USCIS Completed FY 2019 H-1B Cap Lottery Process

USCIS Completed FY 2019 H-1B Cap Lottery Process USCIS completed FY 2019 H-1B Cap lottery process on April 11, 2018 for the 190,098 petitions received. Premium processing for H-1B Cap Petitions has...

Still Waiting for Green Card, Work Permit or Travel Document in the Mail?

Starting April 2, 2018, USCIS will destroy Green Cards, work permits or travel documents that have been returned undelivered by USPS after 60 days if applicants have not contacted USCIS with an updated...

New Online Filing Immigration System USCIS ELIS

New Online Filing Immigration System USCIS ELIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is moving toward green (environmental) modernization. On May 22, 2012, USCIS will launch a new online...

H-1B Work Visa Cap Has Been Reached on November 23, 2011 for FY2012

H-1B Work Visa Cap Has Been Reached on November 23, 2011 for FY2012 On November 23, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received sufficient H-1B petitions to meet the 65,000 statutory H-1B cap. Nov. 22, 2011 was the final receipt date for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date (October 1, 2011 or later) in Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 2012). Any petitions...

U.S. Consulates in China are Opening on Saturdays for Several Weeks!

Business and tourism between China and the United States have grown dramatically (especially in 2010) and they are expected to continue growing, over the years. As a result, the U.S. consulates across China have also seen a corresponding rise in visa applicants and wait times for visa appointments. In 2009, 66% of the visas issued by the U.S. consulates in China were for business and tourism to the United States. In their...

Immigration Filing Fees are Expected to Rise by the End of 2010 or Beginning of 2011

On June 9, 2010, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has proposed a new fee rule to increase (weighted average of about 10%) the immigration filing fees as a result of projected revenue shortfall of approximately $200 million in Fiscal Year of 2010 (projected costs of $2.3 billions with a $2.1 billions in projected revenue). The proposed fee rule seeks to establish new fees for certain procedures...

Rising Demand for Workforce, Foreign Nationals or Otherwise, As Oil Spill and Environmental Calamities Worsen in the Gulf of Mexico?

With the spread of environmental calamities as a result of the severe and continuous oil leak caused by BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico of the United States, international cooperation and efforts from various experts which include, but are not limited to the scientific, environmental, and natural oil/gas communities are more sacrosanct than ever. This oil spill disaster is expected...

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