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Citizenship Statistics

As our office continues to handle an increasing number of citizenship application, we thought it would be interesting to share some naturalization statistics, grouped by decade, for the past four decades. According to numbers provided by USCIS, the period between 2001 and 2010 noted a slowdown in the number foreign nationals becoming U.S. citizens.  The [...]

By |2010-03-04T09:01:12-05:00March 4th, 2010|Articles, News|

Startup Visa Act of 2010 Introduced

Among our clients and readers, we  have many entrepreneurs and start-up companies which may be interested in a recent development in Congress. Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Lugar (R-IN) have introduced a new bill in Congress seeking to drive job creation and increasing America's global competitiveness by helping immigrant entrepreneurs secure visas to the United States.  [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:48:58-04:00February 25th, 2010|Articles, EB-5, News, Policy|

Report Highlights E-Verify Accuracy Problems

USCIS released, on January 28, 2010, a recent report conducted by an outside research firm, Westat, on the accuracy of E-Verify with respect to identifying illegal workers, among other classes of workers run through the   E-Verify system.  The E-Verify evaluation is part of an ongoing effort to evaluate E-Verify's accuracy. The Report's Findings The report [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:48:58-04:00February 25th, 2010|Articles, E-Verify, News, USCIS|

USCIS Meeting on H-1B Employer-Employee Relationship Memo

Earlier today USCIS held a collaboration session on "Determining Employer-Employee Relationships for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions."  We had the opportunity to attend the session, to listen and to engage in a discussion regarding the January 8, 2010, USCIS Memorandum by Donald Neufeld on the Employer-Employee Relationship. The Session Generated Great Interest The session proved to [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:48:59-04:00February 18th, 2010|Articles, H-1B, News, Policy|

DHS Reports on Employer Enforcement and Compliance

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in a recent symposium, has provides some useful insight into its operations and policies.  We are happy to share some of DHS's disclosures. DHS Investigations on Employers to Continue and Increase Janet Napolitano, the DHS Secretary, has indicated that employer investigations will continue and, possibly, intensify.  In 2009 there [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:49:00-04:00February 11th, 2010|Articles, E-Verify, I-9, News, Policy|

NVC Releases Immigrant Visa Queue Numbers

The National Visa Center (NVC) has released numbers and statistics on the immigrant visa numbers pending at NVC.   The information is as of November 1, 2009.  It is important to note that these numbers reflect immigrant visas which have chosen "consular processing" and not adjustment of status (I-485) applications filed from within the U.S.  Also, [...]

By |2010-02-05T11:42:58-05:00February 5th, 2010|Articles, News, Policy, Visa Processing|

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