Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on January 15, 2010 with processing dates as of November 30, 2009. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing…
FYI – The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has reported a glitch in the issuance of Advance Parole Documents during the first part of January 2010. The date of issuance on the documents is noted as January 1990 instead of 2010. USCIS has identified all of the cases in which…
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Effective January 21, 2010, the Department of Labor’s iCERT online system will be updated to allow the submission of electronic prevailing wage determination requests. This electronic process will allow Employers and/or their Designated Representatives to submit and obtain prevailing wage determinations (PWD) for use in the H-1B, H-1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H-1C,…
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently updated their list of Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) approved schools . The schools listed have all been certified to participate in the program. The program allows foreign students interested in obtaining an education in the United States to complete…
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released on December 31, 2009 with processing dates as of December 2, 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 received sufficient H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 for FY2010. New H-1B Petitions filed after December 21, 2009 seeking an employment start date in FY2010 will be rejected by USCIS. Furthermore, the Service will apply a computer-generated random…
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 December 15, 2009, 64,200 H-1B cap subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced…
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…
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 December 10, 2009, 62,500 H-1B cap subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced…