Extension of the Designation of El Salvador for TPS & Extension of EAD for Salvadoran TPS BeneficiariesThis Notice announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) has extended the designation of El Salvador for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 mon...
January 12, 2012Is the Romney Campaign Embracing Anti-Immigrant Extremism?Today, Mitt Romney’s campaign heartily accepted the endorsement of renown anti-immigrant activist, Kris Kobach. As Mitt Romney emerges as the leading contender for the GOP nomination, he and those he affiliates with will garne...
January 12, 2012USCIS Announces Its Intent to Implement Stateside Processing of Unlawful Presence WaiversU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to change its currentprocess for filing and adjudication of certain applications for waivers of inadmissibility filed in...
January 5, 2012Proposed Rule Change Will Unify Families Subject to 3 and 10 Year BarsJanuary 6, 2012Washington D.C. - Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposal to streamline the application process for the spouses and children of U.S. citizens curr...
January 5, 2012BALCA Reverses PWD, Discusses “Affiliated Nonprofit Entity” under ACWIABALCA reversed the PWD and remanded for an ACWIA wage finding the employer is an affiliated or related nonprofit entity under 20 CFR §656.40(e)(1)(ii) because it is attached to Harvard Medi...
November 29, 2011Announcement by the Department of Homeland Security Regarding Case by Case ReviewNovember 17, 2011The Department of Homeland Security announced that it will begin to review all deportation cases pending before federal immigration courts, following up on the August 18th case by...
November 29, 2011H.R. 3012 – Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (Updated 11/30/11)H.R. 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, introduced on September 22, 2011 by Rep. Chaffetz (R-UT), eliminates the employment-based per-country cap entirely by fiscal year 2015 and r...
November 29, 2011NEW E VISA PROCESSING FOR MISSION ITALYEffective December 1, 2011, all E visas applications will be processed in Rome.Therefore, all new E visa applications submitted after December 1, 2011 should be sent to the E VisaSection in Rome following the directions on the web....
November 29, 2011USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2012 H-1B CapWASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2012. USCIS is notifying the public...
November 27, 2011FY2012 H-2B Cap Count (Updated 11/14/11)As of 11/14/11, USCIS receipted 8,520 petitions toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for FY2012. This count includes 7,641 approved and 879 pending petitions. AILA Doc. No. 11080965. ...
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