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USCIS Reaches FY 2011 H-1B Cap

USCIS announced on January 27, 2011 that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2011. USCIS is notifying the public that january 26, 2011 is the final receipt date for new H-1B specialty occupation...

DOL Continues Its Enforcement Rampage

A Consulting company based in Suwanee, Georgia, Smartsoft International Inc., has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back wages and interest to 135 nonimmigrant workers temporarily employed by the company under the H-1B visa program. DOL reached this agreement...

President Obama Signs Border Security Bill

(Updated on August 13, 2010 – President Barack Obama signed a bill on August 13, 2010 that provides $600 million in emergency funding to help secure the U.S.-Mexico Border.)  For details please click here. The following is the article from August 5, 2010: The...

Musings From The AILA Conference

From June 30th to July 3rd, The American Immigration Lawyer’s Association held their annual conference in Washington D.C. Here are some of the tidbits picked up for our readers. More Efficiency and Sharing between agencies We are being asked by CIS to submit the...