USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of November 12, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 47,800 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,000 over the past week). Similarly, as of November 12, there were 17,400 H-1B visas filed subject to the [...]
The U.S. State Department just released the December 2010 Visa Bulletin which is the third Visa Bulletin for the FY2011 fiscal year. As anticipated and as we wrote recently, following our meeting with Charles Oppenheim, there is not much movement across the employment-based categories. EB India, for example, does not see any movement this month. [...]
Our office has established a reputation as one of the premier practices for handling appeals with the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) and we often receive inquiries not only about about the procedural aspects of an AAO appeal but also about the current processing times for AAO cases. The AAO processing times are published monthly, at [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of November 5, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 46,800 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,200 over the past week). Similarly, as of November 5, there were 17,200 H-1B visas filed subject to the [...]
Our office handles a substantial number of ETA Form 9089 - Permanent Labor Certification ("PERM") applications and we are closely monitoring the current PERM processing times not only for the benefit of our clients but also to be able to predict longer-term trends in PERM processing. The Department of Labor (“DOL”) has provided an update [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of October 29, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 45,600 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,300 over the past week). Similarly, as of October 29, there were 16,700 H-1B visas filed subject to the [...]
We wrote extensively in the past for the planned and the announced USCIS fee increase which is set to take effect on November 23rd for all applications filed or postmarked on or beyond this date. For some filings, the fee increase is very minor (and for some there is even a fee decrease!). However, due [...]
In the last hours before the mid-term elections in the United States, it is possible to draw on the conclusions of the political experts that the Republicans are likely to seize control of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Congress. How is this related to immigration? Our office has been consistently asked to provide [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of October 22, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 44,300 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,500 over the past week). Similarly, as of October 22, there were 16,200 H-1B visas filed subject to the [...]
Our office has received confirmation from AILA and from E-Verify that in certain cases, E-Verify would not verify employment authorization for an employee who is working for an employer under H-1B portability and where the employee previously held H-1B status but has since held an intervening status. For example, an employee holds H-1B status but [...]