Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 10/7/14 with processing dates as of 8/31/14. 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…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the November 2014 Visa Bulletin As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the November 2014 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India retrogressed (moved backwards) from 5/1/09 to 2/15/05; the EB3 date…
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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 the second half of FY 2014 (April 1 – September 30) is 33,000. As of the last count (9/30/14); 26,286 beneficiaries have been…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a news alert (10/3/14) advising that some of their customers have received more than one biometrics (fingerprints) appointment notice. *Please note that we are not discussing a duplicate appointment notice as that happens as well, but an actual second fingerprint appointment notice…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently overturned the decision of a Certifying Officer (CO) to deny labor certification for the position of “Software Engineer.” After obtaining & examining an Employer’s Application for Permanent Labor Certification, the CO issued an Audit notification ordering the Employer to submit its…
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…
I attended an American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) DC Chapter meeting on Wednesday evening in DC, where U.S. State Department, Charles Oppenheim (the man responsible for creating and publishing the monthly Visa Bulletin) informed the audience of the numbers for the November and December 2014 Visa Bulletins. Employment Based 2nd…
On Friday, September 26, 2014, USCIS announced that they have published a web page with free on-demand access to a Form I-9 webinar. On-demand means that this video of the Form I-9 webinar is available at any time on the Internet. This webinar explains how to correctly complete the Form…
Annually, the United States government issues a maximum of 50,000 green cards through a computer-generated random lottery drawing. Applications for the DV-2016 random lottery will be accepted from noon (EDT) Wednesday, October 1, 2014 through noon (EST) Monday, November 3, 2014. Paper entries will not be accepted, eligible participants may…