As attorneys that work with Hospitals and medical professionals, we always get questions from clients about the H1B visa. Can Nurses really get this visa, and if so how? The H1B visa program, which has a current allocation of 65,000 visas per year (This year visas are still open and…
San Diego Immigration lawyer informed that the Department of Homeland Security, USCIS has submitted the information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on…
The current medical exam Form I-693 has expired on August 31, 2009. The USCIS will continue to accept this form despite its expiration date until a revised form is published. The revised form is currently in progress and not yet available. Please submit the completed Form I-693, sealed in an…
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division on August 25, 2009, denied the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s challenge to an amendment to the Federal Appropriation Regulation (FAR) that makes E-Verify mandatory for federal contractors. As a result, as of September 8, 2009, the FAR requires participating vendors…
Previously we reported about the new procedures affecting surviving spouses of US petitioners that passed away. Now the Vermont Service Center issued some guidance on the procedure for making a request for humanitarian reinstatement of I-130 petitions that have been revoked based on the death of the petitioner. The process…
The days of considering the H1B visa process a purely administrative process are over. In the not so distant past, H1B cases were just about the forms and the evidence submitted in the case. If the USCIS liked the arguments and supporting documents, an approval was issued. Things are not…
Finally some good news coming from USCIS. The Immigration Service today issued guidance on requesting deferred action for surviving spouses of U.S. citizens who died before the second anniversary of their marriage. Surviving spouses qualify for this temporary program if they were married to, but not legally separated from, their…
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced on August 20 that his Office has shut down three New York companies providing unauthorized and fraudulent legal services to immigrant communities, in the latest stages of his ongoing investigation into immigration fraud. Under the terms of the agreements secured by Cuomo’s Office, Immigration…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), under the Department of Homeland Security is conducting massive I-9 Audits to trap the employers. As part of an I-9 audit, ICE agents review I-9 forms, company payroll records, W-2 reports, and other documents. They seek to determine whether the employer has properly checked…
Employers and potential employees (and some immigration lawyers) are very confused when it comes to H1B visa numbers this year. The major reduction in the number of filings for H1B petitions has risen questions from employers regarding whether there is a set closing date for filing H1B cap petitions for…