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Breaking news: FY 2013 H-1B Cap reached – as from June 11th
On June 11, 2012, USCIS received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the statutory cap for FY 2013. On June 7, 2012, USCIS also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption. USCIS will reject petitions subject to the cap for H-1B specialty…
Bad News: July 2012 Visa Bulletin shows EB2 retrogressing for all other countries of the world to Jan 2009 while India and China – Unavailable until September 2012
Bad news for EB2 (Employment Based Category) categories for everybody in the world – India and Mainland China is UNAVAILABLE for India and China and for all other countries in the world retrogressing to Jan 2009. EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth…
H1B visa news: According to AILA, the master cap might be finished by June 7th and regular cap probably by Monday June 11th 2012.
H1B visas for 2013 quota might be closed by June 11th 2012. We are hoping that they might be wrong. The American Immigration Lawyers Association, posted this today: “Assuming that the rate of H-1B filings has remained at least constant at 1,800 per day, another 7,200 cap-subject non-master’s H-1B petitions will have been filed by…
Why the H4 visas’ law needs to change.
Written by An Anonymous H4 Visa Holder: The scope of this article is not to discuss whether or not the H visas should be allowed. Instead it centers on the viewpoint that given that the H visas exist as an immigration policy, the H4 aspect of it needs to be brought out in the open…
U.S. District Court (District of Minesota) determines that there is no H-1B for Operations and Finance Analyst – Palace Wine & Spirits v. USCIS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA “The evidence in the record does not compel findings contrary to those made by USCIS. Noting that the Court may not substitute its judgment for that of USCIS, the Court concludes that USCIS’s determination that the Operations and Finance Analyst position is not a “specialty occupation” is reasonably…
Tips when filing the DS 160 form regarding Misrepresentation finding (the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) form)
You should pick the choice “Yes” on visa application if you were subject to INA 221g The Department of States treats the suspension for administrative processing (INA 221g) as a refusal, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requires that such refusals be reported on the ESTA application. The Custom Border Patrol (CBP), will request…
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