http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/ Published By The Law Office of Geri Kahn en-us 2010-01-26T23:44:29-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2010/01/want_to_help_in_the_hati_relie.html Hearing about the earthquake in Haiti, you want to help but you don't know where to go. One of the more creative ways you can help is by volunteering with Crisis Commons. According to their website, Crisis Commons is an... Geri Kahn 2010-01-26T23:44:29-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/11/us_army_soldier_applies_for_as.html As a California immigration lawyer who files many asylum cases, I am used to thinking of a the United States as a place of refuge and to documenting the horrible country conditions of other countries. I have successfully represented applicants... Political asylum Geri Kahn 2009-11-21T02:07:19-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/11/why_do_i_need_to_register_for.html The issue of applying or having applied for Selective Service comes up a lot when applying for naturalization. Recently I have seen a number of clients at my San Francisco office who have not registered for Selective Service. I will... Geri Kahn 2009-11-06T09:45:17-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/11/president_obama_announces_the_1.html Yesterday President Obama announced the elimination of the HIV inadmissibility ban at the signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. Currently individuals with HIV are inadmissible to the United States. As part of the new legislation,... Geri Kahn 2009-11-03T12:04:30-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/10/uscis_issues_new_guidance_on_p_1.html I recently wrote a post on whether the receipt of health insurance through San Francisco Healthy Families made that person a public charge. I concluded that it did not. Soon after I wrote that post, United States Citizenship and Immigration... Geri Kahn 2009-10-26T23:03:59-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/10/conference_on_practicing_law_i.html As readers of this blog know, I am a big fan of the internet virtual reality world, Second Life®. I plan to write many more posts about Second Life over the next year as I will be the incoming... Second Life© Geri Kahn 2009-10-23T21:32:51-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/10/oakland_city_id_card_moving_to.html I previously wrote a post about the implementation of a San Francisco city identification card. Now Oakland is moving toward implementation of a similar plan. On October 20, the Oakland City council will be considering a staff plan on how... Geri Kahn 2009-10-18T10:33:21-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/10/2011_diversity_visa_program_re.html On October 2, 2009, The U.S. State Department launched the 2011 Diversity Visa Program. Between October 2 to November 30, 2009, applicants from countries around the world may register for a chance at winning one of the 55,000 immigrant... Green card lottery Geri Kahn 2009-10-13T22:31:44-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/10/solano_county_board_of_supervi.html I previously wrote about how the health care and immigration debate has hit Vallejo. Specifically the Solano County Grand jury had recommended that funding by the Solano County Board of Supervisors to La Clinica De La Raza be limited to... Health care Geri Kahn 2009-10-07T15:51:15-08:00 http://www.californiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2009/10/will_i_be_considered_a_public_1.html I recently had a client inquire as to whether her enrollment in San Francisco's "Healthy Families" health insurance plan would endanger her green card application because she might be considered a "public charge." I originally thought it would be a... Geri Kahn 2009-10-05T22:13:30-08:00