Immigration
E-Verify is the system touted by USCIS to help stop people working who are not in the US in a legal status. It requires employers to check social security numbers, names, etc. against the social security and USCIS database. If the databases do not recognize someone, they will send
Immigration
The Department of State has released the latest visa bulletin for August 2013. In that bulletin there have been several significant movements. First, in terms of family based applications, the F2A category - spouses and children of permanent residents, has come current. Second, the EB-2 for India has moved forward
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USCIS has issued a memo implementing the US Supreme Court's decision in overturning DOMA (the Defense of Marriage Act). In a statement, SecretaryNapolitano stated: After last week’s decision by the Supreme Court holding that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, President Obama
Adjustment of Status
The Department of State has once again released the demand data used to determine the July cut-off dates for the EB-2 and Eb-3 category. It is important to note that there are additional cases outside of these numbers that have not been counted (those who have already
Immigration
The Department of State recently released the July visa bulletin. While forward movement for the coming month was small or non-existent (1st preference remains current for all countries, 2nd preference is current for all but India (Sept. 1, 2004) and China (August 8, 2008), 3rd preference is at January
Immigration
Below is a link to an article from the Immigration Policy Center of the American Immigration Council which goes through many of the myths about Immigration and the economy and explains why they are incorrect. For the most part, immigration actually helps our economy, does not depress wages, and actually
Adjustment of Status
Just the other day the 6th Circuit Court of appeals overturned the denial of an Adjustment of Status application filed on behalf of a TPS holder. The TPS recipient had entered the US illegally, but had a US Citizen wife. The couple filed an I-130 (family based petition) and
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USCIS has begun returning H-1B application for cases that were not lucky enough to be picked for the random audit. If you do not recall, USCIS received more application in the first week of H-1B availability than it had visas for. Therefore, USCIS pooled all applications received during
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The June Visa Bulletin has been released by the Department of State. EB-2 numbers for India remain at Sept. 1, 2004. This is in line with the predictions of the DOS that these numbers would not progress at all for India in the near future. For China the date
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<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/7449501/?claim=cu2hrptenhq">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> USCIS has issued a new I-9 form for employers to use when checking that their workers are eligible to work. The form goes into effect tomorrow, May
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Rep. Goodlatte (R) held a press conference this morning regarding immigration reform efforts underway in the Senate. While he stated that he welcomed such efforts, he also stated that the House Judiciary committee would be looking at Immigration differently. The House will be dividing the legislation into separate bills so
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It is important to keep in mind that the bill introduced in the Senate the other day is just that, a bill. Until it is passed by both the House and Senate and signed by the President, it is not the law. While it is somewhat instructive to discuss what