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SDP&A Attorney to Participate in American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Ethics Conference

10 May 2013 at 9:33 AM

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Scott D. Pollock & Associates, P.C. attorney Elizabeth Rompf Bruen will participate in an ethics conference sponsored by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).  The conference will take place on May 17, 2013, from 8:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Chicago Bar Association.  Ms. Rompf Bruen, along with other panelists, will discuss ethical issues relevant to the  representation of children.

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SDP&A Attorney to Participate in a Roundtable Discussion with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Regarding Immigration and Entrepreneurs

1 May 2013 at 9:06 AM

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Scott D. Pollock & Associates, P.C. attorney Elizabeth Rompf Bruen will participate in a roundtable discussion with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which will be held at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Gleacher Center on May 8, 2013, from 3:30 to 5pm.  The Booth School of Business’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is partnering with USCIS to hold this roundtable discussion,  which will cover the link between immigration, entrepreneurship, and economic development.   Issues with the current immigration process will be examined – as well as ideas for making the United States a welcoming place for innovation-driven entrepreneurs.

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SDP&A Attorney to Speak at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Monthly Meeting

26 April 2013 at 10:05 AM

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Scott D. Pollock & Associates, P.C. attorney Elizabeth Rompf Bruen will be a guest speaker at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights monthly meeting on May 3, 2013, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.  Ms. Rompf Bruen will discuss screening for removability in naturalization cases and requests for prosecutorial discretion for removable naturalization applicants.

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Scott D. Pollock honored with the 2013 Verbum Award

12 April 2013 at 12:09 PM

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Scott D. Pollock was honored earlier this week with the 2013 Verbum Award by the Society of the Divine Word – Chicago Province.  For additional details, please click here and see below.

“April 10, 2013 — The Society of the Divine Word-Chicago Province presented the 2013 Verbum Award to Scott D. Pollock of Scott D. Pollock & Associates last night at Techny, Ill.
 
“This award recognizes Scott for his generous service and outstanding legal guidance on immigration matters,” said Provincial Superior Thomas Ascheman, SVD.In 2012, the religious order and the law firm partnered with three other Christian organizations to challenge the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on a disparity between religious worker visa holders and other types of visa holders. The ensuing policy change by the USCIS enabled fair treatment for all religious worker visa holders—allowing them to reclaim time spent out of the United States.”This policy change benefits not only members of the Society of the Divine Word—and not only Christians—but all religious workers who come from other countries to work in the United States,” Father Ascheman said.

Pollock and his legal team have assisted the Divine Word Missionaries with immigration matters since 1995. Over the years, they have provided legal services and information for missionaries from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and South America. They also have assisted the religious congregation in working with U.S. senators and congressmen, Homeland Security personnel, and immigration attorneys who focus on Canadian immigration law.

Pollock, who has practiced U.S. immigration law since 1985, holds a bachelor’s degree from Antioch College in Ohio and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in New York. He began his career with Minsky, Feiertag, McCormick & Hallagan in Chicago before becoming attorney and program director for Immigration and Refugee Legal Services of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

In 1990, Pollock founded Scott D. Pollock & Associates, which specializes in family and employment-based immigration, requirements for employment authorization, employer sanctions, immigrant and non-immigrant visa processing, political asylum, and deportation and exclusion matters.

“Scott and his staff have assisted us in obtaining a number of different types of visas,” Father Ascheman said. “Young men in different stages of their formation, as well as men who have served as missionary brothers and priests for decades, have benefited from their expertise. They even have secured the rare H-3 Special Training Visa for novices who came from Portugal, Hungary and Togo [West Africa].”

The Society of the Divine Word’s Chicago Province, the largest in the western hemisphere, oversees the work of more than 250 Roman Catholic missionaries working among the economically disenfranchised, immigrants and minorities in numerous states, Canada and the Caribbean. These SVDs are part of more than 6,000 missionaries in 71 countries.

The Verbum Award has been given 13 times in the past 16 years to honor laypeople who have made significant contributions to the work of the Chicago Province. Past recipients have come from Illinois, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.”

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USCIS to Implement Customer Identity Verification at Field Offices

8 April 2013 at 2:37 PM

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Courtesy of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) this afternoon:

“On Monday, May 6, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will implement Customer Identity Verification (CIV) in its field offices. Individuals will now be required to submit biometric data, specifically fingerprints and photographs, when appearing at USCIS offices for interviews or to receive evidence of an immigration benefit. CIV will help to both defend against threats to national security and protect customers from identity fraud by enhancing the agency’s ability to verify identity.

Currently, USCIS requires applicants and petitioners requesting immigration or naturalization benefits to visit one of our Application Support Centers (ASCs) to provide biometric data. USCIS uses this data to help determine eligibility for requested benefits. This requirement, along with providing a government-issued document for examination, will not change.

For CIV, an individual appearing at a USCIS field office for an interview or to be issued evidence of an immigration benefit will have his or her identity biometrically re-verified. Examples of evidence include temporary travel documents, parole authorizations, temporary extensions of Form I-90, and temporary I-551 stamps on passports or on Forms I-94 to evidence lawful permanent resident status. Individuals coming to USCIS field offices for other purposes, such as an Infopass appointment or as the guest of an applicant or petitioner, will not submit biometric data.

Under this new process, staff will take two fingerprints and a photograph of the individual and input this information into the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology’s (US-VISIT’s) Secondary Inspections Tool (SIT). SIT is a Web-based application that processes, displays and retrieves biometric and biographic data. US-VISIT also links databases associated with border inspections and security. After identity verification is satisfactorily completed, individuals will proceed to their interviews or be issued their immigration documents.”

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