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Provisional Extreme Hardship Waiver is Not Yet in Effect
By Tiyalaw at May 8, 2012 | 1:23 pm | 0 Comment
Provisional Extreme Hardship Waiver is Not Yet in Effect Not too long ago, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made a proposed change to allow certain immediate relatives (spouse, parent and/or children of a US citizen) who can demonstrate the required extreme hardships to apply for a provisional extreme hardship waiver for unlawful presence prior more...
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H-1B Work Visa Cap Has Been Reached on November 23, 2011 for FY2012
By Tiyalaw at November 23, 2011 | 5:26 pm | 0 Comment
H-1B Work Visa Cap Has Been Reached on November 23, 2011 for FY2012 On November 23, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received sufficient H-1B petitions to meet the 65,000 statutory H-1B cap. Nov. 22, 2011 was the final receipt date for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date (October more...
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13,600 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (June 1, 2011)
By Tiyalaw at June 7, 2011 | 5:59 pm | 0 Comment
13,600 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (June 1, 2011) As of June 1, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received 13,600 H-1B Regular Cap, and 9,300 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 more...
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13,100 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (May 26, 2011)
By Isabel Davila at June 1, 2011 | 4:52 am | 0 Comment
13,100 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (May 26, 2011) As of May 26, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received 13,100 H-1B Regular Cap, and 9,000 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 more...
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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...
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New Filing Location for Certain I-130 Petitioners Residing Abroad
By Tiyalaw at May 17, 2011 | 10:06 am | 0 Comment
New Filing Location for Certain I-130 Petitioners Residing Abroad On May 16, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new regulation stipulating that, effective August 15, 2011, I-130 petitioners residing in foreign countries without international USCIS offices must file their Forms I-130 Petition for Alien Relative with the USCIS more...
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Errors in 2012 DV Green Card Lottery Results in Early May 2011. New DV Results Available on or around July 15, 2011
By Tiyalaw at May 15, 2011 | 5:31 pm | 0 Comment
Errors in 2012 DV Green Card Lottery Results in Early May 2011. New DV Results Available on or around July 15, 2011 As a result of computer programming problem, The U.S. Department of State (DOS) will conduct new selection for 2012 diversity green card lottery applications that were submitted from October 5, 2010 to November 3, 2010. The new selection results are more...
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10,200 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (May 6, 2011)
By Tiyalaw at May 15, 2011 | 4:39 pm | 0 Comment
10,200 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (May 6, 2011) As of May 6, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received 10,200 H-1B Regular Cap, and 7,300 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...
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Recent Reports on Lost of Expiring Original Certified PERM form ETA 9089 for Permanent Labor Certification
By Tiyalaw at May 15, 2011 | 2:58 pm | 0 Comment
Recent Reports on Lost of Expiring Original Certified PERM form ETA 9089 for Permanent Labor Certification Recently, there have been reports that original certified forms ETA 9089 for permanent labor certification PERM process were not received. There was also an incident where the original certified form ETA 9089 was lost after being filed with the I-140 Immigrant more...
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Self-Check E-Verify System for Eligible Employees and/or Job Seekers
By Tiyalaw at April 27, 2011 | 1:33 pm | 0 Comment
Self-Check E-Verify System for Eligible Employees and/or Job Seekers On March 21, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched the first E-Verify Self Check, an innovative service that allows individuals in the United States to check their own employment eligibility status before they formally seek employment. E-Verify Self Check is in more...
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