By Allen E Kaye and Joseph DeFelice What is the Exchange Visitor Program (EVP)? The (EVP) was created as part of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (The Fulbright–Hays Act) to allow foreign nationals to temporarily reside in the United States and participate in a variety of education or training programs and…
By Allen E. Kaye and Joseph DeFelice Every year, U.S. employers seeking highly skilled foreign professionals submit their petitions on the first business day in April for the pool of H-1B visa numbers for which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) controls the allocation. With a statutory limit of 65,000 visa numbers available for new…
By: Allen E. Kaye and Joseph DeFelice WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) expresses its deep disappointment at the Trump administration rewrite of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) mission statement to, among other things, remove the phrase “a nation of immigrants.” “Removing words in the USCIS mission statement cannot…
By: Allen E. Kaye and Joseph DeFelice Co-Chairs of the Immigration and Naturalization Committee For foreign investors looking for freedom and flexibility to live and work in the United States in a way accommodating to their lifestyles, the EB-5 investor category can provide an excellent opportunity to accomplish this goal through the obtaining of Green…
In June, attorney Joseph F. DeFelice received an award honoring him for 8 years of service at the NY State Grievance Committee Dinner at LeDefense Bistro in downtown Brooklyn. In New York, the Appellate Divisions of the State Supreme Court and Grievance Committees appointed by each Appellate Division are the safeguards of appropriate conduct by…
A New York man was injured when he fell on a subway staircase that did not meet current regulations. Attorney Joseph F. DeFelice successfully obtained a settlement for his client from the NY City Transit Authority in the amount of $80,000. Need help with your wrongful injury case? Contact DeFelice Law.
Attorney Joseph F DeFelice successfully obtained a dismissal of charges in two sexual abuse cases. An employee of a local Manhattan deli was charged with forcible touching and sexual abuse in the third degree. Both charges were dismissed. Third-degree sexual assault and forcible touching charges were also dismissed against a Queens, NY resident. Are you…
Criminal Charges Dismissed DeFelice Law obtained a successful appeal in the case of The People of the State of New York vs Marc Ringel. Attorney Joseph DeFelice helped fight for Ringel’s 4th amendment rights by proving that the known facts did not support a warrantless entry, and all evidence obtained in the house was inadmissible. Ringel…
Rodriguez, Ronald (v Heath)(Summary Order)
Lawyers for Convicted Subway Pusher Say Their Client Didn’t Receive Proper Mental Care By Jon Campbell Thursday, August 27, 2015 A lawsuit challenging the effectiveness of mental health treatment in New York’s criminal justice system was filed Tuesday from an unlikely source; a convicted killer who says she never would have done it if she…
