According to Open Doors 2010, an annual report published by the Institute of International Education, there has been record growth of international students enrolling in US colleges and universities during the 2009-2010 academic year. The rise was driven by a 30 percent increase in Chinese students enrolling in the US;…
After Marco Antonio Rua, chief engineer at the Wisconsin condominium in North Bethesda, was ordered by immigration authorities to leave the country along with his 17 year old daughter, residents of the condominium began working on his behalf. His petition for permanent residency had been denied because it was not…
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…
Robin Ferschke of Tennessee pleaded with Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, to pass a bill that would allow her widowed Japanese daughter-in-law and grandson to enter into the U.S. The bill is currently pending because some senators are concerned that the wording of the…
On November 15th, the House of Representatives passed legislation to aid US service members who marry foreigners. The bill was created in response to the case of Hotaru Ferschke, a Japanese woman, who married an US marine that was killed in Iraq. Since she was not a US citizen, Ferschke…
Peri Software Solutions Inc and its owner, Saravanan Periasamy, were ordered on December 7 to pay $638,449 in back wages with interest to 67 workers for violating provisions of the Immigration Nationality Act by the US Department of Labor related to the H1-B visa. Peri Software Solutions was additionally ordered…
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…
On November 5, the Department of Homeland Security released a Privacy Impact Assessment for the “Immigration Benefits Background Check Systems.” Every applicant seeking immigration benefits is required to undergo background checks administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Each applicant’s check includes cross-references against systems within the…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently vacated and remanded the final determination of a Certifying Officer (CO) denying labor certification for an alien worker for the position of “Controls Engineer.” The application was accepted on October 2, 2009 and on the application where additional recruitment efforts required…
The Justice Department settled with Hoover Inc. on November 10, after allegations that the company had been implementing discriminatory employment practices such as imposing excessive procedures for permanent residents going through the I-9 process. The investigation into Hoover Inc. revealed that the company was requiring all legal permanent residents to…