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L-1 One-Year Foreign Employment Requirement
By Tiyalaw at November 29, 2018 | 9:37 pm | 0 Comment
L-1 One-Year Foreign Employment Requirement Recently, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) clarified the “one-year foreign employment” for an L-1A intracompany transferee as follows: 1. The L-1 Beneficiary must be physically outside the U.S. during the continuous one-year foreign employment, except for brief visits more...
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Proposed Law on Public Charge for Denying Cases for More Current and Potential Welfare Benefits Recipients
By Tiyalaw at September 27, 2018 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Proposed Law on Public Charge for Denying Cases for More Current and Potential Welfare Benefits Recipients Recently, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposes new law to widen the “public charge” determination for recipients of various welfare benefits. Those who are likely to become a “public charge” at any time in the future more...
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Immigration News: USCIS Recalling Incorrectly Dated Green Cards
By Tiyalaw at May 16, 2018 | 5:00 am | 0 Comment
Immigration News: USCIS Recalling Incorrectly Dated Green Cards U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have started recalling over 8543 Permanent Resident Cards (Green Cards) mailed out between February and April 2018 due to incorrectly printed date for “Residence Since.” These incorrect Green Cards were issued for approved more...
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Immigration News: USCIS Returns Unselected H-1B Cap Petitions for FY 2019
By Tiyalaw at May 15, 2018 | 5:39 pm | 0 Comment
Immigration News & Processing: USCIS Begins Returning Unselected H-1B Cap Petitions for FY 2019 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have completed data entry for fiscal year 2019 (FY 2019) H-1B Cap Petitions selected in the recent lottery system, and will start returning unselected petitions. Although USCIS does not have more...
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Immigration News: USCIS & FAM New Policy for Sibling DNA Testing
By Tiyalaw at May 3, 2018 | 4:44 pm | 0 Comment
Immigration News: USCIS & FAM New Policy for Sibling DNA Testing Recently, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new immigration policy on establishing sibling or half-sibling relationship when primary evidence is unavailable or unreliable. A USCIS officer may suggest or consider a direct sibling-to-sibling DNA test by an more...
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USCIS Met FY 2019 H-1B Cap
By Tiyalaw at April 6, 2018 | 9:53 am | 0 Comment
USCIS Met FY 2019 H-1B Cap On April 6, 2018, USCIS had received sufficient H-1B Cap Petitions for the 2019 fiscal year (FY), to meet the annual 65,000 H-1B work visa cap and the 20,000 master's cap (U.S.-advanced-degree visa exemption). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting H-1B Cap Petitions on April 2, more...
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Still Waiting for Green Card, Work Permit or Travel Document in the Mail? USCIS Will Destroy Them After 60 Days When Returned Undelivered
By Tiyalaw at April 3, 2018 | 7:27 pm | 0 Comment
Still Waiting for Green Card, Work Permit or Travel Document in the Mail? USCIS Will Destroy Them After 60 Days When Returned Undelivered If a Green Card, work permit or travel document has been approved, and the document has not arrived in the mail, please note the following. Starting April 2, 2018, USCIS will destroy Permanent Resident Cards (Green Cards), more...
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No More DACA Deal? TN For Mexico in Crisis!
By Tiyalaw at April 1, 2018 | 3:11 pm | 0 Comment
No More DACA Deal? TN For Mexico in Crisis! This morning, President Trump tweeted: “NO MORE DACA DEAL!” and threatened to terminate NAFTA with Mexico if it doesn't stop people from flowing through Mexico's Southern Border and then into U.S. It is unclear if the tweet represents a change on DACA policies. Although rescinded by more...
Processing Delay for H-1B Petitions for Visa Cap 2019 with Temporary Premium Processing Suspension
By Tiyalaw at March 24, 2018 | 12:12 pm | 0 Comment
Processing Delay for H-1B Petitions for Visa Cap 2019 with Temporary Premium Processing Suspension There will be processing delays for H-1B petitions that are lucky enough to be selected in the lottery system for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. This is because effective April 2, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be suspending premium processing, more...
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Green Card for Multinational Manager or Executive or L-1A Intracompany Transferee – New USCIS Clarifications on EB-1C
By Tiyalaw at March 22, 2018 | 7:24 pm | 0 Comment
Green Card for Multinational Manager or Executive or L-1A Intracompany Transferee – New USCIS Clarifications on EB-1C Generally, a multinational manager or executive (L-1A intracompany transferee) who has worked outside the U.S. for a qualifying multinational organization for at least one (1) out of the three (3) years may apply for an immigrant petition to be a more...
