Immigration Insider Spring 2015 Newsletter

UAMS Immigration Insider
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Spring 2015
THE ROAD TO PERMANENT RESIDENCE
The Road to Permanent Residence: Which Exit Should I Take?
Special points of
interest:
 Road to Permanent Residence
 Arkansas Gems
 UAMS Spotlight
Day/Time: Thursday, 4/30 from 1:00 – 2:30p
Location: College of Public Health Room 8/240
Immigration Support Services will address the many questions physicians, researchers, and other professionals have about the rigorous requirements of the
permanent resident green card process. This session will take a more in depth
look into the road to get to the green card and the green card process itself. We
will look at specifics of various green card preference categories and how that
correlates to current world-wide green card availability. We will also address what
this means to the principal applicant as well as to those all-important family
members. In this session we will answer
questions like; What is retrogression?
What timeline should I keep in mind as
my career moves for-ward? And what are
the new rules about H-4 work authorization?
Immigration Support Services is one of
UAMS’s approved law firms that provides
immigration case services to foreign nationals and departments as needed. They have completed nearly 15,000 employmentbased petitions for over 1000 companies, universities, medical facilities and organizations across the United States.
Inside this issue:
Arkansas Gem
2
UAMS Spotlight
3
Reminder: International Travel
India Fest
4
Birthdays!
5
Events and Information
6
This is a reminder for those of you making international travel plans in the next few
weeks and months. It is CRITICAL and IMPERATIVE that you have valid documentation to
re-enter the U.S. after traveling abroad. Before leaving, be sure you have a valid UAMS
visa stamp in your passport OR a current Advance Parole document, AND a current Employer Verification Letter from our office. Without the above documentation, you will not
be allowed to re-enter the U.S. regardless of what reasoning you may give the USCIS immigration/DHS border patrol agent.
To request a travel packet for visa stamping abroad, please complete our online re-quest
form found at http://hr.uams.edu/other/work-life-balance/immigration/requestdocuments/.
To request an Employer Verification Letter (EVL), please complete the online request
from found at http://hr.uams.edu/other/work-life-balance/immigration/requestdocuments/. In order to provide you a current EVL for your travel, all EVL requests should
be made 2-3 weeks prior to your departure date.
If you have any questions regarding upcoming travel and what documents may be needed, please don’t hesitate to contact Lisa Gaddy at [email protected].
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ARKANSAS GEM
HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL
PARK
Did you know
that Arkansas
has 52 state
parks? Find
them here!
Hot Springs (located approximately 58 miles from Little Rock), was named just for
that, its naturally hot water springs. In the early years, Native Americans went to
one of the springs for its healing properties; the city is home to several natural
“hot springs” which are located throughout the city. Hot Springs, Arkansas is located in the Ouachita Mountains and is the oldest Federal Reserve in the United
States. There is so much to do in Hot Springs. Feeling a little stressed? You
can have a hot bath in one of the many bathhouses on Bathhouse Row with naturally hot water furnished from one of the springs, followed by a soothing full
body massage. There are hiking trails with lots of beautiful sites if you just want
to de-stress with a peaceful walk. If you like to shop, Central Avenue is the place
to be. You can tour the city in a boat on wheels that makes its way to one of several lakes located in or near the outskirts of Hot Springs. The many sites to see
in Hot Springs include Lookout Tower, Sky Bridge, a Gangster Museum
(gangsters used to frequent Hot Springs in the early 1900s); Arkansas Alligator
Farm and Petting Zoo; Garvin Woodland Gardens (which is run by University of
Arkansas landscape architecture department); Oakland Park (horse racing) and,
my favorite, Magic Springs and Crystal Falls, a theme park with amusement
rides, a water park and concerts. At Magic Springs, one can buy a one day pass
or a season pass to enjoy all season long. There are hotels, campsites, cabins
where one can spend the night and you can even go horseback riding and fish
from your back porch if you
stay at Panther Valley
Ranch. Restaurants,
Shows, Flea Markets, whatever you’re in the mood for,
Hot Springs has it. Visit Hot
Springs, Arkansas, only 45
minutes away by car.
www.hotsprings.org
www.hotsprings.org/places/
activities/category/museums/?
sort=n
www.magicsprings/com/
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UAMS SPOTLIGHT
UAMS PHYSICIAN & PROVIDER PLACEMENT PROGRAM
What is it? A FREE service to UAMS Residents and other UAMS Health Care Professionals
What we do:
We assist UAMS Residents and other UAMS Health Care Professionals with CV preparation
and job placement after graduation.
We work with clinics, facilities and communities across the state of Arkansas to assist in the
recruitment, placement and retention of health care professionals.
How to contact us:
We have one full time Physician Placement Specialist, as well as a Placement Coordinator,
on staff to assist you.
Erin Carter
Placement Specialist
[email protected] 501.516.5468
Gen Abdella
Placement Coordinator
[email protected] • 501.686.2574
Submit your CV online: www.medjobarkansas.com
Thinking about buying a home while you are here in
Little Rock?
Onebanc Home Financing professionals would love
to help!
Please see more information here.
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INDIA FEST 2015
Celebrate the Indian Culture!
Sunday, April 19, 2015 – 11a to 7 p
At: River Market Pavilion
400 Presidential Clinton Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72201
India Fest is designed to bring cultures, generations and communities for one
day of togetherness. Visitors are encouraged to participate in the thematic display of the rich culture and diversity of two nations – India and USA.
The event will have exhibitions that showcase talents. There will be a “Taste
of India” food fest as well.
The event is hosted by Friends of India, AAPI (American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin), Gujarati Samaj, Vendanta Society, Telugu Samithi, Kerala Association, Srigandha Kannada Koota, Tamil Association, and the Indian
Student Associations of UALR and UCA.
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SPRING BIRTHDAYS
May
Mao Hua Cao
Jun Gao
Punsiri Colonne
Jameel Muzaffar
Esther Prince
Sridhar Enuganti
Arjun Vaid
Rohan Samant
Eva Caroline Diaz Fuentes
Syed Ashad Abid
Ramanagouda Ramanagoudr Bhojappa
Varinder Kaur
Linxi Li
Jingyun Li
Anup Srivastava
Diana Escalona-Vargas
Marwan Moussa
Naho Harada
Han-Ni Wang
Suneetha Sampath
Towino Paramby
Chunqiao Luo
Rui Guo
Kshitij Chatterjee
Hyacinthe Umwali
Kabir Kothari
Narendra Gutta
Mohammad Raheel
Sunita Parajuli
Kwan Park
Emre Ermisoglu
Jonathan Mhlanga
Deepak Chandra
Naga Venkata Pothineni
Supraja Prakash
Bernice Nounamo
Anna Dobrinski
July
Muthukumar Radhakrish- Lakshmi Prasanthi Nadimnan
palli Sri Venkata
Faysal Fedda
Muhammad Chauhan
Sai Kiran Raghavapuram
Setu Patolia
Gaurav Syal
Somdutta Saha
Awani Deshmukh
Samer Abdel-Aziz
Kaustubh Limaye
Srdan Markovic
Hanna Yoo
Sukanthi Kovvuru
Tianyuan Yao
Sunitha Kenchey
Syed Ali
Maliha Jumani
Letycia Catalina Nunez
Upasana Tiwari
Argote
Juliana Bonilla-Velez
Anthonya Cooper
Samia Ayed Ayub
Mahanazuddin Syed
Nikhil Reddy Madadi
Ajay Kumar
Vijeta Shukla
Irene Mangan Mbondi
Shubeena Chib
Neeraj Dayama
Anisha Rathi
Zhongpeng Lu
Michael Schonberger
Nang San Hti Lar Seng
Uwemedimbuk Ekanem
Sharmilan Thanendrarajan
Tao Wang
Catherine Munns
Izoumroud Soultanova
Desire Chedjieu
Manoj Kumar
Nicolas Bianchi
Amit Ketkar
Tawfiq Al-Lahham
Naveen Nagaraj
Dileep Atluri
Venkata Uppala
Yogesh Jethava
Pravinkumar Patil
Sapna Ravindranath
August
Mallikarjuna Rao RettiSaleema Karim
ganti
Julia Liu
Preeti Preeti
Augusta Dogbe
Elise Gaudreau-Lavoie
Satheesh Gujarathi
Abdel Rahman Lataifeh Gerardo Tamayo-Enriquez
June
Shobanbabu Bommagani
Shiqiao Ye
Leena Maddukuri
Pooja Motwani
Abha Choudhary
Yulian Menyaev
Rinata Aisena
Chitharanjan Duvoor
Pankaj Mathur
Pragya
Singh
Mohan Rudrappa
Rajesh Baderudrappagari
Zufeng Ding
Sai Kode
Debopam Samanta
Zabeen Mahuwala
Yuko Fujiwara
Sameer Raina
Shashank
Kraleti
Alejandra Mena Gutierrez
Mariam Boota
Lakshminarayana Chekuri Sandra Susanibar Adaniya
Kinshuk Sahaya
Sujay Kharade
Carolina Schinke
Venumadhav Janganati
Fnu
Shailesh
Mehmet Sen
Maria Isabel Pino ArgumSantiago Rojas Paez
Rashmi Samdani
edo
Ranjeet Singh
Ciji Arthur
Sri Rama Murthy AppalanArundhati Gupta
Xiaocong Li
eni
Kirshma Khemani
Shahanawaz Jiwani
Srikanth Medrametla
Orwa Aboud
Anita Akbar Ali
Sirish Bennuri
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Upcoming Events
April 22
UAMS Earth Day Festivities 2015
9:00a—3:00p, Campus Drive
May 25
Memorial Day
(UAMS Holiday)
July 3
Independence Day
(UAMS Holiday)
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Services
Find us at:
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Slot# 564
Central Building 4th Floor, Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-686-8132
Fax: 501-603-1318
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