Immigration
Mr. Oppenheim, the Department of State Officer in charge of the Visa Bulletin has given the American Immigration Lawyer's Association some addition information about the upcoming August bulletin as well as what the future brings for the Visa numbers. Below is the text of what was told to
Immigration
The August 2014 Visa Bulletin has been released. For family based cases, overall things moved forward slightly. For employment based cases, both China and India saw some forward movement with EB2s and China saw some movement with EB3s as well. For the EB2s, India moved from September 1, 2008 to
Immigration
Congress only has 28 days left in its latest legislative session. After that, they take a break for two months, and then, when they come back, the election season is on in full force and there is not much chance of anything of significance passing. What does this mean for
Immigration
The Department of State has been stating for a while now that it may need to retrogress certain categories, and it has now happened. Both the family based category 2A (spouses and children of permanent residents) went from September 8, 2013 to May 1, 2012 for all countries except Mexico
Extraordinary Ability
Almost all researchers, be they scientific researcher, social science researchers, or foreign relations researchers, have presented their work at symposia, and other venues. In terms of the Extraordinary Ability and National Interest Waiver applications, of what help are these presentations? This greatly depends on the type of presentations and where
Extraordinary Ability
For the National Interest Waiver, the Extraordinary Ability and the Outstanding Researcher applications, evidence that you have judged the work of others in your field or a related field can be extremely helpful. However, the level of helpfulness of this evidence depends greatly on the type of judging and the
Immigration
The National Interest Waiver application is a self-sponsored application that is a good fit for many, many researchers and others looking to get permanent residence in the US. While many people feel that they need to show they are working for our government or something similar in order to show
Adjustment of Status
The May 2014 visa bulletin has been released and in many of the categories there has been little to no movement. So, without further ado, lets run through the dates: Employment Based: Eb-1 is still current for all. Eb-2 is still current for all except India (which is still at
Immigration
As expected USCIS announced today that it has received sufficient H-1B application to meet the H-1B cap as well as the Master's Cap. Therefore USCIS will conduct a lottery later this month to determine which cases will be accepted for the cap, and which will not, and will
Visas
Maybe this scenario sounds familiar: You file for an H-1 B for an employee, and get it approved for them to work for you for 3 years. At the end of the 3 years you file a renewal for your employees H-1B. Instead of a straight approval this time, however,
Adjustment of Status
Many times we hear from clients or prospective clients that a “friend” of theirs, who has much less in the way of credentials, was approved for an EB-1A. Sometimes it was a “friend of a friend” or a “relative” or some other acquaintance who had the approval. While I have
Extraordinary Ability
One of the most frequent questions we get from our clients is about the Letters of Recommendations needed for the self-sponsored applications (we actually call them Expert Review or Expert Opinion Letters). People want to know who the best referees are, what the letters need to say, etc. For the