• Accredited Representatives - Organizations authorized to represent clients before the USCIS
• Administrative Decisions
• Adoption Handbook
• Advance Parole and Reentry Permits
• Asylum information
• Case Status Checks
• Customer Service
• Detention Operations Manual
• Forms and Filing Fees
• Freedom of Information Act Requests
• Green Card Categories
• Humanitarian Parole
• I-9 Employer Handbook
• Immigration and Nationality Act
• USCIS Offices - Links to USCIS field offices
• Interpretations
• NACARA information
• Naturalization Information 
• Non-Immigrant Visa Options
• Office of Business Liaison 
• Policy and Procedural Memorandum
• Refugee Information
• SAVE Verification Program
• Statistics
• TPS and DED Information - Good place to go to find out which countries are covered

• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Form I-901 Online Completion
  • Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)

• Department of State - Visa Bulletin, consulate web pages, Human Rights Reports, visa processing information, J-1 regulations, policy memos, contact information, J-1 Exchange Visitor Program Responsible Officer Manual

• Department of Defense J-1 waiver program

• Department of Health and Human Services
  • J-1 waiver policy for NIH employees
  • Links to Physician Shortage Databases - HPSAs, MUAs, etc.

• Department of Justice
  • Executive Office for Immigration Review - This is the agency that runs the immigration courts
    • Forms
    • Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer Decisions - this office hears cases involving employer compliance with the immigration laws
  • Board of Immigration Appeals
    • Board of Immigration Appeals Practice Manual
    • Board of Immigration Appeals Decisions
    • BIA Precedent Table
  • Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC)

• Department of Homeland Security
  • Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Directorate of Border and Transportation Security

• Social Security Administration
  • SS-5 Social Security Number application
  • Information page for foreign nationals
    
• US Congress
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
  • Congressional E-mail Addresses

• Government Printing Office Resources
  • Code of Federal Regulations
  • Congressional Bills
  • Congressional Hearings
  • Congressional Record
  • Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations
  • Federal Register
  • Senate, House and Executive Reports - resource for finding legislative history on a particular law
  • US Code
  • US Public and Private Laws

• Government Accounting Office - The GAO periodically issues reports on the performance of immigration-related agencies

• Miscellaneous Resources
  • The Federal Web Locator
  • Foreign Embassies in Washington D.C.
  • THOMAS: US Federal Legislative Information
  • Agricultural Immigration Information - information on some of the legislation about farmworkers that is pending in Congress
  • House Internet Law Library
  • Foreign Consulates

Online Libraries:

• EOIR Virtual Law Library
• USCIS Laws, Regulations & Guides
• USDOL Office of Administrative Law Judges Immigration Law Library
• USDOL Foreign Labor Certification Laws & Regulations

Laws, Regulations, and Other Source Materials:

• Immigration & Nationality Act
• Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations
• Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 655
• Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 656 (PDF)
• Foreign Affairs Manual
• Visa Bulletin
• USDOL BALCA Judges' Benchbook
• Attorney General and BIA Precedent Decisions
• PERM Regulations
• Pre-PERM Regulations
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• O*NET Online
• OES Prevailing Wages

Organizations and Associations:

• AILA - American Immigration Lawyers Association

Other Immigration Law Firms:

• Messersmith Law Firm (Chicago, IL)
• Murthy Law Firm (Owings Mills, MD)
• Rehling Law (Beverly Hills, CA)
• Siskind, Susser, and Bland (Memphis, TN)
• Law Offices of Carl Shusterman (Los Angeles, CA)

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Contact John Byrley at tel: 410-719-1501.

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