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Our firm exists solely to represent clients seeking benefits under U.S. immigration laws. We use a team approach to meet and exceed the goals of our clients. We provide service in a prompt, courteous, cost-effective and ethical manner. To continuously improve our service, we encourage communication and feedback from our clients and interested government agencies.

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Copland and Brenner limits its practice to U.S. immigration and nationality laws. The firm represents clients in matters involving family, employment, and investor immigrant and non-immigrant visa classifications, naturalization, asylum claims, deportation and inadmissibility issues, waivers, consular processing, and employer sanctions. Our clients include families, including fiancés, students, scientists, researches, physicians, nurses, healthcare workers and businesses, hospitals, colleges and universities, religious organizations, and bio-medical research institutions before such U.S. agencies as: Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Labor, and the Department of State. Eric Copland has limited his practice to U.S. immigration and nationality matters since 1976; Barbara Brenner has limited her practice to U.S. immigration and nationality matters since 1990.

Current Newsletter and Articles

Immigration News Flash

USCIS Modifies Application for Employment Authorization

USCIS has revised Form I-765 to include additional eligibility codes regarding recent changes involving F-1 Optional Practical Training. USCIS will accept the July 30, 2007 edition of the form through July 8, 2008. As of July 9, 2008, USCIS will only accept the revised Form I-765, dated April 4, 2008, and will reject all requests using previous editions of the form. ...more »

April 25, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 
Report of Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has amended Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status, which now bears version Form I-693 (Rev. 04/02/08)N at the lower right hand corner. Previous editions of the form will be accepted only until May 1, 2008. The amended Form I-693 is online at http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-693.pdf, with instructions at more »

April 9, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 
USCIS REACHES FY 2009 H-1B CAP

In this update, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2009, which begins on October 1, 2008. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons who are exempt from the cap because they hold a master's degree (or higher) earned at a U.S. educational institution. A random selection process will first take place among the "master's cap" category, after which another random selection process wi...more »

April 8, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 

Copland and Brenner Immigration News - May, 2008

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What's New in the Federal Register?

Collection of Alien Biometric Data Upon Exit From the United States

April 25, 2008

The Federal Register

 
Extending Period of Optional Practical Training - Interim Final Rule

April 8, 2008

The Federal Register

 
Petitions Filed on Behalf of H-1B Temporary Workers Subject to Cap

March 24, 2008

The Federal Register

 
Visas: Documentation of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants --Visa Classification Symbols

March 20, 2008

U.S. Department of State

 
USCIS Announces Interim Rule on H-1B Visas

March 20, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 

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Immigration Articles of Interest

Family Struggled in Vain to Help Suffering Detainee

May 5, 2008

The New York Times

 
Immigration Agency’s List of Deaths in Custody

May 5, 2008

The New York times

 
Few Details on Immigrants Who Died in U.S. Custody

May 5, 2008

The New York Times

 
Pulling Back the Immigration Posses

April 30, 2008

The New York Times

 
USCIS Modifies Application for Employment Authorization

April 25, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 
Crackdown on Immigrants Draws Protests in Phoenix

April 14, 2008

The New York Times

 
Perfectly Legal Immigrants, Until They Applied for Citizenship

April 14, 2008

The New York Times

 
Report of Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status

April 9, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 
Visa Application Period Opens for Highly Skilled Workers

April 1, 2008

The New York Times

 
Immigration Referrals by Police Draw Scrutiny

March 24, 2008

The New York Times

 
USCIS Revises Filing Instructions for Petition for Alien Relative

March 21, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 
U.S. Cuts Off Visas in Minsk in a Dispute With Belarus

March 21, 2008

The New York Times

 
An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex

March 21, 2008

The New York Times

 
Questions and Answers: USCIS Announces Interim Rule on H-1B Visas

March 20, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 
Fact Sheet: Changes to the FY2009 H-1B Program

March 20, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 
Statement by USCIS Director Emilio T. Gonzalez on Processing of Naturalization Applications

March 14, 2008

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

 
Businesses Face Cut in Immigrant Work Force

March 14, 2008

The New York Times

 
Tech firms, pressed for new talent, clamor for more H-1B visas

March 14, 2008

The Business Review (Albany, New York)

 
Workers Sue Gulf Coast Company That Imported Them

March 11, 2008

The New York Times

 
Latinos Seek Citizenship in Time for Voting

March 7, 2008

The New York Times

 
After the War, a New Battle to Become Citizens

February 25, 2008

The New York Times

 
New Tactics to Control Immigration are Unveiled

February 23, 2008

The New York Times

 

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Immigration Reform

Immigration, Outsourced (Editorial)

April 9, 2008

The New York Times

 
Businesses Say New York’s Clout Is Emigrating, With Visa Policies to Blame

March 24, 2008

The New York Times

 

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