The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding a stakeholder teleconference on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 between 3:00 to 4:00pm (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…
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MVP LAW GROUP – Immigration Q&A Forum, Friday, February 20, 2015
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Updated Service Center Processing Times
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 2/11/15 with processing dates as of 12/31/14. 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…
Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times – 2/1/15
Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released with processing dates as of 2/1/15. 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…
MVP “Immigration Q & A Forum” – This Friday, February 20, 2015
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…
CBP Premieres New Welcome Videos for International Air Travelers
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) process over 100 million international air travelers to the United States each year. They have released four new videos to help improve the international traveler’s experience. These videos are available in many different languages on the CBP web site. Acting Assistant Commissioner for…
Reminder – Expanded DACA will be available 2/18/15
President Obama announced a new series of executive actions related to Immigration on November 20, 2014. The first part of these executive actions, (Expanded) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will be available beginning February 18, 2015. The USCIS will begin accepting applications on 2/18/2015 and not any time before.…
Reminder – FY2016 H1B CAP – Another Very Short Season Expected
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…
Visa Bulletin – March 2015
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the March 2015 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the March 2015 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India moved from 9/1/05 to 1/1/07; the EB3 date for nationals…
MVP LAW GROUP – Immigration Q&A Forum, Friday, February 6, 2015
MVP Law Group, P.A. makes available the information and materials in this forum for informational purposes only. The information is general in nature and does not constitute legal advice or any contractual obligations. Further, the use of this site, and the sending or receipt of this information, does not create…