2014 Global Mobility & Immigration Award Winners Announced! The online magazine, “Acquisition International” has announced the winners of the, “2014 Global Mobility & Immigration Awards”. I’m proud to announce that for 2014, MVP Law Group, P.A. has won the “Best Law Firm for Temporary Visas – USA“. Since 2010, Acquisition…
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USCIS Stakeholder Teleconference with Director León Rodríguez – 8/14/14
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding a stakeholder teleconference on Thursday, August 14, 2014 between 1:30 to 2:30pm (EST). The subject of the event will be a “Dialogue with USCIS Director León Rodríguez” and will include his introduction and a Q&A session. León Rodríguez was…
Updated Service Center Processing Times
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 8/7/14 with processing dates as of 6/30/14. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
Excerpt from MVP Law Group’s July 2014 Immigration Newsletter
This is an excerpt from MVP Law Group’s July 2014 Immigration Newsletter, our Managing Attorney, Kellie Lego‘s monthly greeting/commentary. I recently attended the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) annual conference in Boston, MA from June 18 – June 21 attended by over 3,000 Immigration Attorneys across the U.S. In our…
Jamaican National convicted of Marriage Fraud
On July 23, 2014, a 32 year old Jamaican national, Nerene Erica Harrison was convicted in Federal Court (Tampa, FL) of Marriage Fraud under U.S. Immigration Law. Robert Kenneth Scott Cruz, a U.S. citizen who pleaded guilty of the same charge, was paid $6,000 to marry her after her temporary…
Interactive Map: Where Unaccompanied Immigrant Children are finding temporary homes
USA Today has put together an interactive map of the United States (state by state) showing the number of unaccompanied immigrant children placed within individual states. They are using the data released by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement showing a state-by-state breakdown of the number of unaccompanied immigrant minors…
House GOP Working Group releases Recommendations on Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border
On Wednesday, July 23, 2014, Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), the Chairwoman of the GOP House Working Group on national security and humanitarian crisis at the southern border released their recommendations and solutions. Granger stated, “This morning, I presented to the House GOP Conference the recommendations of Speaker Boehner’s working group.…
Updated Service Center Processing Times
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 7/17/14 with processing dates as of 5/31/14. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
Leon Rodriguez Sworn in as USCIS Director
On Wednesday, July 9, 2014, Leon Rodriguez was sworn in as the next Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS is a federal government agency with nearly 18,000 employees. They are responsible for administering the country’s immigration and naturalization system. USCIS is under the control of the U.S.…
Updated Service Center Processing Times
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 7/8/14 with processing dates as of 5/31/14. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…