Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2014) 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…
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The 2015 State of the Union Address is tonight!
MVP Law Group would like to remind everyone to watch President Obama’s State of the Union Address. He will be speaking Tuesday Evening, January 20, 2015 at 9:00 PM EST live from the U.S. Capitol. The White House has suggested that the focus of the address will be Internet Access,…
MVP “Immigration Q & A Forum” – This Friday, January 23, 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…
IG Report says Drones at the U.S. Border are Expensive and Not Effective
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been operating nine military grade drones (Predator B) to police our southern border with Mexico since 2005. They originally had eleven drones but there have been two crashes since the program’s inception. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is charged with operating the…
Impact of New Americans – Vermont, Virginia & Washington
Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2014) 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 – 1/1/15
Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released with processing dates as of 1/1/15. 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…
Visa Bulletin – February 2015
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the February 2015 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the February 2015 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India moved from 2/15/05 to 9/1/05; the EB3 date for nationals…
MVP LAW GROUP – Immigration Q&A Forum, Friday, January 9, 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…
H-2B Cap Count UPDATE – 12/26/14
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. The H-2B cap limit for first half of FY 2015 (October 1 – March 31) is 33,000. As of the last count (12/26/14); 18,841 beneficiaries have been approved…
Impact of New Americans – Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island & South Carolina
Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2014) 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…