by admin | Aug 10, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
On August 2, 2017, Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA) introduced a revision to the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act. The main purpose of this bill is to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: Establish a...
by admin | Aug 3, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its August 2017 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, there has been a significant retrogression for the priority dates for EB-2 and EB-3 worldwide and no advancement for EB-2 for India and EB-3 for China. There has also been no...
by admin | Jun 8, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On June 6, 2017, in a Department of Labor (DOL) News Release, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Alex Acosta, announced plans to increase protections of American workers and “aggressively confront” visa program fraud and abuse. As a clear sign of a policy shift, Secretary...
by admin | May 15, 2017 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
On a monthly basis, the United States Department of State (USDOS) releases a visa bulletin that summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers of the current month to indicate when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to submit required documentation to the...
by admin | May 11, 2017 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its June 2017 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, there has been a significant retrogression for the priority dates for EB-1 for China and India. Prior to the June 2017 Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for EB-1 for China and India...
by admin | May 8, 2017 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, H-1B, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
As mentioned previously, USCIS completed the initial data entry of all 85,000 fiscal year 2018 H-1B CAP petitions that were selected for this year’s random selection process. USCIS will now adjudicate these 85,000 petitions over the next several months. In the event...