Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 8/2/13 with processing dates as of 5/31/13.
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 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have contracted with IdeaScale.com to allow online USCIS stakeholders to submit interactive feedback and new ideas to improve USCIS customer service. USCIS has setup the “USCIS Idea Community”, an online site that allows registered users to: submit feedback and ideas, to vote on ideas and to comment on ideas. The “USCIS Idea Community” is structured to accept feedback and ideas about USCIS’s services and the way in which those services are provided. It is NOT a place to ask questions about or comment on specific immigration cases. They have stated that, “Any questions or comments regarding a case will be deleted.”
IdeaScale is an easy-to-use web-based (cloud) solution for the collection of feedback and ideas. In its first year (2008), IdeaScale brought in high-profile government contracts with many prestigious clients like the VA, FCC, and the Office of the President of the United States. IdeaScale has quickly expanded into the private and Enterprise sectors, where this online solution is now being used by many of the world’s most recognizable brands such as Xerox, Intel, Subaru and many others.
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Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets!
The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants, Asians and Latinos in each state. The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) is the research and policy division of the American Immigration Council (AIC).
As Washington D.C. debates Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we thought that it would be an appropriate time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this IPC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on four states at a time. This week we will highlight; Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia and Washington.
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Question #1 – Family Based Green Card
Can same-sex marriages, like opposite-sex marriages, reduce the residence period required for naturalization?
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have added more Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the subject of Same-Sex Marriages and immigration benefits. There are now a total of (9) answered questions on the following subjects: “Petitioning for my Spouse”, “Applying for Benefits”, “Changes in Eligibility Based on Same-Sex Marriage”, “Residency Requirements”, and “Inadmissibility Waivers”. This updated information is now available on the USCIS web page, “Same-Sex Marriages”.
Source of Information:
USCIS.gov, 7/26/13, News Alert
Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets!
The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants, Asians and Latinos in each state. The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) is the research and policy division of the American Immigration Council (AIC).
As Washington D.C. debates Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we thought that it would be an appropriate time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this IPC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on four states at a time. This week we will highlight; New Mexico, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Oregon.
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 Blog.
If you have a burning question, are seeking assistance with a difficult immigration related case, wish to discuss your views on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, DREAMers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, priority dates, the monthly visa bulletin, adjustment applications, etc., please contact us by submitting your question/comment/viewpoint in our comment box provided on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.
Our next “Q & A Forum” will take place this Friday, August 2, 2013. Act now and submit your questions!
The American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA) requires the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to report annually on the characteristics of H-1B petitioners. They have released two reports which are listed below.
The first report released by USCIS is “Report on H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2012 Annual Report to Congress\October 1, 2011–September 30, 2012″. This report details H-1B filing fees for FY2012, including the number of petitions filed and the number of ACWIA and Fraud Prevention and Detection Fees paid.
The second report released by USCIS is “Characteristics of H1B Specialty Occupation Workers for Fiscal Year 2012 Annual Report to Congress\October 1, 2011–September 30, 2012″. This report details the characteristics of H-1B filings for FY2012, with biographical information on the beneficiaries and statistics on the occupations and industries of approved petitions.
The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has released updated factsheets containing Third Quarter FY2013 selected program statistics. These factsheets contain vision representations of the data by using graphs and tables, which makes them much easier to read and understand. I have provided the links to the five updated factsheets below for your review.
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 7/19/13 with processing dates as of 5/31/13.
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.
H1B Visa Lawyer Blog