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. There is a cap limit of 33,000 for the first half of the fiscal year and 33,000 for the second half for a total of 66,000 per year.…
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…
During a General Federal Government Shutdown the government closes for budgetary reasons, all but “essential” personnel are furloughed! The following information is an overview of how the U.S. Government immigration-related agencies have operated during shutdown periods in the past. UPDATE: Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown – AP News (apnews.com) 9/30/21 General Shutdown…
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The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) provides an updated ‘processing times’ in table form, with information on FY2021 third quarterly completions; April 2021 to June 2021. These figures indicate the time that it takes from the date the case is received at AAO coming from the Service Center or District Office…
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…
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…
On Friday, September 17, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) celebrated the 234th Constitution and Citizenship Day by welcoming over 21,000 new citizens in 335 naturalization ceremonies across this wonderful country. USCIS Director, Ur M. Jaddou stated, “Citizenship Day and Constitution Day are special days at USCIS –…
Nearly 760,000 individuals became naturalized citizens every year between the FY 2015 and FY 2019 period! The total was over 3.7 million new naturalized citizens during that period. The linked fact sheet below summarizes the data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization records to provide information on the…
On Friday, September 10th, the House Judiciary Committee released bill text on immigration provisions that will be included in the budget reconciliation package. Committee Chairman Nadler substituted the full bill text with an amendment that makes technical changes to the initial bill text affecting the recapturing of visas. On September…