by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jul 24, 2023 | Immigrant Visas
Permanent residents may leave the U.S. and travel abroad. However, if you are outside the U.S. for more than one year (12 months) during a single trip, you may be considered to have abandoned your green card status. In fact, after a six-month absence, it may be...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jun 18, 2023 | F-1/M-1, Family Based Immigrant Visa, Latest News
We would like to reprint this notice from USCIS. Starting June 13th, the service will entertain premium processing applications for applicants seeking a change of status to to F-1, F-2, M-1, M-2, J-1, or J-2 status, who have a pending Form I-539. On June 26th, the...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Jun 9, 2023 | H-1B
I’m reposting a really interesting article by Adam Cohen.. Just for some perspective. In 2005, YouTube was founded, Tesla was still three years away from releasing its first car, the first iPhone was still two years away, and Donald Trump’s show The Apprentice...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | May 1, 2023 | H-1B, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
We would like to present you with a report on the H-1b registration. In sum, FY 2024 saw a huge increase in the number of applications filed to 780,000. This translates to an overall percentage of about 14%. We also so a huge number of applicants with multiple...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Apr 11, 2023 | H-1B, Immigration News, L-1, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
In a down economy, we often say termination and layoffs of nonimmigrants especially in the tech industry. We decided to give our readers some updates with regards to considerations. Terminating an employee is always a difficult decision....
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Mar 17, 2023 | Department of labor
DOL is to issue prevailing wage determinations (PWDs) that were filed on the dates below as of February 28, 2023; this will include (OES and non-OES), PERM prevailing wage requests (filed Jan, 2022), and (OES and non-OES) H-1B prevailing wage requests (filed Jan, 2022...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Mar 7, 2023 | L-1
By: David Sindell ([email protected]) Section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)14 defines the terms of eligibility for L-1 intracompany transferee status. Regulations on acquiring, maintaining, and extending L-1 status are found at 8...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Feb 19, 2023 | L-1
L-1 petitions have the lowest approval rate amongst all employment-based nonimmigrant petitions and investor applications. L-1s are also the most likely to be issued a request for evidence (RFE). In fiscal year 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Feb 14, 2023 | H-1B
Registration Process To file H-1B petitions subject to the FY2024 cap for an employee, you must first electronically register and pay a $10 fee for each electronic registration. The electronic registration includes basic information about the employer and employee. If...
by SW Law Group, P.C. | Feb 13, 2023 | H-1B, Immigration News, L-1, Visas
Visa Revalidation to Commence in Washington DC this year Back in the day, when I started practicing immigration law, some 29 years ago, and up until about 19 years ago, in other words, for the first ten years of my career, our firm was able to send foreign...
