MVP “Q & A Forum” – This Friday, January 7th, 2011 We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently affirmed the final determination of a Certifying Officer (CO) denying labor certification for an alien worker for the position of “Computer Software Engineer.” The Employer’s Labor Application was accepted by the CO on July 26, 2007, where the prevailing wage was…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently vacated the final determination of a Certifying Officer (CO) denying labor certification for an alien worker for the position of “Pharmacist.” The CO accepted the Employer’s Application for Permanent Employment Certification which stated the job required a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy…
Each month, annual preferences and foreign state limitations are subdivided by the Visa Office into monthly portions based on the applicants reported at consular posts and CIS Offices. If there is a sufficient amount of visas in a category to supply the demand then that category is considered “current” but…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently granted an Employer reconsideration for a case in which the CO originally denied labor certification (LC) for an alien worker for the position of “Care Taker-Ranch Hand.” After the Employer filed an LC on June 5, 2009 on behalf of an…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on December 15, 2010 with processing dates as of October 31, 2010. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing…
With the hard economic times today and the reality that many traditional sources of financing are unavailable, many U.S. companies are turning towards U.S. immigration laws to obtain money. The EB-5 investor visa program can provide U.S. companies an unusual source of financing-a foreign investor can receive a visa for…
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MVP “Q & A Forum” – This Friday, December 17th, 2010 We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the January 2011 Visa Bulletin. The January 2011 Visa Bulletin still shows employment based third preference (EB-3) visas as oversubscribed while the employment based second preference (EB-2) is current for all areas of chargeability except for…