The Law Offices of Richard W. Moore, P.A. is a Baltimore, Maryland law firm serving clients in the Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C. metro areas, and throughout the world. Our firm concentrates in Immigration and Naturalization into the U.S.A.
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www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com A big welcome to Michael, our first client from Uganda!!
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com Welcome to our two newest clients, Jorge from Mexico, and Jay from Nepal!
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com The State Department December 2009 Visa Bulletin is now available
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www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com Congratualtions to Hyacinth, a great guy from Nigeria, whose application for U.S. citizenship was granted. He is now a proud American. We were able to overcome an intent to deny and demonstrate that a perceived false statement was in fact truthful.
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com Congratulations to Mfon, a great guy from Nigeria, whose N-336 appeal of the denial of his naturalization application was successful! He will be sworn in as a U.S. citizen very soon!
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com This week our office successfully obtained P-1 visas for the members of the world-renowned Israel Ballet. They will now be able to wow audiences across the U.S. on its tour in February 2010. Check out their website at www.iballet.co.il. Our office is now a perfect 25 out of 25 P-1 visa petitions, a record we are very proud of!
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www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com Congraulations to Willy, from Domincan Republic, who last week was granted permanent residence! This Thanksgiving will be extra special for him and his wife, Nikia.
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com There are still 10,000 H-1B visas available!! It's not too late to apply! Call us at 410-825-1790 to take advantage of this rare opportunity.
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com A big victory - congratulations to Grant from the UK, who can offically say he is "extraordinary". We convinced USCIS that his work as a world-renowned composer of music for some of the biggest-selling video games of all time merited approval of his petition seeking recognition as an "alien of extraordinary ability". N...ow he and his family will be able to become permanent residents.
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com Senate passes bill to do away with "widow" penalty - "The Senate approved a measure on Tuesday that would end the “widow penalty” — the government’s practice of annulling foreigners’ applications for permanent residency when their American spouses die before the marriage is two years old. The measure passed 79-19. Pre...sident Obama is expected to sign the bill into law." NYT, Oct. 20, 2009.
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com The Supreme Court heard a very important case today, and will rule whether criminal defense attorneys owe a duty to inform non-U.S.citizens of the immigration consequences of pleading guilty. Check out the brief filed by the petitioner in Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky:
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www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com The State Department Visa Bulletin for November 2009 is now available.
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The Diversity Visa Lottery registration begins today!!
DOS announced the opening of the registration period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery. Entries for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery must be submitted electronically between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), Friday, October 2, 2009, and noon, Eastern Standa...rd Time (EST), Monday, November 30, 2009. Please call us if you need help in entering. People do actually win this lottery!!
www.marylandimmigrationlaw.com A good victory for those immigrants whose U.S. citizen spouses die before obtaining permanent residence. Check this link for a case that says the USC need not be living when the immigrant's I-485 is approved. Hoepfully the BIA will adopt this holding, to address such an injustice.
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