<html dir="ltr"><head><title>Immigration Law Newsletter April 15, 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"><p align="center"> </p></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"><div align="center"><table id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2" hidefocus="hidefocus" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" align="center" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; 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COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" align="right" width="50%"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #003366; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" color="#003366" size="2"><strong>Issue 4 - April 15, 2008</strong></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style="WIDTH: 190px; PADDING-TOP: 10px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #eeeedf" valign="top" align="center" width="190" bgcolor="#eeeedf"><table style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" summary="" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><div align="center"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" align="center" summary="" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><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"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><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>In This Issue</strong></font></span></font></span></td></tr><tr><td style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #6dabaa" valign="top" align="center" bgcolor="#6dabaa"><strong><br /><a style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #dbe8f4; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" shape="rect" href="#article 1"><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">Adopted Sibling Cannot Petition for Biological Sibling</font> </font></a><p><a style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: #dbe8f4; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" shape="rect" href="#article 2"><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">Good News for Green Card Applicants</font></font></a></p><p><font face="Verdana" color="#dbe8f4"><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="#article 3"><font color="#ccffff">ICE's New Plan for Targeting Criminal Aliens</font></a> </font></strong></font></p><p><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"><font color="#ccffff"><a href="#article 4"><font color="#ccffff"><strong>Amendments to <br />H-1B Rules</strong></font></a><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><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"><font color="#ccffff"><a href="#article 5"><font color="#ccffff"><strong>News for U.S. Citizens Adopting Foreign Children</strong></font></a></font></font></p><p><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"><font color="#ccffff"><a href="#article 6"><font color="#ccffff"><strong>Adoptions from Guatemala Will Not Be Approved</strong></font></a> </font></font></p><p><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"><font color="#ccffff"><a href="#article 7"><font color="#ccffff"><strong>Foreign Students Get 17-month OPT Extension</strong></font></a><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> </font></font></font></p></strong></td></tr><tr><td style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #6dabaa" valign="top" align="center" bgcolor="#6dabaa"> </td></tr><tr><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"></font></strong></p><p> </p></tr><tr><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"><font color="#ccffff"></font></font></strong></p><p> </p></tr></tbody></table></div><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><a name="article 1"></a>Adopted Sibling Cannot Petition for Biological Sibling</strong></font></span></p><p align="center"><img contenteditable="false" height="110" alt="Adopted Sibling Cannot Petition for Biological Sibling" hspace="5" width="110" align="middle" vspace="2" border="1" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.6" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/bia.jpg" /></p><div align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">In a case decided on March 6, the 3rd Circuit Court upheld the BIA’s decision that an adopted child may not petition for his/her biological sibling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The Court ruled that an adoption severs the petitioning sibling’s relationship with his natural sibling because they no longer share a common parent.</span> </font></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"> </p><hr /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><font face="Verdana" color="#666699" size="3"><strong>Meet Newest Member of our Team</strong></font></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" align="center"><img contenteditable="false" height="131" alt="Beach-Oswald's Newest Member" hspace="2" width="130" align="middle" vspace="5" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.6" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/beachoswald2.jpg" /></p><font face="Verdana" size="1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; 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We have staff members who speak many different languages to assist you. </strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><strong>We succeed when others don't!</strong> </div><div> </div></font></td></tr></tbody></table><hr /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" width="100%"><p><img height="160" alt="FBI Name Checks" hspace="3" width="160" align="right" border="0" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/fbi-name-check.jpg" /></p><div><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"><font color="#000000"><strong><font face="Verdana" color="#405b81" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a name="article 2"></a>Good News for Green Card Applicants Awaiting FBI Name Checks</span></font></strong></font></span></div><div><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"><font color="#000000"></font></span></div><div><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"><font color="#000000"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"></span></font></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">   The USCIS and the FBI have developed the following deadlines for finally getting through the many pending permanent residence applications that are awaiting FBI name checks:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><strong>May 2008:</strong> Process all name checks pending more than three years<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><strong>July 2008:</strong> Process all name checks pending more than two years<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><strong>Nov. 2008:</strong> Process all name checks pending more than one year<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><strong>Feb. 2009:</strong> Process all name checks pending more than 180 days<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><strong>June 2009:</strong> Process 98 percent of all name checks within 30 days and process the remaining two percent within 90 days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'">   Hopefully the FBI will also comply with USCIS’s request to resolve the approximately 29,800 pending name checks from naturalization applicants that were submitted to the FBI before May 2006 and the naturalization applicant was already interviewed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"> </p></font></span></div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><hr /><img height="118" alt="Fines Increase for Hiring Illegal Aliens" hspace="5" width="111" align="right" vspace="5" border="1" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/criminal.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><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><a name="article 3"></a>ICE’s New Plan to Target Criminal Aliens in Jail</span></strong></font></span></p><div><div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>On March 28 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unveiled a plan called Secure Communities, the purpose of which is to ensure that removable aliens who are in federal, state and local prisons and jails are removed from the country instead of released into our communities. The plan will use integrated technology that allows local officers to submit an arrested person’s fingerprints into an FBI database, which will then automatically be checked by DHS databases to access any immigration history for that individual, and will automatically notify ICE if the fingerprints are those of an immigration violator. ICE will then interview the detained individual and take the appropriate action. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>According to ICE’s estimates, there are approximately 300,000 to 450,000 convicted criminal aliens who are removable, that are detained each year at federal, state and local prisons and jails. ICE also estimates that it will cost between $2 and 3 billion to remove all convicted criminal aliens per year. For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.ice.gov/">www.ice.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></font>  <hr /></div></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left" width="100%"><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"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><strong><a name="article 4"></a>Amendments to H-1B Rules<o:p></o:p></strong></span></p><p><strong><img height="125" alt="Changes to H-1B Rules" hspace="5" width="125" align="right" vspace="5" border="0" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/dhs.jpg" /></strong></p><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><font face="Verdana" size="2"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>The Department of Homeland Security has announced that as of March 24, 2008, employers will not be able to file more than one H-1B petition on behalf of the same worker in the same fiscal year. This rule applies to workers that are subject to a numerical limitation as well as workers that are exempt from a numerical limitation because they hold a master’s degree. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p></o:p></span><strong> </strong></p></font></div><strong><hr /></strong><p><font face="Verdana" color="#405b81" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><strong><a name="article 5"></a>News for U.S. Citizens Adopting Foreign Children<img height="114" alt="News for U.S. Citizens Adopting Foreign Children" hspace="5" width="113" align="right" vspace="5" border="1" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/adopt.jpg" /></strong></span></font></p><div><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"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><strong>   </strong></span>The Hague Adoption Convention, which provides a framework for international adoptions, entered into force on April 1, 2008. U.S. citizens that are looking to adopt children from Hague Convention member countries will require two new forms—Form I-800A (Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child From a Convention Country) and Form I-800 (Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative). If you filed Form I-600A or I-600 prior to April 1, 2008, then you may continue the adoption process under the old regulations. For more information on the Hague Adoption Convention, please visit: <a href="http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_462.html">http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_462.html</a><strong> <o:p></o:p></strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><o:p><strong> </strong></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong></strong></p><div><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"></span></div><div><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"></span></div><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"><strong><hr /></strong></span></font></span></div><div><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"></span></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#405b81"><font face="Verdana"></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#405b81"><font face="Verdana"><p><span style="COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""><strong><a name="article 6"></a>Adoptions from Guatemala Will Not Be Approved<o:p></o:p></strong></span></p><strong><img height="52" alt="Adoptions from Guatemala Will Not Be Approved" hspace="7" width="130" align="right" vspace="7" border="0" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/guatemala.jpg" /><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"></span></span></strong></font></font></font><strong> </strong></div><div></div><div><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"></span></div><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"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2"></font></span></p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>The Department State announced that no adoptions of Guatemalan children will be approved starting on April 1 and until further notice. The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption went into effect on April 1, 2008, but Guatemala has not yet met its obligations under the Convention, and the government therefore intends to deny all I-800 forms (Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative) filed by U.S. parents on behalf of Guatemalan children until Guatemala conforms to the Convention’s regulations. Currently pending petitions that were initiated in Guatemala before December 31, 2007, however, will continue to be processed under the previous rules.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><div><strong><hr /></strong></div><div></div><p><strong><img height="101" alt="Foreign Students Get 17 Month OPT Extension " hspace="5" width="129" align="right" vspace="5" border="0" src="http://www.boilapc.com/TDE_Newsletter/admin/images/working.jpg" /><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"></span></span></strong></p><div><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"><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"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""><font color="#000000"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <span style="COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><strong><a name="article 7"></a><span style="COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"><font size="3">Foreign Students Get 17 Month OPT Extension<o:p></o:p></font></span></strong><font size="3"> </font></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""><font color="#000000"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"></span></span></font></span></p><p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""><font color="#000000"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span style="COLOR: #405b81; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'"></span>  </span>Normally foreign students on an F-1 visa receive 12 months to complete their Optional Practical Training (OPT), but on April 4, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that F-1 students with a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics will now have their OPT extended to 29 months if they are employed by a business that has enrolled in the E-Verify program. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Verdana","sans-serif""><font color="#000000"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>The idea behind this new rule, according to the DHS Secretary, is to help businesses attract highly skilled foreign workers, thus giving U.S. companies a competitive advantage in the world economy. The OPT extension also makes things easier for F-1 students whose 12 months of OPT work authorization expires before they are able to obtain an H-1B visa. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong> </strong></p></span></span></font></font></font></font></span></span></div></font></span></span></span></font></span></font></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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