The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state. With national immigration policy being discussed, we…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding a national webinar on Thursday, November 4, 2021, between 1:30 to 2:30 pm (Eastern). This webinar will provide an overview of USCIS Data Listening Session with specifics on the types of data that are available from USCIS for the…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding a national webinar on Friday, November 5, 2021, between 2:00 to 3:30 pm (Eastern). This webinar will provide an overview of USCIS Parole Stakeholder Engagement with an update specific to Afghan nationals located outside of the U.S. who have…
The United States announced they will be lifting the restrictions at the land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in the beginning of November! This will end the 19 months closure for non-essential travelers because of the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas stated “(we) will begin allowing travelers from Mexico and Canada who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to enter the United States…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click the link to view the November 2021 Visa Bulletin The monthly Visa Bulletin has changed. The bulletin now summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during the reported month for: “Application Final Action Dates” (consistent with prior Visa Bulletins)…
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USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for First Half of FY 2022 On Wednesday, October 12, 2021, USCIS announced that it has reached the H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year 2022. September 30, 2021 is now the “final receipt date” for cap-subject H-2B worker requesting employment start dates before…
USCIS announced on Friday, September 24th, that they were extending the flexibilities that they originally announced on March 30, 2020. These flexibilities are for responding to certain requests from the USCIS, some are listed below: Requests for Evidence; Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14); Notices of Intent to Deny; Notices of…
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…
Three out of four Nobel Prizes awarded this year to the United States for physics, medicine and chemistry were immigrants! “Immigrants have been awarded 38%, or 40 of 104, of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000,” according to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) research. Their new research…