by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | General News, Immigration News, Non-Immigrant Visas
According to the new FAM provision (9 FAM 403.11-3) updated by the U.S. Department of State, consular officers shall prudentially revoke nonimmigrant visas for DUI arrests, as driving under the influence is indicative of a possible physical or mental disorder with...
by admin | May 12, 2016 | General News, Immigration News
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced last week a proposal to increase the fees of certain U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) applications. Fee increases generally range from 8 to 60%. However, filing fees related to the EB-5 green card...
by admin | Jul 31, 2015 | General News, H-1B, Immigration News
We previously wrote an article on this issue when The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on April 9, 2015, handed down a precedent decision, Matter of Simeio Solutions. Generally, for relocations occurring after April 9 but prior to August 19, employers will have...
by admin | Jan 26, 2015 | Immigration News
MEETING WITH CONSULAR SECTION By Heidi Son, Esq. US Embassy, Amman Jordan November 2014 Having just recently moved to Amman Jordan less than three months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing the Consular Chief of the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, Ian...
by admin | Jan 25, 2015 | Immigration News
We would like to update our clients on current processing times for the various USCIS processing centers. California Service Center Processing Time Report (1/20/15) H-1B: 2 months L: 1 month TN: 2 months Nebraska Service Center Processing Time Report (1/20/15) I-140...
by admin | Mar 13, 2014 | Immigration News, L-1, Non-Immigrant Visas, SWLGPC New York, SWLGPC Silicon Valley, SWLGPC Team
Today, our office received information from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) which reported that (pursuant to a Freedom of Information Request) on February 26, 2014, the USCIS released statistics regarding the number of L-1B nonimmigrant petitions...
