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New myE-Verify Website Provides Employees and Job Seekers Access to E-Verify Information
More than half a million U.S. employers use E-Verify to check that their new hires are authorized to work in the United States. The web-based system compares information from an employee’s Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility. USCIS has recently announced…
Read MoreNewsAlert! EB-2 India Retrogression Imminent
We have learnt from Mr. Charles Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division for the Department of State (DOS), that retrogression of employment-based, second preference (EB-2) India would happen as early as November and given the current demand, the dates may possibly move to early 2005. This is largely due to the huge…
Read MoreBrookings Study provides valuable data on job vacancies in the STEM field
Knowledge and educational training in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, also known as STEM, are vital to economic growth to our country. STEM is important, because it reaches every aspect of our daily lives, from computers and smartphones to science, nature, and animals, as well as roads, bridges and banks. According to the Brookings Institution,…
Read MoreCBP Releases Checklist for TNs
In an attempt to improve consistency and clarify admission guidelines for non-immigrant worker applications under the TN (Treaty National) status, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released a checklist for evaluating TN applications. Recognized under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), TN status is a special non-immigrant status in the United States unique to citizens of Canada and Mexico, which…
Read MoreSupreme Court Decision on CSPA Makes Life Harder for Immigrant Families
The U.S. Supreme Court has just made life harder for immigrants and their families by issuing a landmark ruling essentially stating that children who have gone the legal route, and are waiting in line with their parents for permanent residency, have to go to the back of the line once they turn 21 years old,…
Read MoreJuly 2014 Visa Bulletin: Forward Movement for EB-2 India
U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the July 2014 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. Under the Employment Based (EB) category, cutoff dates for EB-2 India has moved significantly to September 1, 2008. Based on the April 21, 2014 meeting between Mr. Charlie Oppenheim of…
Read MoreFinal FY15 H-1B Cap Update
Last week our office received our first batch of H-1B packages that were not selected in the lottery for fiscal year 2015 (FY15). As of now all the returned packages received by our office has been from California Service though we anticipate that we will soon start receiving returned packages from the Vermont Service Center…
Read MoreDOJ and DOE push for enforcement of educational equality
Often, immigrants with school-aged children and questionable legal status may be fearful of enrolling their children in public school, as they lack awareness of the mandated law concerning the basic right of all children residing in the US the opportunity to attend elementary and secondary level public schools, regardless of their immigration status. Federal, state,…
Read MoreArrival/Departure History Now Available on I-94 Webpage
Foreign visitors entering the United States are issued Form I-94 by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) denoting Arrival/Departure Record. In the past, the I-94 was issued in paper format but since April 30, 2013 I-94s became accessible electronically online at https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/request.html On May 1, 2014 CBP announced further improvements to the system and the new webpage…
Read MoreMay 2014 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 India Remains Unchanged (DOS Prediction)
U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the May 2014 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. Under the Employment Based (EB) category, cutoff dates for EB-2 India remain at November 15, 2004 though cutoff dates for EB-3 India have moved forward by couple of weeks to…
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