Pappas Law Group

Mr. Pappas has been helping people from all parts of the world immigrate quickly and legally to the United States. He has over 15 years of experience representing taxpayers in Deportation and Removal matters.

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcment (USICE) reported today that agents arrested the owners and employees yesterday of 5 Arizona commercial shuttle transportation companies based on a year long investigation to identify and apprehend perpetrators of human smuggling.  Over 800 agents and officers from various federal, state and local law enforcement agencies carried out the arrests.
The arrests were the result of the USICE’s heightened internal enforcement policy [...]

We at Pappas & Associates, P.A. remind the public that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will be accepting applications for H-1B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 beginning April 1, 2010.  The visas will become effective October 1, 2010.
For the past 2 years, the number of H-1B visa applications has dwindled in light of the downturn [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported yesterday that President Obama applauded Senators Schumer and Graham for releasing their plan yesterday to put in motion an immigration reform bill.  The next step is to turn that plan into a bill and, for Congress to act on it as quickly as possible.
Senators Schumer and Graham’s plan calls for undocumented immigrants to come forward, admit they [...]

The New York Times reported today that President Obama commented yesterday in a meeting with immigrant activists that he would continue his efforts with immigration reform this year as long as he could garner a significant amount of Republican support.
However, insiders have said that an immigration reform bill cannot become a reality if the President used a legislative tactic known as reconciliation [...]

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported that the owner and employee of the Florida Language Institute (FLI) were arrested and charged with immigration fraud.
Based on the USICE’s investigation, they discovered that the school sponsored non-immigrant foreign students and issued I-20 forms without requiring the students to maintain a full time course of study.  Maintaining a full time course of [...]