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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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Immigration Relief for Japanese and Other Nationals from the Pacific Stranded due to the Earthquakes and Tsunami
By Tiyalaw at March 11, 2011 | 7:57 pm | 0 Comment
Immigration Relief for Japanese and Other Nationals from the Pacific Stranded due to the Earthquakes and Tsunami On March, 11, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that Japanese and other foreign nationals from the Pacific stranded in the United States due to the earthquakes and tsunami devastation, and who have exceeded or are about to 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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FY2011 H-1B Visa Cap Has Been Reached!
By Tiyalaw at January 30, 2011 | 6:20 pm | 0 Comment
H-1B petitions are temporary work visas for specialty occupation foreign nationals to live and work in the U.S. Many H-1B foreign nationals have successfully gone on to apply for and obtaining green card status. On January 27, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received sufficient H-1B cap petitions to meet the statutory more...
FY2011 H-1B Visa Numbers are Almost Finished!
By Tiyalaw at January 25, 2011 | 6:22 pm | 0 Comment
H-1B petitions are extremely useful for many skilled foreign nationals to live and work in the U.S. Even though H-1B petitions are temporary work visas, many H-1B foreign nationals have successfully moved forward in applying for and obtaining green card status. Potential H-1B candidates who do not make it to the Fiscal Year 2011 H-1B visa quota (October 1, 2010 or more...
H-1B Work Visa Cap is Almost Met (for Fiscal Year 2011)!
By Tiyalaw at January 13, 2011 | 9:15 am | 0 Comment
H-1B petitions are extremely useful for many skilled foreign nationals to live and work in the U.S. Even though H-1B petitions are temporary work visas, many H-1B foreign nationals have successfully moved forward in applying for and obtaining green card status. As of January 7, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received 58,700 H-1B more...
Considering Filing H-1B or L-1? Additional Fee Applies to Certain New or Change of Employer Petition (Effective August 14, 2010)
By Immigration Resource at August 20, 2010 | 3:41 am | 0 Comment
Effective August 14, 2010, there will be an additional fee for filing certain H-1B or L petitions; $2000 for H-1B and $2250 for L-1. This new fee, where applicable, is in addition to the existing government immigration fees applicable to H-1B and L-1 work visas. This new fee will remain effective until September 30, 2014. This additional fee requirement applies to new more...
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