The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H2B Visa petitions received by the USCIS for the second half of FY2011 and first half of FY2012. As of August 12, 2011, USCIS receipted 30,810 petitions toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the second half…
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…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on August 17th, 2011 with processing dates as of June 30, 2011. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently affirmed the final determination of a Certifying Officer (CO) denying labor certification for an alien worker for the position of “Computer Systems Analyst.” The CO denied the application stating that the journal used to advertise the position was not a recognized…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of August 12, 2011, 25,300 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap. As of August 12, 2011,…
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…
AILA has received a report that the NPWC is now sending out the following revised message regarding prevailing wage determinations: The OFLC National Prevailing Wage Center is experiencing delays in processing prevailing wage determinations as it is currently working to reissue certain determinations to comply with a court order issued…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the September 2011 Visa Bulletin. The September 2011 Visa Bulletin still shows employment based third preference (EB-3) visas as oversubscribed while the employment based second preference (EB-2) is current for all areas of chargeability except for…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently affirmed the final determination of a Certifying Officer (CO) denying labor certification for an alien worker for the position of “Electrical Helper.” A selection was not made for Section M-1, which concerns whether or not the application was completed by the…
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released with processing dates as of August 1, 2011. 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 current processing time for an I-129 H-1B Appeal…