Dear Readers: 

Two major immigration stories broke today that could potentially affect millions of people and have major repercussions for the US economy. The one that will be covered by the mass media is today’s announced decision to delay the October requirement that foreign visitors to the US have machine-readable passport. 

The other news item will affect thousands of people planning on applying to adjust status to permanent residency over the next several months. Visas in the EB-3 employment-based green card category will become unavailable beginning July 1^st and the category will not open up again until at least September 30^th. This means that no new adjustment of status applications will be accepted during this period and pending adjustment of status applications will remain pending until numbers become available again. 

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Next Wednesday, the American Immigration Lawyers Association will have its annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. Many of our readers will be there and I look forward to meeting you. I’ll be moderating the technology panel on Thursday and my partner Lynn Susser will be on a panel on B-1 and B-2 visas just before my session. 

I also want to invite people who work on physician cases to attend a breakfast meeting of Saturday morning for the FMG Taskforce, a coalition of law firms that handle physician immigration cases that I currently am chairing. The FMG Taskforce meets biweekly by teleconference to discuss physician immigration issues, meets with government officials to discuss physician issues and lobbies on doctor immigration matters. The top physician immigration lawyers in the country actively participate in the FMG Taskforce and if you’re interested in joining, you are welcome to come to our meeting. It will be held at 7:30 am on Saturday in Room 150DE of the Salt Palace Convention Center.

And people interested in nursing issues should come to the FNT Taskforce, the nursing immigration counterpart to the FMG Taskforce. That meeting will take place in Salon I at the Salt Lake City Hilton on Friday afternoon from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. 

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Hearty congratulations to Esther Schachter, our immigration case manager extraordinaire who announced her engagement to be married. Good luck Esther! 

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Siskind Susser is seeking an additional immigration case manager to join our Memphis office. The position will focus on physician cases and experience with physician immigration is a plus. Interested applicants should send their CVs to me at gsiskind@visalaw.com. 

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Finally, as always, we remind readers that we're lawyers who make our living representing immigration clients and employers seeking to comply with immigration laws. We would love to discuss becoming your law firm. Just go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html to request an appointment or call us at 800-748-3819 or 901-682-6455. 

Regards, 

Greg Siskind