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The Law Office of Michael Boyle is a full-service immigration firm dedicated to serving the needs of individuals, families, and businesses with a full-range of transactional and litigation matters. We offer comprehensive legal services to clients facing issues with the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services), or the Department of Homeland Security. If you are seeking to apply for a family visa, need a work permit, are challenging deportation, or face any other immigration issue, we can help.

USCIS extends OPT in high tech fields, bridges cap gap
Posted by: euser
April 14, 2008
Topic: News for Employers

Students in F-1 visa status on practical training who completed degrees in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields (will be able to extend their practical training period from twelve to twenty-nine months. Students in F-1 visa status with pending or approved H-1B petitions -- regardless of what field their degree is in -- will be able to extend their F-1 status until the latter of the date their H-1B petition is decided, or the October 1, 2008 start date of an approved petition.

Online US citizenship information and application
Posted by: euser
April 06, 2008
Topic: Connecticut Immigration News

We have created a new site, www.citizenshipyes.com, to share information about citizenship requirements and the citizenship application process. The site will help green card holders apply for citizenship with greater confidence and speed than they could on their own.

Apply for citizenship online safely, successfully and affordably
Posted by: euser
March 12, 2008
Topic: Online Citizenship Application

We are building a website, www.citizenshipyes.com, designed to help qualified green card holders apply for citizenship with the advice of an attorney at a very reasonable price. The online entry page is not quite complete. (Check again in late April.) For now, the site offers a lot of information about citizenship: who is eligible, who should and should not apply, updates on immigration law, etc. Enjoy browsing the site and learning about applying for citizenship.

Video: Be in compliance on hiring procedures
Posted by: euser
March 08, 2008
Topic: News for Employers

We have prepared a video to help employers stay compliant with Immigration hiring rules. Form I-9 has to be completed for every new hire. Problems with Form I-9 can lead to fines, disruption of your business, bad publicity, and even criminal prosecution. Take ten minutes to watch our video Completing Form I-9 and see if your program is in good shape or not.

Tereza Pereira wins deportation case
Posted by: euser
March 08, 2008
Topic: Connecticut Immigration News

Tereza Pereira and Carlos Lima, Brazilians who have lived in the United States for nearly twenty years, were granted permanent residence in the United States at the US Immigration Court in Hartford on Friday, March 7. Tereza was arrested by a team of ICE agents more than a year ago. A phone call to Attorney Michael Boyle late that night began the legal saga that ended with yesterday's successful hearing.

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