The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has provided an update on the current PERM processing dates as of December 31, 2009. They are as follows: Regular processing: March 2009. DOL is processing PERM applications with priority dates in March of 2009. This suggests that there is certain forward movement for regular PERM processing. Accordingly, regular PERM [...]
The February 2010 Visa Bulletin was just released by the State Department. The fifth visa bulletin for the fiscal year 2010 and the second for the calendar 2010 does not bring much movement. There is no movement for India across all employment-based categories. For many other categories, the only forward movement is in the 1-2 [...]
Almost four months after USCIS launched its redesigned website, the USCIS Ombudsman office is setting up a conference call to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of USCIS' website, in general, and of the redesign, in particular. Our office will sit on this conference call to share our thoughts and comments with the [...]
Now that the H-1B quota has been reached (as of December 21, 2009), we are receiving an increasing number of inquiries by both cap-subject employers and prospective employees about the alternatives for work authorization between now and October 1, 2010, when the new fiscal year's H-1B quota would begin (as a reminder, April 1, 2010 [...]