Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on December 16, 2009 with processing dates as of October 31, 2009. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing…
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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. The January 2010 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 China and India. Click here to view the January…
Effective January 1, 2010, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) National Prevailing Wage and Helpdesk Center (NPWHC) in Washington, DC, will receive and process prevailing wage determination (PWD) requests for use in the H-1B, H-1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H-1C, H-2B, E-3 (Australia), and permanent labor certification programs. On December 19, 2008,…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Centers were released on November 16, 2009 with processing dates as of September 30, 2009. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. The December 2009 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 China and India. Click here to view the December…
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released on November 4, 2009 with processing dates as of November 1, 2009 If you filed an appeal, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case. Administrative Appeals Office The current processing time for…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has recently issued a fact sheet reminding qualifying applilcants to apply EARLY for an Advance Parole document, as Advance Parole processing times take about 90 days. The list of applicants who must obtain an Advance Parole document before traveling outside of the…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently affirmed the final determination of a Certifying Officer (CO) denying labor certification (LC) for an alien worker for the nonprofessional position of “Drywall taper.” The employer filed a LC which was mailed on September 20, 2006 and accepted for processing on…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Centers were released on October 18, 2009 with processing dates as of August 31, 2009. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time…