by admin | Jun 15, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its July 2017 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, there has been a significant retrogression for the priority dates for EB-3 for China. There has also been no advancement for the priority dates for EB-1 for China and India following...
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 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...
by admin | May 8, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On March 6, 2017, a Presidential Memorandum directed the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security to implement heightened screening and vetting of applications for visas and other immigration benefits. In light of this memorandum, a notice was published on...
by admin | May 4, 2017 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, H-1B, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On May 3, 2017, USCIS announced that it has completed the data entry of all fiscal year 2018 H-1B CAP petitions that were selected. All H-1B CAP petitions that were not selected will begin to be returned. Unfortunately, the high volume of H-1B CAP filings prevents...
