Montag Law http://www.montaglaw.com Law Offices Of Jonathan D. Montag in San Diego, California Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:39:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Does the NCSC discriminate against lawyers? http://www.montaglaw.com/2013/06/11/does-the-ncsc-discriminate-against-lawyers/ http://www.montaglaw.com/2013/06/11/does-the-ncsc-discriminate-against-lawyers/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:39:13 +0000 Jonathan Montag http://www.montaglaw.com/?p=2705 As I have written about before, USCIS has a National Customer Service Center (NCSC) where customers can call to ask about the status of their cases through an 800 number, (800) 375-5283. Recently a former client came to see me about delays in a benefit he was seeking and we discussed suing USCIS because of [...]

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]]> http://www.montaglaw.com/2013/05/01/is-uscis-becoming-more-exact-in-making-you-wait/feed/ 0 A little rain on the Moncrieffe parade http://www.montaglaw.com/2013/04/23/a-little-rain-on-the-moncrieffe-parade/ http://www.montaglaw.com/2013/04/23/a-little-rain-on-the-moncrieffe-parade/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:31:40 +0000 Jonathan Montag http://www.montaglaw.com/?p=2687 On April 23, 2013, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Moncrieffe v. Holder. In the case, a man, appropriately Mr. Moncrieffe, got convicted of a marijuana distribution crime in Georgia. Drug distribution felonies are categorized as aggravated felonies and render an alien deportable and ineligible for relief. In other words , such a crime [...]

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]]> http://www.montaglaw.com/2013/04/23/a-little-rain-on-the-moncrieffe-parade/feed/ 0 Marathon bombing case shines light on USCIS’s atrocious CARRP program http://www.montaglaw.com/2013/04/21/marathon-bombing-case-shines-light-on-usciss-atrocious-carrp-program/ http://www.montaglaw.com/2013/04/21/marathon-bombing-case-shines-light-on-usciss-atrocious-carrp-program/#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:55:05 +0000 Jonathan Montag http://www.montaglaw.com/?p=2682 One of the questions applicants for citizenship can be asked as part of the civics test which is part of the process of naturalization is, “What is the rule of law?” (Question 12). The possible answers are: Everyone must follow the law. Leaders must obey the law. Government must obey the law. No one is above [...]

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