USCIS has received approximately 42,000 H-1B petitions subject to regular-cap (for bachelor’s degree holders) and 16,000 H-1B petitions subject to master-cap (for U.S. advanced degree holders). Therefore, there are about 23,000 spots available under the regular-cap, and 4,000 spots left under the master-cap. Hurry and file fast.
The reliability and fairness of our immigration system can be evaluated only if the government’s procedures and activities are transparent. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the Legal Action Center, and in cooperation with counsel at Steptoe & Johnson LLP, filed a FOIA lawsuit in July 2010 against Department of…
This past April, a decision came down from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that addressed an important issue concerning Advance Parole for aliens whose unlawful presence for one year or more would trigger the 10 year ban from the U.S. The BIA decision of Matter of Arrabally and Yerrabelly…
California’s agency that licenses lawyers wants to admit an illegal immigrant to practice law, an unprecedented request that the state’s highest court decided Wednesday to review. The State Bar of California certified Sergio C. Garcia after he passed a written test and a moral examination, sending it to the California…
Great News for Arts groups coming to perform in the US. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) issued a binding precedent decision addressing the term “culturally unique” and its significance in the adjudication of P petitions for performing artists and entertainers. The P visa was created…
In an effort to keep more and more students with science and technology backgrounds in the U.S., DHS has added more science, technology, engineering, and math designated degree programs to the list of qualifying student visa extensions. The recently added STEM designated-degree programs include pharmaceutical sciences, econometrics and quantitative economics.…
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) aims to have his alternative to the DREAM Act proposal on paper in the next few weeks and passed by the end of the summer. “Our goal is to pass something this summer in time for kids who plan to go to school this fall,” Rubio…
Another attestation to our flawed immigration system, this time the end of a great visa program that was abused to the point of disgrace. The J-1 Summer Work and Travel program, which allows college students to visit for up to four months, is one of the State Department’s most popular…
Filing for a Green Card after arriving to the US on a Fiance Visa is a very confusing topic for many Immigrants. Once the fiancé(e) has entered the United States he/she must get married within 90 days of the fiancé(e)’s arrival in the United States. Once the marriage takes place…
We really enjoy seeing cases where individuals who have done everything right are able to succeed in being granted their citizenship. In Naturalization cases, it can be difficult to get an approval if the government decides to fight even one minor part of the record. This recent decision by a…