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12,300 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (May 20, 2011)
By Tiyalaw at May 25, 2011 | 8:00 pm | 0 Comment
12,300 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (May 20, 2011) As of May 20, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received 12,300 H-1B Regular Cap, and 8,500 H-1B Master’s Exemption. H-1B petitions are temporary work visas for foreign nationals to live and work in the U.S. Many H-1B foreign nationals have successfully gone more...
Green Card , Green Card via Work , Immigration News , USCIS Processing Time , Visas , Work Visas
TPS for Haiti Has Been Extended for an Additional 18 Months, Until January 22, 2013
By Tiyalaw at May 20, 2011 | 9:04 am | 0 Comment
TPS for Haiti Has Been Extended for an Additional 18 Months, Until January 22, 2013 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti has been extended for another 18 month (until Jan. 22, 2013). The re-designation was published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2011, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) encourages applicants to review the Federal Register more...
Citizenship , Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Other Visas , Others , USCIS Processing Time , Visas , Waivers , Work Visas
Filing for H-1B Cap Work Visas Has Begun and 5,900 H-1B Cap Petitions Received (April 8, 2011)!
By Tiyalaw at April 16, 2011 | 12:18 pm | 0 Comment
Filing for H-1B Cap Work Visas Has Begun and 5,900 H-1B Cap Petitions Received (April 8, 2011)! On April 1, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting H-1B nonimmigrant petitions that are subject to the government-mandated annual H-1B cap of 65,000 and the 20,000 U.S. advanced degree cap exemption. The advanced degree exemption more...
Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration News , Visas , Work Visas
New I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Procedures
By Tiyalaw at April 14, 2011 | 1:28 pm | 0 Comment
New I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Procedures On April 14, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has updated some of the procedures pertaining to Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) process. The new changes become effective on May 16, 2011. Employers must complete Form I-9 for all newly hired employees to more...
Citizenship , Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Other Visas , Others , Visas , Work Visas
Avoid Diversity Visa (DV) or Green Card Lottery Fraud or Scams
By Tiyalaw at March 13, 2011 | 9:05 am | 0 Comment
Avoid Diversity Visa (DV) or Green Card Lottery Fraud or Scams Recently, the Department of State (DOS), Office of Visa Services, issues another fraud warning advising the public of a substantial increase in fraudulent emails and letters sent to Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) program (Visa Lottery)(also known as “green card lottery”) applicants. Posing as the more...
Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Other Visas , Visas
Certain I-130 Immediate Relative Petitions Are Experiencing Delays at the USCIS
By Tiyalaw at February 18, 2011 | 11:45 am | 0 Comment
Certain I-130 Immediate Relative Petitions Are Experiencing Delays at the USCIS Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a notification indicating delay in their processing of approximately 36,000 immediate relative petitions (Form I-130) that were transferred from the California Service Center (CSC) to the Texas Service Center (TSC). more...
Green Card , Green Card via Family , Immigration Forms , Immigration News
Proposal to Expedite I-601 Extreme Hardship Waiver is Currently Under Review!
By Tiyalaw at January 16, 2011 | 10:06 pm | 0 Comment
Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is considering a proposal to expedite the adjudication, based on extraordinary circumstances, of I-601, Application or Waiver of Grounds of inadmissibility (“I-601 extreme hardship waiver”) filed by individuals outside the United States. Foreign nationals or non-U.S. citizens (including green card more...
Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Waivers
Proposal to Expedite I-601 Extreme Hardship Waiver is Currently Under Review!
By Tiyalaw at January 16, 2011 | 10:01 pm | 0 Comment
Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is considering a proposal to expedite the adjudication, based on extraordinary circumstances, of I-601, Application or Waiver of Grounds of inadmissibility (“I-601 extreme hardship waiver”) filed by individuals outside the United States. Foreign nationals or non-U.S. citizens (including green card more...
Proposal to Expedite I-601 Extreme Hardship Waiver is Currently Under Review!
By Tiyalaw at January 16, 2011 | 9:54 pm | 0 Comment
Recently, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is considering a proposal to expedite the adjudication, based on extraordinary circumstances, of I-601, Application or Waiver of Grounds of inadmissibility (“I-601 extreme hardship waiver”) filed by individuals outside the United States. Foreign nationals or non-U.S. citizens (including green card more...
