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The immigration attorneys at Nankin & Verma PLLC have worked tirelessly to forward comprehensive immigration reform efforts for the past decade. Walking the halls of Congress, speaking with community leaders, and educating our political leaders on the nuances of immigration…

Since 2005 most Employment-Based Immigration to obtain Lawful Permanent Residency has been predicated on the filing of the PERM Application for Alien Labor Certification. Nankin & Verma PLLC has successfully filed countless PERM Applications for our corporate clients, and has…

On August 5, 2016, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) reminded the public that all H-1B petitions and H-1B1 petitions for nationals of Chile and Singapore, in which a petitioning company requests a “Continuation of previously approved employment…

The US Department of Labor Office of Foreign Labor Certification has released H-1B Statistics as of June 30, 2016.  These statistics provide data on the occupations that most frequently utilize the H-1B program, the top 10 states for H-1B filings,…

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…

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…