January 05, 2016
DHS is seeking public comments on a proposed rule to amend its regulations related to certain employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant visa programs. These proposed changes do not take effect with the publication of the notice of proposed rulemaking. Instead, they would take effect on the date indicated in the final rule when the final rule […]
January 05, 2016
USCIS recently began transferring certain casework from the Vermont Service Center (VSC) to the California Service Center (CSC) and Nebraska Service Center (NSC) to balance workloads. The CSC will now process Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status. How You Will Be Affected If We Transfer Your Case If USCIS transferred your case, USCIS will […]
January 05, 2016
On December 18, 2015, the President signed into the law the omnibus Appropriations Bill for 2016. This Public Law 114-113, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016 (Act), became effective from December 18, 2015. Some of the immigration-related issues include: Business Immigration: The bill extends the EB-5 Green Card Visa Programs (through investment of $1,000,000; or […]
February 04, 2014
After several months of negotiations, on April 17, 2013 a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators, informally known as the “Gang of Eight, introduced long-awaited legislation for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced the bipartisan immigration reform legislation, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 […]
February 04, 2014
(Newsletter Vol. XXIII, no. 06, April 24, 2013, Issue No. 2 ) April 11, 2013, the U.S. State Department released the upcoming visa bulletin for the month of May. According to the May Visa Bulletin, the priority date cut-offs for Employment-Based Third Preference (EB-3) sub-category for professionals and skilled workers will move by more than […]
February 04, 2014
(Newsletter Vol. XXIII, no. 05, April 10, 2013, Issue No. 1) Mr. Mehrotra speaking at the workshop at George Mason University Last month, Rakesh Mehrotra, Managing Attorney and Founder of the Law Offices of Rakesh Mehrotra, spoke at a workshop for international students and scholars at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. His presentation covered immigration […]
February 04, 2014
Overview The U.S. government has proposed to attract the world’s best and brightest entrepreneurs to start the next great companies in the United States. On November 28, 2012 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Federal agency responsible for administering visa programs, announced new resource for immigrant entrepreneurs, the Entrepreneur Pathways, an online resource center […]
February 04, 2014
Vol. XXIII, no.06, April 24, 2013, Issue no 2 USCIS used computer-generated random selection process to select cap-subject H-1B petitions since it received more petitions than the H-1B numerical cap for the FY 2014 April 8, 2013, WASHINGTON— For the first time since 2008, USCIS reached the statutory H-1B cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) […]
January 17, 2014
As part of our office’s continued effort to provide our clients with first-rate immigration services, we are advising all of our employers to begin the H-1B sponsorship process as soon as possible. Although H-1B petitions for the 2015 fiscal year cannot be filed until April 1, 2014, it is very important to have all of […]
January 17, 2014
As part of our office’s continued effort to provide our clients with first-rate immigration services, we are advising all of our employers to begin the H-1B sponsorship process as soon as possible. Although H-1B petitions for the 2015 fiscal year cannot be filed until April 1, 2014, it is very important to have all of […]
