Jenna is an intern with the firm and is not a practicing attorney. A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that nearly all immigrant children who turn 21 while waiting for their families’ visa application to be approved will have to…
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Important Proposed Changes to the H-1B Visa
Jenna is an intern with the firm and is not a practicing attorney. On May 6th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced two proposed rule changes in hopes to attract new investment and business to the United States. The…
Tagged with: Employment Authorization for Spouses, H-1B Workers, Highly Skilled Workers, Proposed Rule Changes
Posted in In The News
Posted in In The News
US Consulates in Canada Suspend Processing 3rd Country Nationals During Summer
U.S. Consulates in Canada are temporarily suspending third country national processing during June, July, and August 2014. Applicants with appointments already scheduled at a post in Canada during these months will not be affected. Only emergency cases may seek consideration…
Influx of Unaccompanied Children Crossing Border an “Urgent Humanitarian Situation”
Jenna is an intern with the firm and is not a practicing attorney. In a memorandum dated June 2nd President Obama declared the increasing wave of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S. – Mexican border an “urgent humanitarian situation” and directed…
High Demand for H-1B Visa Petitions Continues
Jenna is an intern with the firm and is not a practicing attorney. Once again, demand for H-1B visa petitions greatly exceeded the supply, as predictably, the H-1B visa quota cap for fiscal year 2015 was reached quickly. Within the…
Tagged with: H-1B Visa Cap Quota, H-1B Visa Petitions, USCIS
Posted in H-1B Visa Petitions, In The News
Posted in H-1B Visa Petitions, In The News
Arrival/Departure History Now Available on I-94 Webpage
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched a new webpage on May 1 that offers nonimmigrant U.S. visitors access to their I-94 arrival/departure record and their arrival/departure history. The new CBP webpage allows nonimmigrant travelers to access arrival/departure records…
Differences In Dates in USCIS L Visa Approval & Consulate Passport Visa Stamp
Your passport L-1A visa stamp is good until 2015, but the USCIS approval expires in 2014, which one is correct? The dichotomy in the passport visa stamp and the USCIS approval can be confusing. There is a difference in the…
Fiscal Year 2014 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program
On April 1, 2014 USCIS began accepting applications for a competitive grant funding opportunity to promote immigrant civic integration and prepare permanent residents for citizenship. USCIS will offer up to $10 million in competitive funding for citizenship preparation programs in…
H-1B Status
USCIS received about 172,500 H-1B petitions during the filing period which began April 1, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 10, 2014, USCIS completed a computer-generated random selection process, or lottery, to select enough petitions to…
USCIS Reaches FY 2015 H-1B Cap
On April 7th USCIS announced that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2015. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the…
