April 09, 2012 H-1B Cap CountAs of April 9, 2012, approximately 17,400 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally, USCIS has receipted 8,200 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees. ...
April 8, 2012USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2013 Beginning April 2, 2012WASHINGTON¡XU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 cap on Monday April 2, 2012. Cases...
March 29, 2012DHS Announces Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for SyriansDue to ongoing violence in Syria, Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that DHS will provide Temporary Protective Status for Syrians currently in the United States. According to...
March 29, 2012The Dangers Faced By Individuals Waiting Abroad During The Processing Of Unlawful Presence WaiversOn January 9, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a notice of intent to implement stateside processing of provisional unlawful presence waivers of inad...
March 29, 2012Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers: Questions & AnswersIntroductionThe following Q and As explain the proposed provisional unlawful presence waiver process.BackgroundOn March 30, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a notice o...
March 29, 2012USCIS Proposes Process Change for Certain Waivers of InadmissibilityReleased: March 30, 2012Proposal would reduce time that U.S. citizens are separated from immediate relativesWASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today posted a Notice of ...
March 29, 201258 Countries Eligible to Participate in H2A & H2B ProgramEffective Jan. 18, 2012, nationals of the following 58 countries are eligible to participate inthe H-2A andH-2B programs:Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,Costa ...
January 30, 2012FY2012 H-2B Cap Count (Updated 01/31/12)As of 1/27/12, USCIS receipted 29,301 petitions toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the first half of the fiscal year. This count includes 21,689 approved and 7,612 pending petitions. The FY2012 H-2B cap count also includes 1,705 appr...
January 30, 2012Stateside Processing of Waivers of Inadmissibility for ImmigrantThe American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) writes to recommend that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revise the processing of waivers of inadmissibility to allow immigrant relatives of U...
January 12, 2012DOS Answers Questions on IV Processing Change at ChennaiAfter the announcement that U.S. Consulate Chennai is no longer processing immigrant visa (IV) petitions, the AILA/DOS liaison committee contacted the Visa Office (VO) regarding the change in procedure (AILA ...
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