Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on April 18, 2011 with processing dates as of February 28, 2011.
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 particular case.
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 April 15th, 2011, 7,100 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap.
As of April15th, 2011, 5,100 H-1B Masters Degree CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 20,000 cap.
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Question #1 – Employment Based Immigration – Green Card
I always check the visa bulletin and the movement varies. One time, there was a 3 month movement and the next time it was just 22 days, then a month. Why is that so?
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program “Secure Communities” was activated in the following counties as of April 12, 2011: Allegany, Garrett, and Washington. Currently, all counties in Maryland use the program except Montgomery, Wicomico and Baltimore City.
Frederick County and Anne Arundel County participate in the 287(g) program, which is more expansive than Secure Communities.
The implementation of Secure Communities into these counties means that individuals arrested and fingerprinted by the police will also have their fingerprints cross-checked against those stored in the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) database. If an individual who was arrested in one of the previously mentioned counties is discovered to be in the United States illegally, deportation proceedings will begin immediately.
Seventh part of our ten part series examining the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) publication of “What to Watch Out for in Immigration in 2011.”
Topic #7: Attacks on the 14th Amendment
The proposal by Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) to revoke portions of the14th amendment which gave automatic citizenship to children born on U.S. soil sparked controversy back in July 2010. Since Senator Graham’s proposal many other senators have continued to debate and propose new legislation over the issue of birthright citizenship. Although many senators are pushing to pass laws that would prohibit children born in the U.S. from being granted U.S. citizenship, AILA believes this type of legislation would do little to fix our broken immigration system. Additionally, passing the law would only increase the number of individuals in the U.S. who are residing here illegally.
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 April 7th, 2011, 5,900 H-1B Regular CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 65,000 cap.
As of April 7th, 2011, 4,500 H-1B Masters Degree CAP subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS towards the 20,000 cap.
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As Congress continues its budgetary deadlock, the possibility of a government shutdown looms larger by the minute. If Congress is unable to reach accord on Friday, the government will close at midnight, Saturday April 9.
In general, if the government shuts down for budgetary reasons, all but “essential” government are furloughed and not allowed to work. So what does this mean for immigration agencies?
USCIS Update: USCIS has confirmed to AILA Liaison that it will be operating, except for E-Verify, if the government does shut down.
The following information has been provided by AILA, the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
As Congress continues its budgetary deadlock, the possibility of a government shutdown looms larger by the minute. If Congress is unable to reach accord on Friday, the government will close at midnight, Saturday April 9.
In general, if the government shuts down for budgetary reasons, all but “essential” government are furloughed and not allowed to work. So what does this mean for immigration agencies?
Maryland’s Prince George’s County Public School System (PGCPS) was found to be in violation of the regulations governing the H-1B temporary foreign workers visa program after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.
The investigation in PGCPS’s practice of the H-1B program revealed 1,044 teachers hired under the program had their wages illegally reduced. Under the H-1B program foreign professionals are hired to work in the U.S. temporarily; however, they must be paid at the same wage level or higher and be given the same benefits as U.S. workers doing a similar job in the same area. The violations amount to $1,740,000.00 in civil damages and PGCPS may be prohibited from filing new H-1B petitions, extensions or requests for permanent residency. The fees employers are suppose to pay for hiring workers under the H-1B program were not paid by PGCPS and instead the school system mandated the fees to be paid by teachers themselves. These fees are the reason why the teachers earnings fell below the level required by the regulations under the H-1B visa program.
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