The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Teleconference on Wednesday, February 3rd between 1:00pm to 2:30pm (Eastern). The event will start with an update of the EB-5 program followed by a question and answer session. USCIS is inviting participants to ask…
H1B Visa Lawyer Blog
MVP “Immigration Q & A Forum” – This Friday, Jan. 22, 2016
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 those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer…
Impact of New Americans (2015) – Nevada, New Hampshire & New Jersey
Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2015) The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics and other details. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and…
Revised: Updated Service Center Processing Times (10/31/15)
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 12/22/15 with processing dates as of 10/31/15. 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…
Visa Bulletin – February 2016
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the February 2016 Visa Bulletin The monthly Visa Bulletin has changed. The bulletin now summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during the reported month for: “Application Final Action Dates” (consistent with prior Visa Bulletins) and “Dates…
The 2016 State of the Union Address is TONIGHT!
MVP Law Group would like to remind everyone to watch President Obama’s final State of the Union Address. He will be speaking Tuesday Evening at 9:00 PM EST LIVE from the U.S. Capitol. The White House has suggested that the focus of the address will be the President’s reflection on…
FY2016 Cap for U Visas is filled
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a News Alert (12/29/15) stating that the statutory maximum of 10,000 U nonimmigrant petitions (U Visas) for FY2016 has been reached. This is the 7th year in a row that this maximum cap has been reached before the end of the fiscal…
MVP LAW GROUP – Immigration Q&A Forum, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016
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Impact of New Americans (2015) – Missouri, Montana & Nebraska
Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2015) The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics and other details. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and…
USCIS updated FY2015 Performance Data – All Form Types (Qtr. #3)
USCIS has released their third quarter, Fiscal Year 2015 (FY2015) performance data for all form types as a statistical table. They have divided the forms by category: Family, Employment, Humanitarian, Citizenship and Naturalization, and Other as the rows. The columns are divided by case status: Received, Approved, Denied, and Pending.…