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USCIS has released their second quarter, Fiscal Year 2015 (FY2015) performance data for all form types as a statistical table. They have divided the forms by category: Family, Employment, Humanitarian, Citizenship and Naturalization, and Other as the rows. The columns are divided by case status: Received, Approved, Denied, and Pending. These updated FY2015 statistics (second quarter) cover January 2015 through March 2015. Here is the link to the Q2 table, “All Form Types Performance Data (Fiscal Year 2015, 2nd Qtr)“.

Source of Information:

– USCIS.gov, 6/2/15, Table (PDF):

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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; Illinois, Indiana & Iowa.

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USCIS has released their first quarter, Fiscal Year 2015 (FY2015) performance data for all form types as a statistical table. They have divided the forms by category: Family, Employment, Humanitarian, Citizenship and Naturalization, and Other as the rows. The columns are divided by case status: Received, Approved, Denied, and Pending. These updated FY2015 statistics (first quarter) cover October 2014 through December 2014. Here is the link to the Q1 table, “All Form Types Performance Data (Fiscal Year 2015, 1st Qtr)“.

Source of Information:

– USCIS.gov, 2/12/15, Table (PDF):

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All of us at MVP Law Group would like to wish everyone a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving 2015 marks 152 years of a national tradition. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a “day of Thanksgiving and Praise,” making Thanksgiving Day an annual holiday.

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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; Georgia, Hawaii & Idaho.

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Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 11/17/15 with processing dates as of 9/30/15.

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 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. If the cap is not reached during the first half of the fiscal year, the extra numbers are then made available for the second half.

The H-2B cap limit for first half of FY 2016 (October 1 – March 31) is 33,000. As of the last count (11/16/15); 10,078 beneficiaries have been approved and 2,332 are pending for a total of 12,410.

The H-2B cap limit for second half of FY 2016 (April 1 – September 30) is 33,000*. As of the last count (11/16/15); 0 beneficiaries have been approved and 0 are pending for a total of 0.

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) will be holding a stakeholder listening session (teleconference) on Thursday, November 19th between 1:00pm to 2:00pm (Eastern). The subject of the event will be a general overview of filing tips and to gather any feedback on the following forms:

• Form I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA • Form I-864A, Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member • Form I-864EZ, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA • Form I-864W, Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of Support Exemption

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