Business Immigration Practice
Robert C. Divine
Price: $175.00 1200 pages. 1 Softcover Volume. Table of Cases. Table of Statutes. Index. One CD-ROM. Published December 2004.
ISBN-13: 978-1-57823-196-6 / ISBN-10: 1-57823-196-5
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About the Book:
Business Immigration Practice, current as of May 1, 2004 covers all aspects of business immigration law in one volume, complete with over 3,000 footnote citations to the wide range of statutes, regulations, court and administrative cases, policy memos, operations instructions, agency interpretative letters, and internet sites that a lawyer needs for complete understanding of a particular problem. No other source merges the practical with commentary and analysis so helpfully. Modeled on the author's highly successful annual Immigration Practice, the book explains in understandable language and meaningful and dependable detail the substantive issues and the practical procedures a lawyer needs to handle a specific business immigration matter, complete with checklists of forms, documents and types of evidence needed for application/petition packages. Business Immigration Practice Provides:
- Liberal cross references to other sections in the book where related topics are discussed (because so many topics are interrelated).
- Line-by-line instructions on how to complete the most commonly used forms to avoid embarrassing mistakes.
- Contains comprehensive charts of detailed contact information for the officials in the many government agencies administering immigration laws, some of which are not available anywhere else, including DHS' reorganized regional and district offices, Immigration Courts, consulates throughout the world (with country-unique rules), labor department regional offices, state employment and prevailing wage specialists, suppliers of country conditions, and more; (such as Internet sites)
- Organizes explanations of potentially applicable visa options according to the attributes of the alien (and the employer), rather than the classifications in alphabetical order, so that practitioners can make sense of options available for the particular client in the office.
- Compares and charts attributes and procedures of such topics as nonimmigrant visa classifications, procedures to permanent residence, and standards of "extreme" hardship.
Cites the most useful Internet site URLs with explanation of the increasingly helpful free databases and tools available through each one.
Praise For Devine's Immigration Practice:
Some of the most experienced and acclaimed immigration lawyers in the nation have said:
"Immigration Practice is a handy reference work for both the novice and the experienced
practitioner with a novel organizational approach that focuses on real life situations rather than
the statutory category."
— Daryl Buffenstein is Chair of the national immigration practice group of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky
& Walker LLP. He is Former President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and
recently ended a four-year term as AILA's General Counsel. He was the 1997 recipient of AILA's
Founders Award."Immigration Practice is filled with practical, down to earth information in a format that is easy to use. I bought one for each member of my staff."
— Peter Williamson, Houston, TX. Mr. Williamson is Former President of AILA (1994-1995) and served as Chair of the Texas Chapter, on the National Board of Governors (1982-present), and on
the National Executive Committee."Immigration Practice fills a niche that needed filling: A single volume with all the basics explained in plain English for newcomers, and plenty of sophisticated discussion with lots of footnotes for old
hands. The appendix alone is worth the price of the book! It has all the addresses, phone numbers,
and lists that are needed constantly in immigration practice, plus tips on how to fill out the most
common forms. I keep this volume on my desk as a convenient and thorough reference. You can tell that it was prepared an experienced practitioner who understands the practical side of an
immigration practice and who is result oriented."
— Dale M. Schwartz, Schwartz & Kuck, Atlanta, GA is Former President of the AILA (1986-87), and has testified as an expert witness before committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and the
United States Senate on immigration legislation. Mr. Schwartz was Co-Chairman of the Immigration
Law Committee of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association."Immigration Practice is an absolutely fabulous resource, unlike anything else on the market,
oriented toward the attorney rather than the paralegal."
— David Ware, Metairie, LA is very active in AILA including: Vice-Chair, Committee on International
Students, 1995 to Present; Treasurer, Louisiana Chapter, 1984 to 1988; INS Liaison Chair, 1988 to
1989; NAFSA Region III Liaison, 1992 to 1995."I ordered a copy of Immigration Practice. We love it, and are using it frequently."
— Elizabeth Stern, Shaw Pittman, Washington, DC. Ms. Stern heads the firm's Business Immigration Practice Group.
About the Author:
Robert C. Divine serves as the Principal Legal Advisor to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services bureau of the Department of Homeland Security. This book and this edition were written prior to his appointment, in his private capacity as an immigration lawyer, and the book does not in any way constitute an official statement of the law or policy or otherwise reflect the views of USCIS or DHS. Prior to his appointment to this position in 2004, Mr. Divine practiced all aspects of immigration law on a national scope as a leader of the immigration team within Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, a firm with over 300 lawyers in 10 offices throughout the Southeast and Washington, D.C. His clients included multinational corporations, medical, financial and academic institutions, information technology providers and users, foreign investors, manufacturers, and individuals from many countries. He had been an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 1986 and has authored numerous bar journal and other articles on immigration law. In early 2004 he served as an expert for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom evaluating the impact on asylum claims from DHS' implementation of expedited removal procedures.