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Immigration Policy Center Releases Updated State-by-State Fact Sheets (2015)

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 and other details. 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. continues the discussion of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, we thought that it would be a good 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 three states at a time. This week we will highlight; New Mexico, New York & North Carolina.

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding a stakeholder teleconference on Thursday, August 11, 2016 between 4:00 to 5:00pm (Eastern). The subject of the event will be a “Dialogue with USCIS Director León Rodríguez” and will include his introduction and a Q&A session. Director Rodríguez will highlight his agency’s initiatives then listen and respond to the stakeholder community.

Event Information:

DATE: Thursday, August 11, 2016 TIME: 4:00 – 5:00 pm (Eastern)

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Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 7/14/16 with processing dates as of 5/31/16.

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.

California Service Center (CSC)

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Teleconference from Miami, Florida on Thursday, July 28th, between 1:00pm to 2:30pm (Eastern). The event will start with an update of the EB-5 program followed by a question and answer session. USCIS is inviting participants to ask non-case specific questions or provide feedback on the EB-5 program.

Event Information:

DATE: Thursday, July 28, 2016 TIME: 1:00pm to 2:30pm (Eastern)

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Question #1 – Family Based Immigration

I am a US Citizen and I applied for an Immediate Relative Petition for my husband. How long does the process take to adjust his status?

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The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently reversed the decision of a Certifying Officer (CO) to deny labor certification for the position of “Business Development Specialist.”

After receiving & reviewing an Employer’s Application for Permanent Labor Certification, the CO denied certification because the job title recorded in the two newspaper advertisements communicated the job title as “Business Development VP” as an alternative to “Business Development Specialist.” The CO thought this inconsistency was an infringement of PERM regulations 20 C.F.R. § 656.10 and 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(f)(3).

PERM regulation 20 C.F.R. § 656.10(c) (8) requires the petitioning employer to demonstrate that the job has been visibly accessible to any U.S. worker. The PERM regulation § 656.17(f)(3) requires any print advertisement to specifically detail the job requirements in order to give US workers the chance to apply for the position.

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USCIS issued a news alert on Friday, July 8th stating that they have returned all fiscal year 2017 (FY 2017) H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in their computer-generated lottery. USCIS completed the data entry of all selected H-1B cap-subject petitions on May 2nd (USCIS Completes Data Entry of Fiscal Year 2017 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions). If you submitted a cap-subject petition between April 1st and April 7th of this year and have not received a receipt notice or a returned petition by July 22nd, contact USCIS for assistance.

Source of Information:

USCIS.gov, 7/8/16, News Alert:

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From June 30th through July 4th, the USCIS held nearly 100 naturalization ceremonies across the United States to help celebrate the 240th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (7/4/16)! Nearly 7000 new citizens were administered the Oath of Allegiance during these ceremonies at public parks and historic landmarks nationwide. USCIS Director León Rodríguez stated, “These new Americans will strengthen the fabric of our nation with their contributions to American society and prosperity, and be able to enjoy all the rights, privileges and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship.”

There are photos and remarks about the different ceremonies and the experiences of some of these new citizens on Twitter and other social media, just search hashtag #newUScitizen to find them.

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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, July 22, 2016. Act now and submit your questions!

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