num_pages: 244
description: Immigration for Paralegals is an indispensable and practical guide on U.S. immigration, citizenship, and visa procedures for instructing and training students or anyone interested in a career as an immigration paralegal or legal assistant.A competent assistant is imperative as immigration practitioners work on mastering all the new rules and regulations under The Homeland Security Act.Contents Interviewing, gathering information, case management, and document preparation techniques.Analysis of temporary and permanent employment visas.Family-based petitions, political asylum, naturalization.Samples of completed applications, glossary, and appendices.Each visa category is set forth in a clear and concise manner, with real life, hypothetical situations at the end of each chapter, allowing students to visualize actual problems and issues that arise when processing a case. Furthermore, in responding to the hypothetical situations, students will look to the United States immigration statutes, rules and regulations, and precedent and administrative policies to resolve issues. In addition, each section contains a completed sample application, definition of legal terms, and exercised modeled after tasks paralegals may encounter on the job, including the preparation of relative petitions (Form I-130) and the adjustment of a status package (Forms I-485, G-325A, I-131, I-765, I-864A, and G-28). In keeping with the concise format of each chapter, excerpts from Federal, AAO, and BIA decisions will be cited or footnoted where relevant.The Glossary and Appendices include Immigration Law resources; INS Local, Regional, and Service Center addresses; questions and answers for the naturalization exam; blank INS forms; Credential Evaluation sample request forms and a list of agencies; sample INS color photograph specifications, sample medical form (I-688); and IRS Individual Tax ID Number Request (SS-4).
language: English
title: Immigration Law For Paralegals
titlecomplete: Immigration Law For Paralegals
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Carolina Academic Pr