In recent years, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented a program whereby a randomized lottery determines which applicants will be eligible for H1B cap petitions. The initial selection process for fiscal year 2022 has now come to an end. If your name was not selected in this lottery, what can you do?
Immigration Filing Fees 23 December 2016DHS final rule with the fee schedule for USCIS immigration and naturalization benefit requests. DHS increased fees by a weighted average of 21 percent. Applications and petitions mailed, postmarked, or otherwise filed on or...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that Ledezma-Cosino v. Lynch, originally decided by a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit on 3/24/16, be reheard en banc. (Ledezma-Cosino v. Lynch, 10/12/16).The [three-judge] panel granted Salomon Ledezma-Cosino's...
USCIS Updates Policy Manual with Extreme Hardship Guidance https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume9-PartB.html USCIS Policy Manual on Determining Extreme Hardship guidance for qualifying relatives by certain statutory waiver provisions becomes...
https://www.ice.gov/sevis/school-alerts This notice was posted on ICE's website on October 13, 2016: Based on federal regulation, Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified schools are subject to a review of their certification at any time. On Oct. 6, 2016,...
DOS Releases Visa Bulletin for November 2016 The November 2016 Visa Bulletin has been released. https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2017/visa-bulletin-for-november-2016.html It includes "Application Final Action Dates" and "Dates for...
The EB-5 Immigrant Visa Category Filing Dates for China will retrogress October 1 from May 1, 2015 to June 15, 2014. The National Visa Center (NVC) confirms it will continue to accept fees, forms, and documents for EB-5 immigrant visa applications for persons from...
The EB-5 Immigrant Visa Category Filing Dates for China will retrogress October 1 from May 1, 2015 to June 15, 2014. The National Visa Center (NVC) confirms it will continue to accept fees, forms, and documents for EB-5 immigrant visa applications for persons from...
Today iCERT posted an update to PERM Prevailing Wage Processing Time of September at 90 days to October for 109 days. I suspect 120+ days may be anticipated for November.The most common form of green card sponsorship through employment is PERM labor certification. The...
CBP notice that the global entry program will be expanded to nine additional airports. Global Entry will become operational at all nine airports on or before 4/3/17. (81 FR 68442, 10/4/16) Expansion of Global Entry Program to Nine Additional Airports CBP is...
%
Years Experience
Employers
Countries
%
Approval Rating
