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On Saturday, September 6, 2014, President Obama made the announcement that he would delay executive action on Immigration Reform until after the midterm congressional elections.

In a pre-recorded Interview for NBC’s “Meet the Press,” on Sunday, September 7, 2014 President Obama told NBC’s Chuck Todd, that the immigration debate was affected by the large number of unaccompanied children from Latin America coming to the U.S. border.

President Obama stated, “What I’m saying is that I’m going to act because it’s the right thing for the country.” The President also said, “… it’s going to be more sustainable and more effective if the public understands what the facts are on immigration, what we’ve done on unaccompanied children and why it’s necessary.”

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Question #1 – Conditional Permanent Resident

How do I get the conditions removed from my Green Card?

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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.

Click here to view the October 2014 Visa Bulletin

As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the October 2014 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India remains at 5/1/09; the EB3 date for nationals from India made a small movement from 11/8/03 to 11/15/03; the EB2 for Chinese Nationals moved from 10/8/09 to 11/15/09; the EB3 for Chinese Nationals moved from 11/1/08 to 4/1/09; and EB3 for WW moved from 4/1/11 to 10/1/11; and the F2A category moved from 1/1/13 to 2/1/13, except Mexico which moved from 4/22/12 to 7/22/12. 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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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding a stakeholder teleconference on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 between 2:30 to 4pm (EST). The subject of the event will be to discuss the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and will include a Q&A session. For more information on this teleconference please review the Meeting Invitation

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Event Information:

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Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 9/4/14 with processing dates as of 7/31/14.

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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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, September 12, 2014. Act now and submit your questions!

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Hundreds of Immigration activists and protestors marched from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office building in downtown Washington D.C. to the White House on Thursday, August 28, 2014. The Rally, “National Day to Fight for Families” was organized by CASA de Maryland and CASA de Virginia. Both organizations are dedicated to helping immigrant communities in their region. They called on President Obama to stop deportations of: Workers, Parents, and Children. They strongly believe that stopping the deportation of unaccompanied children from Central America should be a top priority.

Source of Information:

Politico.com, 8/28/14, Photo Gallery:

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has provided FY2014 statistics (third quarter) in the form of program factsheets for each of the major immigration programs. These updated FY2014 statistics (third quarter) cover April 2014 through June 2014.

The link to each program factsheet is listed below:

• Permanent Labor Certification Program – Select Statistics, FY 2014 (third quarter)

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2014 Global Mobility & Immigration Award Winners Announced!

The online magazine, “Acquisition International” has announced the winners of the, “2014 Global Mobility & Immigration Awards”. I’m proud to announce that for 2014, MVP Law Group, P.A. has won the “Best Law Firm for Temporary Visas – USA“.

Since 2010, Acquisition International Magazine’s annual awards have been celebrating excellence, innovation and performance across the business, legal, financial and investment communities.

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The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently affirmed the decision of a Certifying Officer (CO) to deny labor certification for the position of “Software Quality Engineer.”

After receiving & reviewing an Employer’s Application for Permanent Labor Certification, the CO issued an Audit notification. After the Employer responded, the CO denied certification of the application for violating PERM Regulation 20 CFR 656.17 (f)(4) among other grounds. PERM regulation 656.17 (f)(4) requires that newspaper ads “must indicate the geographic area of employment with enough specificity to apprise applicants of any travel requirements and where applicants will likely have to reside to perform the job opportunity.” The Employer’s Notice of Filing and recruitment efforts listed Santa Clara, California ONLY; however, the ETA Form 9089 mentioned Santa Clara, California, and “various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S.”

Even though the Employer sent a reconsideration request to the CO, he delivered a second denial and forwarded the case to BALCA for review. The Employer argued that the position did not necessitate travel and only listed it on the ETA Form to “allow for participation in events outside of the employer’s offices.” They insisted that the travel requirement was optional.

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