Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 3/6/15 with processing dates as of 1/31/15. 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…
The Fiscal Year 2016 H-1B season is quickly approaching and has been projected to be another short season. The H1B CAP for FY2015 was reached on April 7, 2014. Each Fiscal Year (FY), which starts on October 1, 65,000 H-1B visas become available for what is referred to as the…
The following immigration related bills were introduced into the House of Representatives and the Senate January 2015 through February 2015. Pending Legislation: Senate Bills S.153: High-Skilled Immigration Bill (“I-Squared”) Reintroduced in Senate 1/14/2015 On 1/13/15, Senators Hatch (R-Utah), Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Rubio (R-Fla.), Coons (D-Del.), Flake (R-Ariz.), and Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced…
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On Tuesday, March 17th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resumed adjudication of H-2B Visa petitions! They announced that they would continue the suspension on H-2B premium processing until further notice. Premium Processing is a service which for an added cost can be used to expedite processing of certain employment-based…
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…
Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released with processing dates as of 3/1/15. 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…
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…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Thursday, March 12th that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 cap on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS receives a properly filed petition for which the correct…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the April 2015 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the April 2015 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India moved from 1/1/07 to 9/1/07; the EB3 date for nationals…