Beginning April 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the implementation of a new pilot program called “Stampless Entry” at all 238 airports, 34 seaports, all pedestrian ports of entry on the southern border and most secondary land ports of entry on the Northern border. CBP claims this will simplify and streamline the arrival process by digitizing the process of legal entry into the country. What does “Stampless Entry” change? The program eliminates ink stamps in passports at points of entry. CBP has confirmed that this program is here to stay and will be expanded. CBP offic ..read more

Senior Associate Attorney Emily Wilson has been recognized as a Rising Star by the Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine. The Rising Star selection process includes peer nominations, independent research, and peer evaluation. To be eligible for inclusion in Rising Stars, a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less. All attorneys first go through the Super Lawyers selection process. Those who are not selected to the Super Lawyers list, but who meet either one of the Rising Stars eligibility requirements, go through the Rising Stars selection proc ..read more

Founding Partners Christina Lee and Camiel Becker have been recognized as Super Lawyers by the Northern California Super Lawyers Magazine for the third consecutive year. The Super Lawyers selection process includes peer nominations, independent research and peer evaluation. Each year only 5% of all attorney nominees within a legal field from each state are selected to Super Lawyers. The post Christina Lee and Camiel Becker Named 2021 Super Lawyers appeared first on Becker & Lee LLP ..read more

Partner Camiel Becker will speak at the 2020 AILA Athletics, Culture, Entertainment, and Science (ACES) Virtual Conference in a session titled “Waivers . . . Your Client Did What?!!!  Inadmissibility Issues for O’s and P’s.” The conference will be held virtually from Thursday – Friday, October 1-2, 2020. Camiel will join faculty members Zachary Robert Dussault (DL) of Charlotte, NC and Leslie Holman AILA Past President of Burlington, VT on a conference panel dedicated to waivers of inadmissibility for O and P Visas. The panelists will teach advocates how to assist clients who are found i ..read more

Partner Camiel Becker will speak on a national webinar titled “DACA and TPS Under Attack: Using Employment-Based Strategies to Obtain a More Secure Status” on Friday, September 25, 2020 at 11:00 AM PST (2:00 pm ET). That national American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) based out of Washington, DC, is hosting the webinar for immigration lawyers across the US. Camiel will join John C. Lemacks II of Los Angeles and Jennifer L. West of Richmond, Virginia on the nationwide online training. The panelists will teach lawyers how to develop strategies to help companies secure more stable immig ..read more

Partner Camiel Becker will speak about employment-based immigration options for DACA recipients on a panel sponsored by the Alameda Bar Association Immigration section and AILA NorCal on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm. The first half of the session will provide updates on the Supreme Court’s decision by Anna Manuel, who will provide strategies for dreamers who want to renew applications, file new applications or apply for Advance Parole. During the second half of the webinar, Camiel will explain the long-term immigration options for DACA holders, focusing particularly on employment-base ..read more

Partner Christina Lee spoke on a panel about forms of relief of removal in immigration court in this year’s national conference hosted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In the session “Relief from Removal: Cancellation and Asylum” the panel discussed other forms of relief such as The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA), suspension of deportation, Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act (HRIFA), Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA), and many more in order to prove guidance on how to combat grounds of removability.  The post Partner Christina Lee Spoke on a ..read more

Associate Attorney Emily Wilson spoke on a panel about the basics of PERM labor certifications – the first step in most employment-based green card processes – at the year’s largest conference on immigration law hosted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. The session “Labor Certification 102” included guidance on recruitment, mandatory recruitment, supplemental recruitment, and revision of resumes and documenting employer’s analysis of applicants.  This year’s virtual conference materials include an article co-authored by Becker & Lee Partner Christina H. Lee called “Reli ..read more

Three Best Rated ® has named Camiel Becker as one of the top 3 immigration lawyers in Oakland, California. The website uses a 50-point inspection process, which includes: reviews, reputation, ratings, satisfaction, history, complaints, trust, costs, and general excellence. During the summer of 2020, The Best Rated ® selected Becker & Lee LLP partner Camiel Becker as one of three immigraiton lawyers in Oakland California featured on it’s professional list. Click here to see the list of three lawyers in 2020.  The post The Best Rated ® Names Camiel Becker One of the Top 3 Immigration L ..read more

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), which is run by ICE, recently announced that F-1 and M-1 students will have to leave the country unless part of their course load this fall is taken in-person.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the spring and summer 2020 semesters, SEVP had granted a temporary exemption to federal regulations that restrict online courses for these students, allowing them to take online courses while remaining in the United States.  As of July 6, 2020 ICE/SEVP withdrew that exemption and replaced it with the following stricter rules for the fall 2020 s ..read more