<html dir="ltr"><head><title>Immigration Law Newsletter March 1, 2008 Issue</title><link href="/TDE_Newsletter/admin/editor/editor/css/fck_editorarea.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /></head><body><div id="rootDiv" style="MARGIN: 0px; OVERFLOW: auto; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center"><table style="WIDTH: 600px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="600" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left" width="600"> </td></tr><tr><td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #003366" valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#003366"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" width="100%" summary="" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 21px; PADDING-LEFT: 21px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #668abe" valign="top" align="left" width="100%" bgcolor="#668abe" colspan="2"><table id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2" hidefocus="hidefocus" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; 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COLOR: #dbe8f4; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" shape="rect" href="#article1"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #dbe8f4; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#dbe8f4" size="1"><font color="#ccffff">Non-Immigrant Visa Fees Increase</font> </font></a></strong></td></tr><tr><td style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #6dabaa" valign="top" align="center" bgcolor="#6dabaa"><strong><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #dbe8f4; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#ccffff" size="1"><a style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #dbe8f4; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" shape="rect" href="#article1"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #dbe8f4; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#dbe8f4" size="1"></font></a><a href="#article2"><font color="#ccffff">Diversity Visa Lottery Results</font></a></font></strong> </td></tr><tr><td style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #6dabaa" valign="top" align="center" bgcolor="#6dabaa"><p><strong><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #dbe8f4; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#ccffff" size="1"><a href="#article3"><font color="#ccffff">Dulles Implements New Fingerprinting Measure</font></a></font></strong><font color="#ccffff"> </font></p><p><font color="#ccffff"></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="article1"></a><p align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align="center"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#405b81" size="3"><strong>Non-Immigrant<br />Visa Fees Increase</strong></font></span></p><div><img contenteditable="false" height="98" alt="Fees Increase" hspace="2" width="130" align="middle" vspace="10" border="1" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.6" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/fees.jpg" /><br /></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">On January 1, 2008, the application fee for a U.S. non-immigrant visa <strong>increased from $100 to $131</strong>. </p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">Any applicant who paid the $100 fee prior to January 1, and is scheduled to appear for an interview after January 31, will need to pay the $31 difference before they will be interviewed. </p><div> </div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><table id="content_LETTER.BLOCK8" hidefocus="hidefocus" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center"><hr size="1" /><div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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Every year 50,000 visas are set aside for the lottery, but since many of the lottery winners are expected not to pursue their cases, the high number of winners ensures that all of the available 50,000 visas will be used during the 2008 fiscal year.</font></span></div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><hr /><a name="article3"></a><img height="66" alt="Dulles Airport" width="136" align="right" border="1" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/dulles.jpg" /></div><p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#405b81" size="3"><strong>Dulles Implements New Fingerprinting Procedure </strong></font></span></p><div><font color="#000000"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Washington</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> DC's Dulles Airport is the first to begin collecting 10 fingerprints instead of 2 fingerprints from all international visitors arriving at the airport. The purpose of the fingerprint collection is to check the collected data against a joint FBI and Department of Homeland Security list of criminals, immigration violators, and any known or suspected criminals. All other U.S. airports are expected to implement this new fingerprinting process by the end of 2008.</span></font> </div><div>  <hr /></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" width="100%"><table id="content_LETTER.BLOCK14" hidefocus="hidefocus" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" border="0" class="PromotionBG"><tbody><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #4c3f36; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" valign="top" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #4c3f36; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#4c3f36" size="1"><div style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align="left"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#405b81" size="3"><strong>Suspected Fraudulent Documents <br />May be Withheld <img height="60" alt="Suspected Fraudulent Documents May Be Withheld" hspace="5" width="82" align="right" vspace="5" border="0" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/fraud.jpg" /></strong></font></div><span><font face="Calibri" color="#000000" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><div> </div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">The USCIS has recently announced that Asylum Officers may, with the applicant's permission, retain any documents whose authenticity they believe to be questionable. If a document is found to be fraudulent or fraudulently obtained, it may be permanently kept by the Asylum Officer, and the officer will not need the applicant's permission to do so.</p></span></font></span></font></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" width="100%" height="10"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="PADDING-TOP: 10px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" align="center"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial" face="verdana,arial" color="#000000" size="1"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.beach-oswald.com/unsubscribe.html">Unsubscribe</a></font></div><div id="LETTER.PHYSICALADDRESS" style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #000000; PADDING-TOP: 20px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana,arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" align="left">The information contained on this email is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. 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