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USCIS announces FY 2005 H1B Petition filing Status
Numbers Reflect Cases Received As Of August 18th Washington, D.C.– U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ... Please visit VisaPro.com for more immigration news updates!
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DOL issues guidance on H2B visas
Supplemental Guidance for Labor Certification Process for Temporary Employment of Nonimmigrant Workers in the United States (H-2B Workers); Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 AGENCY: Employment and Training...
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The show is over; USCIS reaches H1B Cap
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap for fiscal year 2005. Congress has set an annual...
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Actuaries and Plant Pathologists included under NAFTA
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Adding Actuaries and Plant Pathologists to Appendix 1603.D.1 of the North American Free Trade Agreement AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DHS. ACTION:...
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USCIS announces FY 2005 H2B Processing
Numbers reflect cases received as of November 1, 2004 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received H-2B petitions for 33,153 beneficiaries counting against the...
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Congress passes L1 and H1B Reform Law
The Fiscal Year 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill was approved by both the House and Senate on November 20, 2004. The Bill introduces many changes in the existing provisions relating to work visas, such...
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DOL notifies interim final rule on H1B1 Labor Condition Applications
The Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is amending its regulations related to the temporary employment of foreign professionals to implement procedural requirements applicable to a new visa...
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USCIS notifies H1B processing procedure
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a notice explaining how it will process H-1B petitions for new employment for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 now that it is clear that the...
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President signs Omnibus Appropriations Act; USCIS to implement the new law
New law changes aspects of the temporary work program U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that President Bush has signed the Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY 2005, which...
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Premium Processing Service suspended for R1 applications
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has temporarily suspended Premium Processing Service for I-129 petitions seeking R-1 nonimmigrant visa classification filed with the USCIS. Premium...
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USCIS to Issue Regulation on Multiple H1B Filings
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will soon issue an interim final regulation that will prohibit employers from filing more than one H-1B petition on behalf of a single foreign...
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Common H1B Errors Leading to Rejections and Denials
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a statement showing the common errors leading to petition rejections or denials. This is a list of the most frequently seen and easily cured...
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USCIS Offers Helpful Hints for Filing a FY 2009 H1B Cap Case
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), anticipates that April 1, 2008 will see a repeat of the mass filings from last year. With this expectation USCIS has published this list of measures...
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Important Changes and Clarifications for the H1B Application Process
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued clarifying regulations today, explaining how exactly the H-1B application process will be handled this year. Some important changes have...
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Senate Approves Strict Rules on Hiring H1-B Workers
The U.S. Senate agreed on Friday to set restrictions on the hiring of H-1B workers by financial services firms that receive federal bailout funds, but it didn't bar the hiring of foreign workers as...
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The H1B Visa and EB-2 Green Card for Entrepreneurs and Start-up Companies
On August 2, 2011, the Obama Administration and USCIS outlined a series of initiatives to continue to promote start-up enterprises and spur job creation in the U.S. Under these initiatives, which are...
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USCIS updates FAQs on Establishing the ‘Employer-Employee’ Relationship in...
Under the recently announced USCIS’ initiatives to promote startup enterprises and spur job creation, USCIS has clarified that entrepreneurs with an ownership stake in their own companies, including...
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USCIS publishes Final Rule establishing Transitional Worker Classification...
USCIS has recently published a final rule that establishes a Transitional Worker (CW) classification for workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). The CW classification allows...
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OFLC issues Q&As regarding delays in issuing PWD and H1B LCAs
On September 12, 2011, the Office of Foreign labor Certification (OFLC) issued Questions and Answers regarding the delays in issuing Prevailing Wage Determinations (PWD) and H-1B Labor Condition...
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DOL postpones the effective date for final rule concerning H-2B wage...
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a 60-day postponement of the effective date for the final rule concerning the wage methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B program,...
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