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H-1B Visa Cap for FY 2014 Has Been Reached & Lottery Selection Conducted
By Tiyalaw at April 8, 2013 | 1:15 pm | 0 Comment
H-1B Visa Cap for FY 2014 Has Been Reached & Lottery Selection Conducted H-1B Annual Work Visa Cap On April 5, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received a high number of H-1B Cap Petitions and reached the 65,000 statutory cap for the 2014 fiscal year (FY). The USCIS has received more than 20, 000 H-1B Cap-Exempt more...
Immigration News , Others , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Visas , Work Visas
H-1B Visa Cap for FY 2014 Has Been Reached
By Tiyalaw at April 5, 2013 | 2:33 pm | 0 Comment
H-1B Visa Cap for FY 2014 Has Been Reached H-1B Annual Work Visa Cap On April 5, 2013, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received a high number of H-1B Cap Petitions and reached the 65,000 statutory cap for the 2014 fiscal year (FY). The USCIS has received more than 20, 000 H-1B Cap-Exempt Petitions for those under the U.S. more...
Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Others , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Visas , Work Visas
USCIS National Customer Service Center is Now Opening on Saturdays as Well
By Tiyalaw at August 10, 2012 | 3:50 am | 0 Comment
USCIS National Customer Service Center is Now Opening on Saturdays as Well The telephone services offered to the public by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) National Customer Service Center with live agents is now also available on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in addition to Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., in each time zone. NCSC more...
Citizenship , Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Other Visas , Others , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Visas , Waivers , Work Visas
K-4 Visa Holder (Child of K-3 Visa as Spouse of US Citizen) Who Was Over 18 When K-3 Parent Married US Citizen Cannot Apply to Adjust to Green Card Status
By Tiyalaw at August 9, 2012 | 4:00 am | 0 Comment
K-4 Visa Holder (Child of K-3 Visa as Spouse of US Citizen) Who Was Over 18 When K-3 Parent Married US Citizen Cannot Apply to Adjust to Green Card Status The BIA held that a K-4 derivative child of a K-3 nonimmigrant who married the United States citizen K visa petitioner after the K-4 child reached the age of 18 is ineligible for adjustment of status because (s)he more...
Citizenship , Green Card , Green Card via Family , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Other Visas , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Visas
USCIS Centralized I-601 and I-212 Inadmissibility Waiver Filings
By Tiyalaw at August 7, 2012 | 4:53 am | 0 Comment
USCIS Centralized I-601 and I-212 Inadmissibility Waiver Filings Individuals outside the U.S. who have been found inadmissible by a U.S. consular officer for an immigrant visa or a nonimmigrant K or V visa, must now (since June 4, 2012) file their waiver applications directly to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by mailing the application to a USCIS more...
Green Card , Green Card via Family , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Others , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Waivers
K-4 Visa Holder (Child of K-3 Visa Spouse of US Citizen) Can Only Apply to Adjust to Green Card Status Based on Original K Visa Petitioner
By Tiyalaw at August 5, 2012 | 4:00 am | 0 Comment
K-4 Visa Holder (Child of K-3 Visa Spouse of US Citizen) Can Only Apply to Adjust to Green Card Status Based on Original K Visa Petitioner In Matter of Valenzuela, 25 I&N Dec. 867 (BIA 2012), BIA holds that a K-4 visa holder cannot adjust status to U.S. permanent residence status based on her own subsequent marriage to a U.S. citizen, and could only adjust status more...
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Citizenship Civics Test in 7 Languages & Exemption for Green Card Holders of at Least 20 Years Who Are Over 65 Years Old
By Tiyalaw at August 4, 2012 | 4:00 am | 0 Comment
Citizenship Civics Test in 7 Languages & Exemption for Green Card Holders of at Least 20 Years Who Are Over 65 Years Old U.S. citizenship applicants (N-400 applicants) are required to attend N-400 interviews. Citizenship applicants are required to undergo, among other things, English and Civics tests (certain exceptions apply). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration more...
Citizenship , Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Other Visas , Others , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Visas , Waivers , Work Visas
USCIS Expects to Accept Deferred Action Applications From Certain Young People on August 15, 2012!
By Tiyalaw at August 3, 2012 | 11:19 am | 0 Comment
USCIS Expects to Accept Deferred Action Applications From Certain Young People on August 15, 2012! U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today (08/03/2012) that on August 15, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expecting to begin accepting deferred action applications from certain young people who were already brought to the United more...
Citizenship , Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Others , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Visas
Washington Examiner Does Not Meet the Mandatory Print Ads Requirement for PERM Recruitment Process
By Tiyalaw at August 2, 2012 | 5:10 am | 0 Comment
Washington Examiner Does Not Meet the Mandatory Print Ads Requirement for PERM Recruitment Process In the Matter of Intercontinental Enterprises, 7/30/12, BALCA found that the Washington Examiner was not the newspaper of general circulation “most appropriate to the occupation and the workers likely to apply for the job opportunity” and does not meet the basic PERM more...
DOL PERM Case Status & Processing Time , Green Card , Green Card via Work , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Others
Sponsor of Green Card Affidavit of Support Must Still Support Sponsored Ex-Spouse Who Has Refused to Look for Jobs
By Tiyalaw at July 31, 2012 | 5:01 am | 0 Comment
Sponsor of Green Card Affidavit of Support Must Still Support Sponsored Ex-Spouse Who Has Refused to Look for Jobs The United States Court of Appeals of the 7th Circuit found that sponsor’s support obligation under form I-864 continues even if the divorced sponsored immigrant failed to mitigate damages by active job search. Liu v. Mund, 7/12/12 July 26, 2012: By more...
Citizenship , Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration Forms , Immigration News , Others , Waivers
