U.S. Department of State has released the new visa bulletin for August 2010 on July 12, 2010. Here is the crux: EB-1 category is current for both Chinese and Indian nationals. EB-2 category, cut-off dates moved forward more than three months for Chinese nationals (from November 22, 2005 to March…
The U.S. Department of Labor launched an online registry allowing the public to retrieve information about temporary agricultural jobs that fall under the H-2A program. The new tool was developed in compliance with regulations implemented by the department on March 15. The H-2A job registry provides a single, easily searched…
USCIS has updated following on July 2, 2010 about the H-1B Cap Count Cap Type – H-1B Regular Cap Cap Amount – 65,000 Cap Eligible Petitions – 24,200 Date of Last Count – 7/2/2010 Cap Type – H-1B Master’s Exemption Cap Amount – 20,000 Cap Eligible Petitions – 10,400 Date…
As am Immigration Attorney that processed many H2A farm worker visas, I am happy to present the Take our Jobs initiative. There are two issues facing our nation–high unemployment and undocumented people in the workforce–that many Americans believe are related. Missing from the debate on both issues is an honest…
The American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA), imposes annual reporting requirements on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) concerning the countries of origin and occupations of, educational levels attained by, and compensation paid to, aliens who were issued visas or otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under H1B Visas during the…
Seems like Nebraska is following in the steps of Arizona. Voters in eastern Nebraska will decide today whether to ban hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants. The vote will be the culmination of a two-year fight that saw proponents collect enough signatures to put the question to a public…
A great tip from AILA to share with our readers regarding the H1B visa. It seems that H-1B petitions for Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) and similar related occupations are being closely monitored to ensure that accurate job duties are being identified to confirm CGFNS (Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing…
As PERM processing becomes faster in recent months, icert problems continue though. DOL has reported that the incorrect error message that pops up upon entering a date for the prevailing wage source is the result of recent system edit. The glitch will not affect useability, i.e., users can bypass the…
As the Hospitality business was booming in the US, more and more Hospitality professionals in Europe came to the US and started their own businesses via the E2 visa investment. The same happened to Dean and Laura Franks, a British couple who opened the restaurant in 2000 in the state…
Here is the latest on the H1B visa numbers. May 21, 2010 H-2B Cap Count As of 05/21/10, USCIS receipted 26,422 H-2B petitions, towards the 47,000 beneficiaries target for the second half of the fiscal year.* This count includes 25,178 approved and 1,244 pending petitions. With all the hype, hysteria…