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Don’t Be Intimidated By Your Boss When Filing a Workers’ Comp Claim

Posted on 09/23/13

Connecticut Companies Have to Deal Fairly and Honestly with Your Workers’ Comp Claim; Don’t Settle for Less By law, all companies in our state are required to carry Connecticut workers’ compensation insurance—not only in “dangerous” industries such as trucking and construction, but also relatively harmless white-collar professions such as banking and publishing. Unfortunately, the time,



What is Secure Communities?

Posted on 09/19/13

Connecticut Immigration Attorney James A. Welcome explains ICE’s Secure Communities deportation program and the Connecticut TRUST Act Recently, the Connecticut legislature unanimously passed the TRUST act, which Governor Malloy is expected to sign into law, limiting the state’s participation in the Secure Communities program. Secure Communities is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation


How To Renew Your Green Card

Posted on 09/18/13

Connecticut Immigration Attorney James A. Welcome discusses the procedure for renewing a “green card” or a Lawful Permanent Resident card. How to renew a green card by filing USCIS Form I-90 Green Cards are issued to permanent residents as proof of authorization to live and work in the United States. Green cards typically expire after


Are You Getting Bad Legal Advice about Your Immigration Case?

Posted on 09/18/13

Connecticut Immigration Attorney James A. Welcome discusses the bad advice some non-experts give to immigration clients and why it is harmful to immigration cases. This past April, two men and their team were sentenced to federal prison for operating a document mill in Baltimore that sold thousands of fake identification documents, including green cards and