The Visa Bulletin for June 2012 has recently been published and shows unavailability of immigrant visas in the employment-based second preference (EB-2) category for individuals who are born in China or India. The EB-2…more
On March 27, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a notice in the Federal Register inviting the public to comment on proposed revisions to Form I-9. As you may know, employers are required under the…more
Originally published in Law360, New York (April 25, 2012, 4:53 PM ET)
The federal government appeared to find little support at the U.S Supreme Court on Wednesday for its arguments that one key provision of Arizona's…more
On April 2, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting new H-1B petitions against the annual H-1B cap for Fiscal Year 2013. USCIS announced yesterday that 22,323 cap-subject H-1B petitions have been…more
In the coming months we will see more limitations on the number of green card or immigrant visa numbers available for individuals from India and China. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) expects the EB-2 category for India and…more
This alert is a reminder of the rapidly approaching April 1, 2012 “deadline” for the filing of H-1B
worker petitions for Fiscal Year 2013. Petitions for the new fiscal year will be accepted by…more
The U.S. State Department has indicated that due to the low demand this year for immigrant visas in the employment-based First Preference (EB-1) category (for persons of extraordinary ability, outstanding researchers or…more
Update on H-1B Visa Count As of May 6, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had received 10,200 capeligible H-1B petitions against the Fiscal Year 2012 65,000 cap amount. As of this date, USCIS had also…more
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin to accept fiscal year (FY) 2012 H-1B petitions on April 1, 2011, for H-1B positions with start dates of October 1, 2011, which is when the next U.S. government fiscal…more
On January 28, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) started testing a new database to validate information about U.S. employers filing petitions for employment-based immigration benefits. The web-based…more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has finally made it easier for Adjustment of Status applicants to work and travel!
Starting February 11, 2011, USCIS will begin issuing employment and travel authorization…more
On January 27, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, as of January 26, it has received more than enough H-1B petitions to meet the numerical limit for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 cap-subject H-1B…more
On January 21, 2011, U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that 62,800 H-1B petitions out of the regular quota of 65,000 have been received since April 1, 2010. USCIS also announced that the special…more
On December 1, 2010 we alerted you that the new Form I-129 (the nonimmigrant visa petition form), which went into effect on December 23, 2010, requires Petitioners to answer questions regarding the “deemed export” of…more
On December 10, 2010, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that 52,400 H-1B petitions out of the regular quota of 65,000 have been received since April 1, 2010. Last year, this number of H-1B…more
