USCIS has released their second 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.…
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…
Senate: December 2, 2015 Committee: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Title: Oversight of the Administration’s Criminal Alien Removal Policies Time: 2:30 pm Place: 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building December 3, 2015 Committee: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Title: Executive Business Meeting – the agenda includes S. 247, Expatriate…
Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released with processing dates as of 11/1/15. If you filed an appeal, please review the link below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case. Administrative Appeals Office The processing time for an I-129 H-1B Appeal is current; for an…
USCIS has released their first 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.…
All of us at MVP Law Group would like to wish everyone a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving 2015 marks 152 years of a national tradition. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a “day of Thanksgiving and Praise,” making Thanksgiving Day an annual holiday. Related…
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…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 11/17/15 with processing dates as of 9/30/15. 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…
The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary non-agricultural jobs. There is a cap limit of 33,000 for the first half of the fiscal year and 33,000 for the second half for a total of 66,000 per year.…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) will be holding a stakeholder listening session (teleconference) on Thursday, November 19th between 1:00pm to 2:00pm (Eastern). The subject of the event will be a general overview of filing tips and to gather any feedback…