Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on November 18, 2010 with processing dates as of September 30, 2010. 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 United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of November 12, 2010, 47,800 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap. As of November 12, 2010,…
After alleged immigration related employment discrimination charges were investigated by the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) against Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), a voluntary settlement was reached between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and CHW. During the investigation , the OSC determined that there was “reasonable cause” to suggest that CHW…
An amicus brief was filed by the Legal Action Center of the American Immigration Council (LAC) and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) that argued an H-1B employee should not face arrest, deportation, or detention if he/she has a pending extension request. The reasoning behind the brief is that the…
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 “Chef.” The applicants’ Employer Application for Permanent Employment Certification was originally accepted by the CO on December 1, 2006 but the…
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a reminder that its new application and petition fees go into effect November 23, 2010. The new fees increase application and petition fees by approximately 10 percent but naturalization fees will remain the same. To review the increased USCIS filing fees, please…
The Department of Labor (DOL) recently released version 1.2 of its Enforcement Data Site. Features of the updated site include an interactive map and dashboard, integrated data system with collaboration from other agencies, more advanced search criteria, and datasets being available to the public in a readable format. Users can…
After pleading guilty to a charge of counterfeiting a passport application, Ramon Francisco of the Dominican Republic who resided in Connecticut was sentenced to 14 months in prison October 28. During the investigation by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), it was discovered…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the December 2010 Visa Bulletin. The December 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…