Job Description: Receptionist/Messenger Responsible for answering phones/web inquiries, routing calls and other correspondence to appropriate offices, and taking down messages. Greet visitors and clients as they walk into the office. Provide assistance in sorting incoming mails, as well as in processing outgoing mails. Responsible for...
Baumann, Kondas, and Xu, LLC is pleased to announce our new partner to the firm, Mr. Shane F. T. Black. Shane has been an associate with the firm since October 2010, with his practice focusing in the area of Employment and Family-based Immigration as well...
In a rare New Years Day vote, the Senate voted to pass the 2021 National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA) into law over presidential veto. Within this law there are provisions which bring hope to small contractors and related businesses in Guam who have been desperately...
Reeling from the adverse impact of COVID-19, Presidential Proclamations, public charge rule, and the dramatic increase of immigration fees effective on October 2, 2020, we finally have some welcoming news on the immigration front: the October Visa Bulletin shows significant improvement in the green card...
On July 31, 2020, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule adjusting fees in order to meet operational needs and implementing other related procedural adjustments effective October 2, 2020. Many of the adjustments to these fees and associated procedures can have...
This article addresses the cap exemption available to employers who wish to employ professional and skilled workers temporarily to work on projects in the U.S. Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“CNMI”)....
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has many unique immigration issues like no others. When the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA) installed the U.S. immigration system in the CNMI on November 28, 2009, the law intended to provide temporary legal status...
The United States government controls immigration on Guam. The US immigration system is a highly contested issue under partisan politics to the point that formal legislation in this area has proven next to impossible in recent history. Therefore, it is common that changes are made...
Editor's Interview with Atty Ladd Baumann about U.S. Immigration Issues Reprinted as courtesy of Marianas Business Journal February 27 - March 11, 2012 Pages 9 and 12 Q&A Editor's Note: Ladd A. Baumann is senior partner at Baumann, Kondas and XU LLC, a law specializing in the practice of immigration...
The American immigration system is messed up, according to Atty. Ladd Baumann, an immigration specialist with the law firm Baumann, Kondas, & Xu LLC, who spoke to the Rotary Club of Guam yesterday....