The Los Angeles Times has requested and been able to obtain statistics from USCIS regarding the adjudication rates for H, L, O and P petitions for the Vermont and California Service Centers since Fiscal Year 2008 (FY2008). The statistics are current as of July 2010 and provide a very helpful overview of approval, denial and [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of September 3, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 36,600 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,700 over the past week). Similarly, as of September 3, there were 13,400 H-1B visas filed subject to the [...]
We have clients and our office handles a number of U.S. visa applications submitted in Canada. Accordingly, we wish to report on a new appointment service for all U.S. visa applicants in Canada, which becomes effective on September 1, 2010. As of September 1, 2010, all services -- including calling for information and scheduling an [...]
In a report released yesterday, the non-partisan Pew Hispanic Center provides a revised estimate of the unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. According to the report, the annual inflow of unauthorized immigrants to the United States was nearly two-thirds smaller in the March 2007 to March 2009 period than it had been from March 2000 to [...]