fiscal year

August 2012 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India and China Remain Unavailable; EB-2 ROW Cutoff Date Unchanged at January 1, 2009; FB-1 Philippines Retrogresses by 32 Months

The U.S. State Department has just released the August 2012 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2012 fiscal year.    The major headline in the upcoming month’s bulletin is the continued unavailability in the EB-2 India and China categories (which is expected to continue for at least one more months), the unchanged [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:53-04:00July 10th, 2012|Articles, EB-2, EB-3, News, Visa Bulletin|

HR 3012 Developments – Sen. Grassley Proposed Increased H-1B Enforcement In Exchange of Removing Per-Country Green Card Limits

Our office closely monitors developments here in Washington, DC on the proposal to lift the per-country limitations on immigrant visas (green cards).    Throughout the past couple of weeks, there have been significant developments on this proposal and we wanted to update our clients and readers. H.R. 3012 Background H.R. 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:53-04:00June 28th, 2012|Articles, DOL, Employers, H-1B, News, Policy|

July 2012 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 ROW Cutoff Date of January 1, 2009 Introduced; EB-2 India and China Remain Unavailable

The U.S. State Department has just released the July 2012 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the FY2012 fiscal year.    The major headline in the upcoming month’s bulletin is the introduction of a cutoff date for the EB-2 ROW category and the continued unavailability in the EB-2 India and China categories (which [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:53-04:00June 11th, 2012|Articles, EB-2, News, Visa Bulletin|

June 2012 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India and China Unavailable; EB-1 and EB-2 ROW Cutoff Dates Possible

The U.S. State Department has just released the June 2012 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the FY2012 fiscal year.    The major headline in the upcoming month’s bulletin is the unavailability in the EB-2 India and China categories, the significant (four months) advancement in EB-3 China,  the continued forward movement in FB-1 [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:55-04:00May 13th, 2012|Articles, EB-2, I-485, News, Visa Bulletin|

Annual Visa Limit for EB-2 India and China Reached – No New GC Approvals until October 1, 2012

Our office has been able to confirm what we have suspected for a few weeks.  Many of our readers are aware that the significant forward movement in the cutoff dates for the EB-2 India and China categories over the past few months has caused a significant number of demand and I-485 filings.     USCIS has been [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:56-04:00April 25th, 2012|Articles, EB-2, I-485, News, Visa Bulletin|

FY2013 H-1B Numbers Update – 20,600 Regular and 9,700 Masters Cap Visas Used (April 13, 2012)

The H-1B season is well underway and we have received the second “official” update on the FY2013  cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 2 for both the Vermont and California Service Centers.   As of April 13, 2012, USCIS has received approximately 20,600 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap.   This suggests a rate of filings of [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:58-04:00April 19th, 2012|Articles, H-1B, News|

FY2013 H-1B Numbers Update – 17,400 Regular and 8,200 Masters Cap Visas Used (April 9, 2012)

The H-1B season is well underway and we have received the first “official” updates on the FY2013  cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 2 for both the Vermont and California Service Centers.   As of April 9, 2012, USCIS has received approximately 17,400 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap.   Similarly, as of April 9, there were [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:58-04:00April 9th, 2012|Articles, H-1B, News|

May 2012 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India and China Retrogress to August 15, 2007; Possibility for EB-2 India and China to Become “Unavailable” and for EB-2 ROW Cutoff Date

The U.S. State Department has just released the May 2012 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the FY2012 fiscal year.    The major headline in the upcoming month’s bulletin is the significant retrogression in EB-2 India and China, the continued forward movement in FB-1, the possibility of a cutoff date for EB-2 ROW [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:47:59-04:00April 6th, 2012|Articles, EB-2, News, Visa Bulletin|

(Unofficial) FY2013 H-1B Numbers Update – Approx. 17,000 Regular and 5,000 Masters Cap Visas Used (April 4, 2012)

The H-1B season is well underway and there are some “unofficial” updates on the FY2013  cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 2 for both the Vermont and California Service Centers.  As of April 4, 2012, USCIS has received approximately 17,000 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap.   Similarly, as of April 4, there were approximately 5,000 [...]

By |2012-04-05T17:01:43-04:00April 5th, 2012|Articles, H-1B, News|

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