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2010
December
- What Could Be More Important than Stimulating the Economy and Bolstering National Security? Making the Case for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- Securing an L-1B - What's Knowledge Got to Do With It?
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Opines on "Appropriate" Employer-Employee Relationships for H-1B Purposes
- and more…
2009
December
- What Does USCIS' Fraud Detection Unit Want From You?
- HIV Positive Immigrants'Applications For Inadmissability Waivers To Be Held In Abeyance
- Hopeful Progess In Resolving Surviving Spouses Limbo
- and more…
October/November
- Long Wait Continues for Employment-Based Green Card Applicants
- The Best and the Brightest Fleeing America - Why We Urgently Need Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- FY 2010 H-1B Cap Count Jumps 7,000 in one month to 52,800
- and more…
October - Special Alert
- Customs and Border Protection Warns of Tougher Stance on Returning Lawful Permanent Residents with Criminal Convictions
- and more…
September
- What Does USCIS' Fraud Detection Unit Want From You?
- HIV Positive Immigrants'Applications For Inadmissability Waivers To Be Held In Abeyance
- Hopeful Progess In Resolving Surviving Spouses Limbo
- and more…
August
- E-Verify Set to Take Effect September 8, 2009
- A Potential Crack in the Armor Against Granting Asylum to Those Who Resist Induction into Gangs
- Below average performance by U.S. students in math and science portends a continued need for foreign workers
- and more…
July
- DHS Secretary Napolitano Highlights Administration's Support for E-Verify, Requirement for Use by Certain Government Contractors by September 8
- ESTA Application Poses Dilemma for Certain Short-Term Business Visitors
- First Preference Immigrants from China and India Encouraged to File Petitions Immediately Given Looming Threat of Priority Date Retrogression
- and more…
June
- LATEST GRIM VISA BULLETIN PROJECTIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED GREEN CARDS ILLUSTRATE NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
- DHS AND CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS OFFER HOPE THAT SURVIVING SPOUSES OF US CITIZENS WILL ACHIEVE PARITY UNDER IMMIGRATION LAWS
- SUMMER TRAVEL ALERT
- and more…
May
- THE SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY REJECTS THE MISUSE OF FELONY AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT AGAINST FOREIGN WORKERS
- SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT TRADITIONAL STANDARD APPLIES TO STAYS OF REMOVAL FOR CASES UNDER APPELLATE REVIEW
- IMPORTANT REMINDER FOR EMPLOYERS OF H-1B VISA HOLDERS
- and more…
February
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S VISA BULLETIN REFLECTS SUSTAINED HIGH DEMAND FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRANT VISAS NUMBERS
- U.S. SUPREME COURT ADDRESSES PERSECUTOR BAR IN NEGUSIE V. HOLDER
- WIDOWS OF U.S. CITIZENS FILE CLASS ACTION SUIT CHALLENGING THE "WIDOW PENALTY"
- and more…
January
- USCIS ANNOUNCES H-2B CAP REACHED FOR FY 2009
- AG DECISION IN MATTER OF COMPEAN DECLARES IMMIGRANTS IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO COUNSEL
- E-VERIFY REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS IS DELAYED AND FATE OF E-VERIFY PROGRAM UNKNOWN
- and more…
2008
December
- USCIS PUBLISHES INTERIM RULE ON DOCUMENTS ACCEPTABLE FOR COMPLETION OF FORM I-9 EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION
- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DRAMATICALLY EXPANDS SCOPE OF US-VISIT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE NEARLY ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS, INCLUDING PERMANENT RESIDENTS, BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2009
- ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION (ESTA) DRAMATICALLY CHANGES TRAVEL TO U.S. FOR VISA WAIVER PROGRAM TRAVELERS
- and more…
November
- E-VERIFY MADE MANDATORY FOR MOST FEDERAL CONTRACTS, CONTRACTORS
- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROVIDES UPDATES ON PERM PROGRAM, LABOR CONDITION APPLICATIONS
- NEW VISA WAIVER PROGRAM COUNTRIES BECOME ELIGIBLE TO TRAVEL TO U.S. USING ONLY ESTA CLEARANCE
- and more…
October
- DV LOTTERY APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED UNTIL DECEMBER 1ST (NOON)
- ALMOST 12,000 H-1B CAP SUBJECT PETITIONS REMAIN PENDING AT USCIS
- MCCAIN AND OBAMA ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
- and more…
September
- ADVANCED IMMIGRATION PLANNING CRITICAL AS H-1B AND EMPLOYMENT-BASED GREEN CARD SHORTAGE CONTINUES
- REMINDER ON AUSTRALIAN E-3 EXTENSIONS AND SINGAPOREAN AND CHILEAN H-1B1s
- DOS ON INADMISSIBILITY OF UNLAWFUL VOTERS
- and more…
August
- H-2B CAP FOR "SEASONAL WORKERS" REACHED FOR HALF OF FY2009
- LCA AND PERM BACKLOGS REAPPEAR AT DOL
- NEW PASSPORT CARD BEING ISSUED BY DOS AND DHS FOR BORDER CROSSERS
- and more…
July
- UPDATE ON DOL MATTERS
- TIPS FOR NORTHERN BORDER CROSSERS AND OTHER TRAVELERS
- TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR GREEN CARD HOLDERS WHO REQUIRE RE-ENTRY PERMITS
- and more…
June
- DHS TO ISSUE TWO-YEAR EADs TO CERTAIN PENDING ADJUSTMENT APPLICANTS
- ALL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS REQUIRED TO USE E-VERIFY
- MORE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY: LOCAL POLICE FERRETING OUT UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS ON IDENTITY THEFT CHARGES; STATES ENACTING IMMIGRATION-RELATED LAWS; OTHER ENFORCEMENT MEASURES
- and more…
May
- USCIS PROPOSES TO INCREASE INITIAL PERIOD OF STAY FOR CANADIAN AND MEXICAN TN PROFESSIONALS TO THREE YEARS
- NEW MEDICAL FORM MUST BE USED AFTER MAY 1, 2008
- SLIGHTLY SHORTER NATURALIZATION PROCESSING TIMES
- and more…
April
- USCIS REISSUES PROPOSED RULES ON NO-MATCH LETTERS
- USCIS REVERSES DECISION IN IRAQI TRANSLATOR GREEN CARD CASE AND AGREES TO REVIEW ALL OTHER PREVIOUSLY DENIED AND PENDING CASES
- UPDATE ON H-1B CAP SUBJECT FILINGS
- and more…
March
- SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN EMPLOYERS SANCTIONS FINES EFFECTIVE MARCH 27, 2008
- FINAL PREPARATION UNDERWAY FOR APRIL H-1B PETITIONS
- NEW USCIS POLICY ON NAME CHECKS
- and more…
February
- GET READY NOW FOR APRIL 1ST H-1B FILINGS
- UPDATE ON WORKPLACE ENFORCEMENT-RELATED ISSUES
- SUMMER SURGE IN NATURALIZATION APLICATIONS WILL CAUSE TWO YEAR PROCESSING DELAYS
- and more…
January
- IMMEDIATE H-1B PLANNING IMPERATIVE
- UPDATE ON ENFORCEMENT-RELATED ISSUES: EMPLOYERS MUST USE REVISED I-9 FORM TO AVOID POSSIBLE PAPERWORK PENALTIES; USCIS ENCOURAGES E-VERIFY USE
- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR UPDATE
- and more…
2007
November/December
- New Maggio & Kattar web site up and running
- H and I nonimmigrant adjustment applicants no longer required to possess receipt notice in order to travel
- Increased DOL audits of perm applications reported
- and more…
October
- “No-Match Rule” Implementation Blocked by District Court
- Compelling DHS Action on Long-Pending Adjustment and Naturalizaton Cases
- Massive Adjustment of Status Filings Means Massive Processing Volatility
- and more…
September
- H-1B and Employment-Based Green Card Shortage Compel Immediate Planning
- Current Immigrant Visa Priority Dates: What to Expect in October and Beyond
- “No-Match” Letter Rule Stayed By Court But Increased Enforcement Looms
- and more…
August
- USCIS Addresses Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Questions
- Adjustment of Status Travel Advisory
- Labor Certification Update
- and more…
July
- The Debacle Surrounding Employment-based Visa Availability and Unavailability
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform Dies in Senate
- Update on J Visas and Waivers
- and more…
June
- Immigration Filing Fees Increase Dramatically on July 30, 2007
- Senate Set to Complete Action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- Six Weeks Remain Before DOL Labor Certification Rules Go into Effect
- and more…
May
- H-1B Unavailability and Filing for Permanent Resident Status Now
- Priority Dates for Immigrant Visas Jump Almost Two Years Forward for Certain Professionals and Skilled Workers
- Other Significant Advances in June
- and more…
April
- Update on H-1B Cap: Lottery for Most Coveted Work Visa
- Immigration Overhaul Now in Play
- Prospects Remain Far from Clear
- and more…
March
- Will the H-1B Cap Be Reached on April 2nd?
- “Despite Push, Immigration Deal Not on Horizon”, Or So It Seems
- ICE Steps-Up Workplace Raids
- and more…
February
- Breaking News: Significant Agency Action Predicted
- Far-Reaching DOL Proposal Slated for Final Action
- DOL Seeks User Fees for Labor Certification Applications
- and more…
January
- Comprehensive Immigration Reform Now Fast Tracked
- Plan H-1B Filings Immediately
- Early Exhaustion of Numbers Anticipated
- and more…