immigration process as soon as possible. I also recommend that you to contact your senators and congressmen and rally in favor of a comprehensive immigration reform that will benefit honest and working immigrants that contribute to the economic development of the United States.

Repercussion for Entering Illegally By, Edward JuarezImmigrant's Voice (TV program) Column: January 01, 2007 Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

Hoy es un día decisivo. Aunque es indudable que el Presidente y el Congreso de la nación resolverán la situación legal de más de 12 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados el próximo año, nadie puede garantizar qué clase de legitimación se otorgará y quiénes se beneficiarán.

Por eso es importante que todo ciudadano vote hoy por un candidato que favorezca la legalización.

La promulgación reciente del Acta de la Muralla de Seguridad sentó un precedente de un acta comprensiva de inmigración. Los republicanos tienen una nueva ley que muestra a quienes representan que están logrando frenar la inmigración ilegal y el contrabando, y seguirán presionando para aprobar la propuesta que criminaliza a los inmigrantes indocumentados y a toda persona que les asista. El futuro de estos congresistas se conocerá hoy, con la composición de la mayoría del nuevo Senado y Cámara de Representantes que dictará el contenido de la nueva acta de inmigración del siglo 21.

Conversando personalmente con varios senadores y congresistas, y con el portavoz del Presidente, me confirman que la mayoría se mueve en dirección de una ley que otorgue una estadía legal temporal a los inmigrantes indocumentados, debido a que infringieron las leyes. No sería una amnistía, ya que quien se beneficie de la nueva ley, deberá probar buena fe en su intención de regularizar su situación de acuerdo a las leyes del país. La propuesta requeriría que antes de otorgar un beneficio, todo indocumentado reingrese en los Estados Unidos con una visa legal. Eventualmente, calificarán para su residencia permanente en unos 14 o 16 años. Debemos prestar atención sobre quienes conformaran el nuevo Congreso. Ante lo que se espera, le recomiendo que trámite su residencia bajo las leyes actuales.