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Court Upholds Block on President Obama’s Immigration Reform
Last night U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision, halted President Obama’s executive orders on immigration, upsetting the administration’s efforts to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and delivering a major setback to a core...
Department of State Releases Information For DV-2017 “Green Card Lottery”
Earlier this week U.S. Department of State (DOS) provided information on the 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2017), otherwise known as the “green card lottery.” Please note that entries must be submitted electronically between October 1, 2015, and November...
USCIS and DOS Announce Changes to Permanent Residence Application Process
USCIS announced yesterday that, in conjunction with the Department of State (DOS), it is revising the procedures for determining when an application for adjustment of status may be filed, in effect implementing part of President Obama's November 2014 Executive Actions...
New Business Venture or Start-Up in the U.S.? E-2 Treaty Investor Visa Could be The Answer
The E visa category is based upon a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation, or a Bilateral Investment Treaty. Individual companies or citizens of a qualifying country may qualify for an E-2 Treaty Investor visa. This visa category is truly designed for a...
New York Times: From an “Undocumented” Boyhood to a Doctorate
The New York Times shares the story of Dan-el Padilla Peralta, who hopes to further the discussion on immigration policy through his novel Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey From a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League. In the novel, he recounts his experience from...
USCIS Alert: FY2016 H-1B Cap Reached!
USCIS announced this week that it has received enough H-1B cap-subject petitions to reach the cap for FY2016 (employment start date of October 1, 2015). USCIS will complete initial intake before it conducts the lottery, but due to the high number of petitions, it is...
USCIS Will Begin Accepting Applications for Expanded DACA Starting February 18, 2015
On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a series of executive actions to crack down on illegal immigration at the border, prioritize deporting felons not families, and require certain undocumented immigrants to pass a criminal background check and pay taxes in...
2015 H-1B Season Is Fast Approaching!
U.S. employers wishing to employ foreign national workers in the H-1B specialty occupation category starting October 1, 2015, may file the H-1B applications 6 months prior to the October 1st start date, or April 1, 2015. There is an annual quota of 65,000 visas for...
BREAKING NEWS: Obama’s Executive Order on Immigration Has Been Announced!
Last night President Obama unveiled a number of executive actions he will take on immigration, among them providing immigration relief for nearly 5 million illegal aliens currently in the U.S. For further details behind this Executive Order, take a look...