TABLE OF CONTENTS Immigration Practice Pointers (2014–15 Ed.) Preface................................................................................................................................................................. xv About the Editors ............................................................................................................................................... xvi

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT & ETHICS Opening a New Practice: What I Wish I Knew When I Started by Jonelle Ocloo and Becki Young........................................................................................................................ 1 Panel: Opening a New Practice: What I Wish I Knew When I Started From Consultation to Contract: Steps, Tips, Forms, and Procedures by Charla Haas ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Panel: From Consultation to Contract The Art of Persuasion: Tips for Moving from Consultation to Contract Agreement by Susan R. Fortino-Brown ................................................................................................................................. 53 Panel: From Consultation to Contract Storytelling & Immigration Law: A Practical Guide by Erich C. Straub ............................................................................................................................................... 59 Panel: Storytelling in Immigration Cases 50+ Technology Tips, Tricks, and Apps for Immigration Lawyers—AC 2014 Edition by Karol Brown and Reid Trautz ........................................................................................................................ 66 Panel: Tech Tips & Tricks: 50 Technology Tips, Mobile Apps, & Websites for Immigration Lawyers Mobility Management: Taking Your Practice with You on the Road by Ruby Powers, Allen Orr, and Greg Siskind.................................................................................................... 79 Panel: Mobility Management: Taking Your Practice With You on the Road The Art of Getting Paid After a Federal Court Victory by Gregory Romanovsky, Devin Theriot-Orr, and Paul O’Dwyer ..................................................................... 87 Panel: The Art of Getting Paid After a Federal Court Victory Cleaning Up Your Client’s Mess by Philip C. Curtis, Peter L. Ashman and Jeff Joseph ........................................................................................ 95 Panel: Cleaning Up Your Client’s Mess Avoiding Common Mistakes and Disasters in a Business Immigration Practice by Stephen J. Navarre and Turid L. Owren ...................................................................................................... 103 Panel: Top Mistakes in Employment-Based Practice, Version 2014 What to Do When Things Go South: Effective Responses to Claims of Malpractice and Incompetence by James A. Bach .............................................................................................................................................. 108 Panel: What to Do When Things Go South: Handling Potential Bar Complaints

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Deal or No Deal: Ethical Issues in Immigration Practice by Sarah Z. Brown, Amy DeVan and Alan B. Goldfarb .................................................................................... 118 Panel: Deal or No Deal: Ethical Issues in Immigration Practice FAQs for Understanding UPL and Multi-Jurisdictional Practice Issues by Susan Timmons, Camille Mackler, and Matthew Blaisdell .......................................................................... 124 Panel: UPL 360: Paralegals & Your Law License/Is Where You Sit Where You Practice?

FAMILY IMMIGRATION We’re in Love—Now What? When Clients Come to You Before They Marry by Elizabeth L.A. Garvish, John J. Marandas, and Howard Silverman ........................................................... 131 Panel: We’re In Love—Now What? When Clients Come to You Before They Marry Proving Valid Marriages When Cultures, Customs, and Procedures Collide by Nicole Ezer, Lolita Dimovski, and Steven C. Thal ...................................................................................... 138 Panel: Proving Valid Marriages When Cultures, Customs, and Procedures Collide Hardship Issues for the GLBT Immigrant Spouse by Scott Titshaw, Ally Bolour, and Bryon M. Large, Sr. ................................................................................... 148 Panel: Marriage Between Same-Sex Couples Cases—Happy First Anniversary What Employment-Based Attorneys Should Know When Working with Same-Sex Couples by Noemi Masliah, Michael Jarecki, and Douglas Hauer ................................................................................ 150 Panel: What Employment-Based Attorneys Should Know When Working with Same-Sex Couples Ethical Complications of Joint Representation in Marriage Cases by Nancy Elkind, Jack Pinnix, and Charlotte Slocombe ................................................................................... 157 Panel: Ethical Complications of Joint Representation in Marriage Cases Hot Topics in Immigration for Minor Children by Dan Berger, Karen Law, and Irene Steffas .................................................................................................. 161 Panel: Options for Children: Comparing Pathways for the Youngest Immigrants Death of the Qualifying Relative: Law and Procedure Update by Wafa Abdin, Chad Ellsworth and Brent Renison ......................................................................................... 175 Panel: Death of Qualifying Relative: Humanitarian Reinstatement, INA §204(l) and I-360 Surviving Spouses Advanced Affidavit of Support Issues by Douglas R. Penn, Heather L. Poole, and George Rodriguez ....................................................................... 184 Panel: Advanced Affidavit of Support Issues Understanding the November 15, 2013, Policy Memorandum on Parole of Certain Military Family Members by The AILA Military Assistance Program Task Force .................................................................................... 194 Panel: Parole in Place (PIP), Adjustment of Status, and Naturalization Issues for Military Members

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LPR, NATURALIZATION, AND CITIZENSHIP ISSUES Handling the Risky Naturalization Case by Laura A. Edgerton, Anna Marie Gallagher, and Mark R. Barr .................................................................. 198 Panel: Handling the Risky Naturalization Case Birth Abroad to a U.S. Citizen: Requirements for a USC Parent to Transmit Citizenship by David Isaacson ............................................................................................................................................. 209 Panel: Advanced Citizenship Issues: Derived and Acquired Citizenship After a Birth Abroad Federal Court Remedies for Challenges to U.S. Citizenship by Lisa Brodyaga .............................................................................................................................................. 214 Panel: Litigating Citizenship Issues in Federal Court Judicial Denaturalization by John Patrick Pratt ....................................................................................................................................... 228 Panel: Litigating Citizenship Issues in Federal Court Why Would I Abandon Lawful Permanent Resident Status or Relinquish U.S. Citizenship? by Elaine M. Kumpula, Clayton E. Cartwright, Jr., and Cyrus D. Mehta ........................................................ 237 Panel: Abandonment of Residence, Expatriation, and Renunciation of U.S. Citizenship

BUSINESS IMMIGRATION Nontraditional Worksite Issues in H-1B, L-1, and PERM Cases by Deborah Notkin, Jenny Salomon, and Bennett Savitz .................................................................................. 252 Panel: A Space Odyssey—Telecommuting, Virtual Offices, Travelers, and Other Nontraditional Work Situations Preparing and Updating the H-1B Public Access File—Not as Simple as It Looks by Kimberley Best Robidoux, Lorna A. De Bono, and Neil S. Dornbaum ........................................................ 261 Panel: Preparing and Updating the H-1B Public Access File—Not as Simple as It Looks DOL Wage and Hour Audits by Neil S. Dornbaum and Karl J. Baumle ......................................................................................................... 272 Panel: Preparing and Updating the H-1B Public Access File—Not as Simple as It Looks Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder: Visas for Design Professions by Jonathan L. Flores, Lauren DeBellis Aviv, and Fuji Whittenburg .............................................................. 284 Panel: Beauty In the Eye of the Beholder: Visas for Design Professions An L-1 Survival Kit—Tips and Strategies in Today’s Environment by Valarie H. McPherson, Diana Vellos Coker, and Angelica Grado-Wright ................................................. 292 Panel: Top Tips for Filing L Petitions The H-2B Option for Seasonal and Temporary Workers by Kevin R. Lashus, Kenneth K. Schmitt, and Donald L. Mooers..................................................................... 306 Panel: The Ever Changing World of H-2Bs Can We Get a Doctor in the House? by Joseph P. Curran, Kristen A. Harris, Jennifer Minear, and Heather C. Sivaraman ................................... 314

2014 AILA Immigration Practice Pointers Panel: Can We Get a Doctor in the House? Counseling Corporate Clients on Employment and Training Opportunities Within F-1 and J-1 Status by Elizabeth A. Goss, Ester Greenfield, Jeanne E. Kelley and Scott D. Pollock .............................................. 324 Panel: Counseling Corporate Clients on Employment &Training Opportunities Within F-1 and J-1 Status Consultation Requirements for Beneficiaries of O-1 Petitions by Rita Sostrin, Laya Kushner, and Humberto Gray ........................................................................................ 333 Panel: The Changing Landscape for Athletes and Entertainers E-1 Treaty Trader And E-2 Treaty Investor Visas by Bryan Y. Funai, Teri Simmons, Bernard P. Wolfsdorf, and L. Edward Rios ............................................... 341 Panel: E-1/E-2 Visas Treaty Rights and Wrongs Representing Entrepreneurs by Ruth Lozano-McChesney, Lincoln Stone, and Brad Hendrick ..................................................................... 351 Panel: Representing Entrepreneurs EB-5 Possibilities for the E-2 by Tammy Fox-Isicoff........................................................................................................................................ 359 Panel: Representing the Direct EB-5 Investor Performing Immigration Due Diligence on EB-5 Regional Centers When Representing an Individual Investor by Michele Franchett and Carolyn Lee ............................................................................................................ 365 Panel: Performing Immigration Due Diligence on EB-5 Regional Centers The End of the Employment-based Immigration Process: Adjustment of Status & Consular Processing by Romy Kapoor, Marcine Seid, and Heather Segal ....................................................................................... 373 Panel: The End of the Process: Adjustment of Status & Consular Processing in EB Cases Top Ten Tips for Avoiding and Dealing with RFEs by Robin D. O’Donoghue, Suzanne B. Seltzer, and A. James Vazquez-Azpiri ................................................. 380 Panel: RFE Toolbox

PERM HAZARD: Falling (PERM) Rocks Ahead! by Roger Tsai, Vincent Lau, and Carla Terazi ................................................................................................. 387 Panel: Hazard: Falling (PERM) Rocks Ahead! Occupational Challenges When Completing Form ETA 9089 by Alexander Dgebuadze, Susan MacLean, and Sarah Peterson Stensrud ...................................................... 392 Panel: Occupation Specific Challenges When Completing the Form ETA-9089 Ethical Considerations with PERM and U.S. Workers by Diana Bauerle, Michael P. Nowlan and Eleanor Pelta ............................................................................... 402 Panel: Ethical Issues in the PERM Process: How to Advise Employers in Shifting Sands

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Living in a Kazarian World – The Extraordinary, Outstanding and Exceptional by Dagmar Butte, Kathleen Grzegorek, and Mark Koestler ............................................................................. 414 Panel: You Take the High Road: High–Preference Options to Avoid PERM

ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS Handling the Problem Interview in Adjustment of Status Cases by David J. Long, Stephanie DiPietro, and Leslie Tuttle DiTrani ................................................................... 422 Panel: Handling the Problem Interview Adjustment of Status for the Atypical Entrant by Jesse Lloyd , Amy Cococcia, and Hardeep Sull ........................................................................................... 428 Panel: Adjustment of Status for the Atypical Entrant

ADMISSIBILITY ISSUES Has My Client Been Admitted, Which Admission Matters, And Further Conundrums by Vikram K. Badrinath, Amanda B. Keaveny, and William E. Graves ........................................................... 436 Panel: “Has My Client Been Admitted, Which Admission Matters, & Further Conundrums” The Returning LPR: Issues After Foreign Travel by Robert J. Casazza, Ellen Freeman, and Brian T. O’Neill ............................................................................ 445 Panel: The Returning LPR: Issues After Foreign Travel INA §212(h) Waivers: An Emerging Option for LPRs Facing Removal by Maria Baldini-Potermin, Neil Lewis, and Ben Winograd ........................................................................... 451 Panel: INA §212(h) Waiver Fixes for Lawful Permanent Residents May I See Your Papers? Post-Entry Verification and Documentation Issues by Richard Yemm and Michael Kohler ............................................................................................................ 461 Panel: May I See Your Papers? A Discussion About Post-Entry Documentation Issues What Do You Mean I Was Not Inspected? by Reginald A. Pacis, Gloria A. Goldman, and W. Scott Railton .................................................................... 465 Panel: “What Do You Mean I Was Not Inspected?” What Business Immigration Attorneys Need to Know About NIV Inadmissibility Issues by Lori Chesser, Kehrela M. Hodkinson, and Tarik Sultan ............................................................................. 472 Panel: What Business Immigration Attorneys Need to Know About NIV Inadmissibility Issues

ASYLUM & REMOVAL Gender-Based Asylum: Overview and Case Strategy by Misha Seay and Karen Musalo .................................................................................................................... 477 Panel: Gender-Based Asylum

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Gang-Based Particular Social Group Claims by Benjamin Casper, Lisa Green, Ilana Etkin Greenstein, and Hilary Han .................................................... 484 Panel: Particular Social Groups There Must be Some Kind of Way Out of Here by Russell Abrutyn, Paul Grotas, and Helen Parsonage .................................................................................. 497 Panel: Let Freedom Ring! Challenges to Mandatory and Indefinite Detention Whose Turn Is It?: Allocation of Burdens of Proof in Removal Proceedings by Nicolas Chavez, Michelle Mendez, and Philip Smith ................................................................................... 503 Panel: Whose Burden Is It Anyway? Finding a Way to Work: Obtaining an EAD in Removal Proceedings by Matthew L. Guadagno, Jordan G. Forsythe, and Emily Creighton ............................................................ 511 Panel: Practical Issues in Removal Proceedings Challenges and Strategies Beyond Relief by Dree K. Collopy, Melissa Crow, and Rebecca Sharpless ........................................................................... 518 Panel: Challenges and Strategies Beyond Relief Cutting Edge Issues in §235 Expedited Removal Orders by Cathy Potter, Charles Roth, and Jeremy McKinney ................................................................................... 532 Panel: Cutting Edge Issues in §235 Expedited Removal Orders Challenging Detainers by Elliott Ozment .............................................................................................................................................. 541 Panel: Protecting Your Clients Who Have ICE Detainers Objections in Removal Proceedings by Melanie K. Corrin and Rekha Sharma-Crawford ........................................................................................ 554 Panel: Objections in Removal Proceedings Representing Children in Removal Proceedings: Ethical and Practical Issues by Kristen Jackson, Meredith Linsky and Elissa Steglich ................................................................................. 559 Panel: Ethical & Practical Issues with Representing Children in Removal Proceedings Diminished Capacity of Minors in Immigration Proceedings by Elizabeth Badger, Manuel Rios, and Nancy Kelly ...................................................................................... 568 Panel: No Minor Issue: Addressing Diminished Capacity of Minors in Our Immigration System Recent Developments in the “Material Support” Bar by Mark R. von Sternberg, with Matthew L. Benson and Anita P. Sharma ..................................................... 585 Panel: Statutory Bars to Asylum and How to Overcome Them Important TPS Issues You Did Not Have Time to Research by Nadeen Aljijakli, W. John Yahya Vandenberg, and Víctor S. Maldonado .................................................. 593 Panel: Advanced Issues in TPS

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LITIGATION Top 8 Missteps in Immigration Court by Mo Goldman, Andres Benach, Jodi Goodwin, and Marc Van Der Hout ..................................................... 599 Panel: Litigating with the Stars (Game Show) Dealing with Difficult Judges and Trial Attorneys by Nancy Peterson, Anthony Drago, and Suzannah Maclay ............................................................................ 606 Panel: Dealing with Difficult Judges and Trial Attorneys Document Production: Getting What’s Rightfully Ours by Rex Chen and Wayne Sachs ......................................................................................................................... 616 Panel: Document Production – Getting a Copy of Your Client’s Immigration Records

WAIVERS & RELIEF Waivers: Tips for a Successful I-601 Application by T. Douglas Stump and Olsi Vrapi ................................................................................................................ 627 Panel: I-601 Issues Provisional Waivers I-601A One Year Later by Jason Mills, Julie Emerick, and Thomas Vanasse ....................................................................................... 635 Panel: Provisional Waivers I-601A One Year Later Petitions to Remove Condition on Residence: Waivers and Late Filings by Matthew I. Hirsch ......................................................................................................................................... 643 Panel: Complicated I-751 Issues Advanced Issues in VAWA Self-Petitions by Tracie L. Klinke, Julie E. Dinnerstein, and B. John Ovink ......................................................................... 652 Panel: Advanced Issues in VAWA Self Petitions Proving Good Faith Marriage and Responding to Requests for Evidence in VAWA Self-Petitions by Sally L. Kinoshita, Kristin Fearnow, and Cynthia Lucas............................................................................ 660 Panel: VAWA and U Visa Relief in Removal Proceedings Advanced U Visa Issues by Barbara Camacho, Gail Pendleton, and Nora Phillips ............................................................................... 667 Panel: Advanced U Visa Issues

CRIMINAL ISSUES Immigration-Related Criminal Charges by Cynthia Groomes Katz, Andrew K. Nietor, and Labe M. Richman .............................................................. 675 Panel: Immigration Related Criminal Charges The Latest on the Categorical Approach by Mary Kramer, Michael Vastine, and Isaac Wheeler .................................................................................... 685

2014 AILA Immigration Practice Pointers Panel: The Latest on the Categorical Approach The Dangers of Material Misrepresentation and Fraud in Immigration by Farshad Owji and James Pack ..................................................................................................................... 694 Panel: Fraud, Misrepresentations, and Ethical Issues

WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT Unlocking the Mysteries of E-Verify by Roger Tsai and Wendy Madden ................................................................................................................... 702 Panel: Unlocking the Mysteries of E-Verify E-Verify: The Illusion of a Safe Harbor by Kathleen Campbell Walker .......................................................................................................................... 709 Panel: May I See Your Papers? A Discussion About Post-Entry Documentation Issues Expecting a Visitor: Lessons Learned from FDNS and USCIS Site Visits by Andrew W. Shackelford ................................................................................................................................ 718 Panel: Expecting a Visitor: Lessons Learned from FDNS and USCIS Site Visits When Does an Employer Have Constructive Knowledge? by Sharon Mehlman, Marketa Lindt, and Paul Virtue ...................................................................................... 722 Panel: What Would You Do? A Practical Discussion of Advanced and Challenging I-9 Issues OSC Pattern or Practice Document Abuse Discrimination Investigations, Litigation, and Settlements by Mary E. Pivec, Amy Peck, and Eileen Scofield ............................................................................................ 726 Panel: All Roads Lead to OSC: What You Need to Know About the Cost of Noncompliance

TAX ISSUES Taxigration: Tax Non-Compliance Collides With Immigration Law by Samuel Rock ................................................................................................................................................. 732 Panel: Tax Bootcamp for Family & Removal Immigration Practitioners “Residency-Defined Immigration vs. Taxation” and Expatriate Tax Consequences by Gary Gauvin and Robert W. Alcorn ............................................................................................................ 739 Panel: Tax Bootcamp for Family & Removal Immigration Practitioners Residency for U.S. Income Tax Purposes by Jo Anne C. Adlerstein ................................................................................................................................... 745 Panel: Tax Bootcamp for Family & Removal Immigration Practitioners Social Security Challenges for Foreign Nationals and Their Employers by Robert White, Elise Fialkowski, and Grant Sovern ..................................................................................... 751 Panel: Social Security Challenges for Foreign National Employees

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Current Trends in Religious Worker Adjudications by Olga Rojas, Cliff Rosenthal, and Danielle Rizzo ......................................................................................... 760 Panel: Give Me that Old Time Religion MAVNI (Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest) by Margaret D. Stock ........................................................................................................................................ 768 Panel: Parole in Place (PIP), Adjustment of Status, and Naturalization Issues for Military Members