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 3rd, 2010, 51,200 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap. As of December 3rd, 2010,…
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released with processing dates as of December 1, 2010. 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 an I-129 H-1B Appeal…
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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 26, 2010, 50,400 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap. As of November 26, 2010,…
MVP “Q & A Forum” – This Friday, December 3rd, 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…
According to Tyler Cowen, a writer for The New York Times and economics professor at George Mason University, immigration to the US is increasing business activity and therefore creating an increase in jobs. He cites “Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs” which explains that keeping companies onshore also helps keep low-wage…
Effective October 13, the US District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned a ruling that allowed special immigrant religious workers to file their Form I-485 alongside the organizations’ Form I-360. United States Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) will no longer accept Forms I-485, I-131, I-765 that are filed…
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 19, 2010, 48,977 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap. As of November 19, 2010,…
The Form I-129 has been revised by the United States Immigration and Citizenship Service (USICIS) which allows employers to petition for temporary workers under a variety of nonimmigrant visa classifications. Publication of the revisions by USCIS will be available on November 23, 2010. For 30 days after the publication of…
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…