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August 2008 Visa Bulletin Update

We wrote on Friday about the anticipated significant forward movement for EB-2 India. The August 2008 Visa Bulletin is out now and it confirms our expectation. In addition, EB-2 China has also moved forward significantly. Both EB-2 India and China have a date of June 1, 2006 (from April 2004 previously). Another important update related to the visa bulletin is the unavailability of visas in the "Other Workers" category - they are now unavailable (from April 2003 previously). The visa bulletin explains that such unavailability is due to the numbers for the "Other Workers" category reaching their annual numerical limit. It is expected that once the FY 2009 begins in October, the dates should return to April 2003. Please read the full article for more details on the August 2008 Visa Bulletin.

By |2008-07-14T09:07:40-04:00July 14th, 2008|News|
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June 2008 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 Expected to Retrogress

The June 2008 Bulletin is out. Among the employment-based visa numbers, there is a slight forward movement in the EB-2 category for China and India, by about 3 months, from January 2004 to April 2004. However, the June bulletin indicates that retrogression for EB-3 is expected in July. Please read the full article for more details on the June 2008 Visa Bulletin.

By |2008-05-13T14:12:37-04:00May 13th, 2008|News|
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H-1B Visa Policy

The Washington Post published today an article about the H-1B visa program and how its benefits and problems affect immigrants, employers and American workers.  The article is fairly short but it compresses the feelings of the three major stakeholders in the H-1B visa program debate. The U.S. Employers The H-1B program was designed to help U.S. companies [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:49:56-04:00April 21st, 2008|H-1B, News|
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May 2008 Visa Bulletin

The May 2008 Visa Bulletin is out. Among the employment-based visa numbers, unfortunately, there was only a slight forward movement for most categories. The most notable movement was for employment-based third preference category (EB-3) for all countries except China, India, Mexico. The priority date for such EB-3 workers moved from July 2005 to March 2006. EB-3 Mexico and EB-3 Philippines moved to July 2002 and March 2006, respectively. EB-2 China and EB-2 India moved slightly forward; unfortunately this movement was very minor, only by a month, to January 2004 for both.

By |2017-05-20T21:49:56-04:00April 13th, 2008|News|
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DOL Report of PERM Processing and Statistics

The Department of Labor has released the PERM processing statistics for the first two quarters of its Fiscal Year 2008. The report indicates that there were 44,090 PERM applications received, there were 12,600 cases certified and, as of March 23, 2008, there were 28,000 cases pending. Read the full article for details.

By |2017-05-20T21:49:56-04:00April 9th, 2008|News|
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 PERM Statistics

Earlier in February, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification at the Department of Labor released its official FY 2007 data covering cases processed under the Permanent Labor Certification Program (PERM). The PERM data provides an insight into the level of demand for U.S. jobs in different industry sectors and geographic areas.

By |2017-05-20T21:49:58-04:00February 28th, 2008|News|
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