Jill Bussey to Speak at Consular Processing for Experts Seminar

Jill Marie Bussey, a Partner at Goel & Anderson, will appear as an invited speaker in an ILW.com Legal Education Seminar series titled "Consular Processing for Experts."

Jill will appear as a panelist in the first session, "NIV Issues" is scheduled for April 20, 2011. The Consular Processing for Experts seminar series will cover the following topic areas:

 

Third Country National NIV Applications In Canada And Mexico

  • Border Posts: overview of who can and cannot apply.
  • Rationale for limitations on who cannot apply.
  • Appointments always necessary.
  • Necessary forms: DS-160
  • At which posts can List of 26 and T-7 apply?
  • Is there a case for a TCN not applying in Canada or Mexico, if eligible to do so?
  • Border Post review of right to counsel at visa interviews.
  • Circumstances under which an applicant not issued a visa at a border post can return to the United States.

Home Country Visa Applications

  • Appointments almost always necessary. Check waiting times on DOS and consular post website for details.
  • Research post policies, personnel and local red flags.
  • CIS approved petitions (H, L, O, P) are not a promise of a visa.
  • Prepare the client for the interview and ensure visa applications are completed accurately and completely.
  • Documents applicant should bring to the interview.
  • Waiver of personal appearance.
  • What to do when there is a glitch at the visa interview: Security clearances, NCIC Checks, and Hits in the Database: the applicant forgot about the arrest for pot or shoplifting 30 years ago; Petition Issues: Job Inflation and Skills Tests - does the job exist and can the employer afford to pay the wage?


The "Consular Processing for Experts" seminar features prominent immigration attorneys in a high-level discussion intended as legal education for other attorneys.

Information on how to register for the seminars or purchase audio CD recordings of the series is available through ILW.com, a leading Internet portal and legal publisher focused on immigration issues

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