What can we expect to see happen with the December 2014 Visa Bulletin? According to Charlie Oppenheim at the U.S. Department of State, there are no new significant projections to report, though we may start to see regular, monthly updates…
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The White House has announced that President Obama will lay out the executive actions that he intends to take concerning immigration. The President will unveil his plan at a high school in Las Vegas, the site of one of his…
USCIS recently announced that it will begin conducting site visits to L-1 employers as part of the agency’s fraud detection program. At present, USCIS conducts random worksite visits for H-1B employers to deter fraud. Site visits are expected to begin…
New Jersey recently became the fifteenth state to pass some version of the Dream Act, which provides in-state or discounted tuition for eligible undocumented immigrants living in the United States. In the absence of comprehensive federal legislation to address immigration…
The State Department has released the February 2014 Visa Bulletin. The Family-Based Second Preference Category for Mexico retrogressed almost one year to May 1, 1993. The Employment-Based categories edged slightly forward: the cut-off date for the Employment Based…
According to recent press reports, there is still hope for some type of immigration reform legislation in 2014. News outlets have reported that Speaker of the House John Boehner recently met with fell GOP members, and advised them that…
On April 1, 2014, USCIS will begin accepting new cap-subject H-1B petitions, which provide for an employment start date of October 1, 2014, or later. Each year, H-1B visas are subject to an annual numeric limitation of 65,000 visas, which…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are (slowly) modernizing to make the immigration process more user-friendly. Two recent developments will hopefully reduce costs, both financial and procedural, and improve functionality. First, CPB…
All U.S. employers are responsible for ensuring their new hires are authorized to work in the United States, by reviewing proper employee documents and completing the Form I-9. The I-9 does not get sent in to any agency, but must…
On April 1, 2013, USCIS will begin accepting new cap-subject H-1B petitions, which provide for an employment start date of October 1, 2013, or later. Each year, H-1B visas are subject to an annual numeric limitation of 65,000 visas, which…
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