Just announced by USCIS, no more H1B visas for this year. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2014. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on…
Most attorneys that had H1B Visas to prepare worked most of last weekend to get the files ready. The goal was to file by April 1, 2013, Monday. According to a recent update by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the 2 Service Centers were not prepared at all for the…
Recently, the House and Senate are coming closer to reaching a deal on the sticking issues that have held up comprehensive immigration reform. In particular, the Senate has finally reached an agreement on how to handle the issue regarding visas for low skill laborers. Senator Schumer, Democrat of New York,…
We are all waiting for Immigration Reform. The proposals are very promising, and most of us can not wait. But Changing our country’s Immigration system, may come with a price. Obviously, we can not help everybody. It seems that while the focus is on Skilled Workers, the concern is that…
There is less than one week left before the first day of H1B filing madness. Our office is super busy with cases to complete before the deadline. One question that comes up often is the H1B exemption for affiliation with or relation to an institution of higher education. Here is…
Great update provided by AILA regarding TN Visa Admissions for Canadian Applicants. The fundamental and most valuable benefit to Canadians under NAFTA is the speed with which applications can be processed at the Port of Entry. You can arrive to the Border, present the application, pay the filing fee, and…
I just saw this notice from USCIS and wanted to share with our readers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 cap on Monday, April 1, 2013. Cases will be considered accepted on the date…
We have received an amazing response to our last H1B Self Employment Article and we wanted to follow up with a few more tips as the H1B filing date is just around the corner. So the bottom line, USCIS regulations require that H-1B classification be accorded a foreign national who…
On March 8, 2013, USCIS released a new Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9. Employers are required to use the Form I–9 to verify the identity and employment authorization eligibility of their employees. We are providing this update for U.S. employers to notify them of the changes and updates in connection…
Recently, Congress has been dealing with numerous issues in reforming our immigration laws to meet some of the pressing societal matters, whether it be family members living here illegally, businesses wanting more qualified individuals to come work in the U.S. or trying to retain and keep those in hard sciences…