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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...
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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...
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Additional U.S. Immigration Relief for Those Stranded Due to Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
By Isabel Davila at March 18, 2011 | 2:44 pm | 0 Comment
Additional U.S. Immigration Relief for Those Stranded Due to Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan Tragedies are escalating in Japan as a result of its recent earthquake and tsunami. With many U.S. citizens or residents having loved ones in Japan, and Japanese nationals already in the United States, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a news more...
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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...
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Online or Paper Filing, or Both, for Change-of-Address Forms AR-11 and AR-11 SR?
By hurlocka at March 11, 2011 | 6:57 pm | 0 Comment
Online or Paper Filing, or Both, for Change-of-Address Forms AR-11 and AR-11 SR? During an open house informational session held on March 5, 20 11 by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Fairfax, Virginia, it is suggested that, due to system-interface issues, Change-of-Address applicants should consider filing paper change-of-address forms in more...
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Ground-Breaking Proposed H-1B Electronic Registration System for H-1B Visa Cap Petitions
By Tiyalaw at March 3, 2011 | 10:12 am | 0 Comment
Ground-Breaking Proposed H-1B Electronic Registration System for H-1B Visa Cap Petitions The ground-breaking H-1B Electronic Registration System is finally being proposed for implementation for H-1B petitions that are subject to the statutory annual visa cap, after lengthy discussions. An H-1B petition is a temporary work visa for specialty occupation foreign more...
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Changes in Filing Location for Form AR-11, Change of Address Requirement
By Tiyalaw at March 1, 2011 | 9:10 am | 0 Comment
Changes in Filing Location for Form AR-11, Change of Address Requirement Starting March 15, 2011, all Change of Address forms (AR-11 and AR-11 SR) must be sent to a new location in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Most foreign nationals and each dependent family member in the United States are required to notify the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services more...
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EAD and Advance Parole in One Single Card!
By Tiyalaw at February 11, 2011 | 3:34 pm | 0 Comment
On February 11, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is now issuing employment and travel authorization on a single card for certain applicants filing a Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status; and also filing I-765, Application for Employment Authorization (EAD), and I-131, Application for Advance more...
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Immigrate to the U.S. via Green Card Lottery (DV Lottery): Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program
By Isabel Davila at January 19, 2011 | 11:46 am | 0 Comment
Each year, the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program (DV lottery)(also known as green card lottery) makes 50,000 immigrant visas available to eligible applicants who are selected in the lottery. To qualify for the lottery, an applicant must be a native of one of the listed country; and have the U.S. equivalent of a high school diploma, or have 2 years of related more...
Joint Filing Waiver Based on Extreme Hardship for I-751 (Removal of Conditions on Permanent Resident Status)
By Tiyalaw at January 18, 2011 | 11:25 am | 0 Comment
Each year U.S. Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents apply to obtain permanent resident status for their foreign national spouse’s through filing an Immigrant Petition for Alien Relative (I-130) and Adjustment of Status Application (I-485). Upon approval of the application, the sponsored spouse is usually granted 2 year conditional permanent residence more...
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