As many readers know, H1B status holders in the US, may apply for visa stamp in Canada. This way avoiding a costly trip the country of origin. Such applicants are called Third Country Nationals. The US Consulate General in Cananda ACCEPTS the following types of NIV applications from Third Country…
Today is the first day that employers may file H1B petitions for FY 2011. We certainly released our cases on time yesterday, and are still open to new cases as long as the H1B cap will remain open. Under current law, an alien can be in H-1B status for a…
The Department of State just released the new visa bulletin for April 2010 on March 12, 2010. EB-1 category is current for the month of April 2010. For mainland Chinese nationals, the cut-off date progressed from July 8, 2005 to August 22, 2005 in the EB-2 category. For Indian nationals,…
USCIS has not extended its temporary accommodation for delays in the labor condition application (LCA) process. Earlier, USCIS agreed to accept H-1B petitions without a certified LCA, in certain situations, for a limited time. This exception was available from November 5, 2009 to March 9, 2010. The USCIS has declined…
We are very busy these days trying to beat the H1B rush. While we fell that visas will not run out on April 1, 2010, clients are anxious to get their cases out the door. We promise to deliver. Here are some tips that may help our last minute filers.…
Many clients call our office for immigration assistance and begin by telling us that they wants to do business in the United States. The most popular visa to reach this goal is the E2 Visa. An E-2 visa is a nonimmigrant visa available to an individual investor from a country…
Immigration reform legislation is “dead” in the Senate this year, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said. Graham, who’s sought to work with some Democrats on the controversial issues, said that healthcare efforts had “poisoned the well” for bipartisan cooperation going forward. Graham had partnered with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to work…
Consular processing has undergone rapid and systemic changes during the past five years, and the rate and scope of change does not appear to be slowing. Enhanced security checks and inter-agency data sharing—among a massive wave of other changes—makes consular processing a daunting task that ensnare many unsuspecting visa applicants…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memo dated January 8, 2010 that has great importance for the IT consulting industry and H1B filers in general. This memo specifies how USCIS personnel should determine the existence of the required employer-employee relationship when adjudicating H1B petitions. The memo, issued…
President Obama said “We pushed back on the undue influence of special interests.” “We didn’t give in to mistrust or to cynicism or to fear. Instead, we proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things.” The President was talking about the historic health-care overhaul that passed…