The United States is one of the few (if not the only one) countries in the world which taxes its citizens and permanent residents on the basis of their worldwide income. As a result, U.S. permanent residents (and citizens) who decide to live and work outside of the U.S. on a temporary basis are normally [...]
On April 1, 2015 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start accepting applications for one of the most popular U.S. work visas, H-1B, for fiscal year (FY) 2016. Our intelligence and past experience suggest that this year’s H-1B cap season will be very short — five business days. Our office is already [...]
Capitol Immigration Law Group is growing! We are delighted to announce that we have expanded to open a new office in San Francisco, California. Our new office location is located in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District at 555 California Street. The dynamic expansion of our offices would allow us to provide top-rate seamless [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the February 2015 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the FY2015 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant (and somewhat unexpected) forward movement in EB-2 India and the continued forward movement in the EB-3 preference category. Also, EB-2 [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the January 2015 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the FY2015 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the continued forward movement in the EB-3 preference category. Summary of the January 2015 Visa Bulletin – Employment-Based (EB) Below is a [...]
Capitol Immigration Law Group is pleased to sponsor and exhibit at the GMIC Silicon Valley Conference in San Francisco, CA. GMIC will host tech executives, entrepreneurs, developers, and investors from around the globe and our sponsorship of this event is in line with our commitment to support initiatives helping entrepreneurs build and develop successful businesses [...]
It has been a busy day for immigration attorneys and Washington, DC. As President Obama is getting ready to announce his executive action proposal, called Immigration Accountability Executive Action (IAEA), there are some reliable preliminary updates we can share with our readers. Summary of Proposed Executive Action Steps Deferred Action for Parents of USC and [...]
There are a few people who are interested in immigration who are not aware of the upcoming announcement by President Obama on his plan for executive action on immigration. At this time, we have been receiving rumors, bits and pieces, provided off the record, by various sources in the government here in Washington, DC and [...]
The short answer is yes. Benching H-1B workers can lead to a criminal visa fraud indictment. Employers who hire H-1B employees and fail to pay the wages indicated in the Labor Condition Application during a work stoppage may be violating the terms set forth in the Department of Labor regulations. The practice of “benching” H-1B [...]
In an important (and surely welcome by many) announcement, the National Visa Center (NVC) has announced that as of November 12, 2014, they would no longer start requiring and collecting original civil documents in support of immigrant visa (green card) cases. Most applicants will simply need to submit photocopies of the applicable required civil documents [...]