Blogs
Immigration benefits and Resources available to members of the military and their families
Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day and so in honor of the holiday I thought I would write about some of the immigration benefits and resources available
Can I petition for my relative to immigrate to the United States?
In order to petition for your relative to immigrate to the United States, you must: 1) be in the correct legal status and 2) not
If the Republicans win the election, will 428,000 DACA recipients lose the right to work?
It is happening more frequently now…a Republican candidate states that he is not going to renew DACA when it expires. Yesterday, Marco Rubio announced that
Does USCIS conduct a credit check if I want to sponsor my spouse for a green card?
I recently received the question at my Benicia office as to whether USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) conducts a credit check of a
Solano County Public Health Department Starts Hepatitis C Rapid Testing Program
Solano County Department of Public Health is now offering rapid Hepatitis C testing at its HIV clinic in Vallejo, 365 Tuolumne Street. The test is
Getting the Earnings Record Right
In many of my cases the Social Security Earnings Record is an issue in and of itself. It isn’t that Social Security is getting it
Would Social Security ALJs process cases faster if disabilty hearings were adversarial?
When I first started practicing Social Security Disability law, it seemed strange to me that the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) was not represented by an
Social Security’s response to California’s cut in the State Supplementary Payment
If you are on SSI and live in California, you already know that the amount of your monthly check has been reduced. This reduction was
Opportunities and Challenges for the Social Security Administration
Social Security’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently released a report entitled, “Opportunities and Challenges for SSA.” OIG’s terminology for the title of the report
Free CLE seminar on Second Life®, “Web 2.0 Tools for Lawyers”
As I have mentioned before on my blog, I am a big fan of the virtual world of Second Life and am active in the
California state furloughs of DDS employees result in Social Security Disability adjudication delays
It makes sense. If you prohibit employees from working two days a month, productively will be lowered and claims will not be adjudicated. Now it
May a student on SSI receive a scholarship and remain on SSI?
I recently received a question from a student attending a San Francisco bay area university asking whether a receipt of a scholarship would prevent him
