The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Blue Campaign will be holding a webinar, “Human Trafficking 101 (Spanish)” on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 2:00 pm (EST). This session is about Human Trafficking and will include information on how to recognize and report potential cases, and how you can raise awareness within your communities.
How to join this webinar:
REGISTER HERE to join the Spanish webinar on January 16, 2023, at 2:00 PM EST.
You can check USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) processing times at any time online using the link below, it is on their web site. You will need to select your form number, next select the form category, and last select the office processing your case and they will display a processing time. USCIS has made processing times easier to understand and provides a more realistic date range.
The processing time range is how long it takes for USCIS to process your type of case from the date they received it. USCIS processes cases in the order they receive them, and they normally update this information monthly. The estimated time range displayed is based on data captured over the last two months.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Blue Campaign will be holding a webinar, “Human Trafficking 101 (English)” on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at 2:00 pm (EST). This session is about Human Trafficking and will include information on how to recognize and report potential cases, and how you can raise awareness within your communities.
How to join this webinar:
REGISTER HERE to join the English webinar on January 10, 2023, at 2:00 PM EST.
The New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the city has filed a lawsuit against the bus companies that delivered or helped deliver bus loads asylum-seekers to their city from Texas. New York City is seeking over $700 million from 17 transportation companies for the care of these migrants. The Mayor stated, “These companies have violated state law by not paying the cost of caring for these migrants, and that’s why we are suing to recoup approximately $700 million already spent to care for migrants sent here in the last two years by Texas.”
For more information review the ABC News Article, “New York City announces lawsuit against bus companies sending migrants to city, seeks $708 million“.
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UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact!
The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.
With national immigration policy being discussed, 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 AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Mississippi, Missouri and Montana!
MVP Law Group, P.A. makes available the information and materials in this forum for informational purposes only. The information is general in nature and does not constitute legal advice or any contractual obligations. Further, the use of this site, and the sending or receipt of this information, does not create an attorney-client relationship between us. Therefore, your communication with us through this forum will not be considered as privileged or confidential.
Examples of CIMT’s include: Murder; Domestic violence; Sexual abuse; Child abuse; Kidnapping; Rape; Incest; Certain Drug-related crimes; Robbery; Theft; Fraud; Accessory to a crime of moral turpitude; Arson; etc.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 27th, 2023, that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published in the Federal Register, “Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees” a final rule. This rule will allow an increase in the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing to allow for adjustment for inflation. The USCIS News Alert stated, “Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. The adjustment increases certain premium processing fees from $1,500 to $1,685, $1,750 to $1,965, and $2,500 to $2,805”. For more information review the USCIS News Alert, “USCIS Announces Inflation Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees”.
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USCIS (USCIS.gov), 12/27/23, News Alert:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they have received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap, including the master’s cap, (65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption). They also completed sending non-selection notifications to online accounts for registrants. If not selected, status will show: Not Selected: Not selected – not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration.
For more information, please read the USCIS news alert, “USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2024 H-1B Cap”!
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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, January 5, 2024. Act now and submit your questions!
This blog entry was originally posted on 11/13/23. We here at the MVP Law Group would like to wish every one of our blog readers Happy Holidays!
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