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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; Texas, Arkansas & Idaho.

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Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 4/13/15 with processing dates as of 2/28/15.

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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Filing an H-1B petition requesting premium processing will NOT increase the chances of obtaining an H-1B under the quota. If you request premium processing and the case is accepted for processing, the 15 day premium processing window will start no later than April 27, 2015, according to the USCIS news alert issued 4/14/2015. Please note that one seeming benefit of filing a cap subject H-1B petition with a request for premium processing is that a receipt notice may be issued faster than if filed under regular processing. Therefore, the petitioner and beneficiary may confirm sooner that the petition has been chosen in the lottery.

Source of Information:

USCIS.gov (4/14/15) News Alert:

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Question #1 – H1B Nonimmigrant Work Visa

Now that the H-1B Cap for FY 2016 been reached, when we will expect to hear which cases have been accepted?

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On Monday, April 27, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin premium processing for H-1B petitions subject to the FY 2016 cap, including H-1B petitions seeking an exemption from the fiscal year cap for individuals who have earned a U.S. master’s degree or higher.

USCIS first announced that we would begin premium processing for H-1B cap cases no later than May 11th in a USCIS news release dated March 12, 2015, so they are moving ahead quickly. USCIS provides premium processing service for an extra cost, for certain employment-based petitions and guarantees a 15-calendar-day processing time.

Note: USCIS encourages H-1B applicants to subscribe to the H-1B Cap Season email updates located on the H-1B FY2016 Cap Season Web page.

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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.

Click here to view the May 2015 Visa Bulletin

As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the May 2015 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India moved from 9/1/07 to 4/15/08; the EB3 date for nationals from India made a small movement from 1/8/04 to 1/15/04; the EB2 for Chinese Nationals moved from 4/1/11 to 6/1/12; the EB3 for Chinese Nationals moved from 1/1/11 to 5/1/11; and EB3 for WW moved from 10/1/14 to 1/1/15; and the F2A category moved from 8/1/13 to 9/1/13, except Mexico which moved from 7/8/13 to 8/8/13. The F2A category is reserved exclusively for Spouses and unmarried children (under the age of 21) of green card holders (LPRs).

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is trying to get the word out, reminding people who are already recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that their current period of DACA and employment authorization could expire if they wait too long to request renewal. USCIS is encouraging them to submit their DACA renewal requests 120 days before their current DACA and employment authorization is set to expire.

In March 2015, USCIS began mailing reminder notices to current DACA recipients reminding them that their initial two-year grant of DACA is expiring, and that they may request a renewal.

*If a current grant of deferred action expires before the applicant receives a renewal of DACA, they will begin to accrue unlawful presence and will not be authorized to work until the EAD renewal is approved.

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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, April 17, 2015. Act now and submit your questions!

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2015 was reached on Thursday, March 26, 2015.

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 (10/01 – 03/31) and 33,000 for the second half (04/01 – 9/30) for a total of 66,000 H2B visas issued per fiscal year.

Timeline for H-2B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2015:

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