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2009 Poverty Guidelines Effective March 1st
March 12th, 2009
The State Department has announced that the 2009 Poverty Guidelines used for I-864, Affidavits of Support, went into effect on March 1, 2009. The I-864 is used for immigrant visa petitioners and joint sponsors. The guidelines are available here All c…
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Expedited Processing of I-140 Petitions Now Available for Some H-1B Workers
February 25th, 2009
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) announced on February 24, 2009 that some H-1B workers nearing the end of their sixth year of stay in the U.S. are eligible to expedite the processing of their I-140 petitions. Starting on March 2, 2009,…
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DOL Advises to Expect More Supervised Recruitment in PERM Cases
February 18th, 2009
Due to the current state of the economy, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently advised that employers in some industries should expect to start receiving more supervised recruitment notices on PERM applications. A PERM application is an app…
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E-verify Effective for Federal Contractors this Spring
January 31st, 2009
Effective May 21, 2009, federal contractors and subcontractors will be required to start using the E-Verify system to verify their employees’ eligibility to legally work in the U.S. The expansion of E-Verify. to federal contractors is the resul…
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CIS Announces New I-9 Form Implementation Delay
January 31st, 2009
CIS has announced that the new I-9 form that was supposed to go into effect on February 2, 2009, has been delayed until April 3, 2009. Employers or other individuals interested in commenting on the new form also have an extension to file their commen…
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Edgerton Moderates Program for Fellow Lawyers
January 28th, 2009
Laura Edgerton was the moderator of a podcast for fellow immigration lawyers on the subject of understanding and dealing with stress. The podcast was developed as part of Ms. Edgerton’s role as the Vice Chair of the Ethics and Professionalism C…
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HHS Issues 2009 Poverty Guidelines
January 28th, 2009
On January 23, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published its annual update to the Poverty Guidelines. The Poverty Guidelines are used in calculating the required income for Affidavits of Support (Forms I-864). The I-864 is a bi…
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Permanent Residents Soon to Be Subject to US VISIT
January 11th, 2009
Effective January 18, 2009, U.S. permanent residents returning to the U.S. from abroad will be subject to the US “VISIT” (Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology) Program. US-VISIT, which requires the fingerprinting of certain a…
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H-2B Cap for FY2009 Reached
January 11th, 2009
On January 8, 2009, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) announced that the H-2B cap of 66,000 visas for FY2009 had been reached. H-2B visas allow employers who have a need for peak-load, seasonal, or intermittent workers to temporarily in…
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I-9 Form Revised by USCIS
January 7th, 2009
On December 12, 2008, US CIS announced that it had submitted to the Federal Register an interim final rule that is intended to streamline the employment eligibility verification (I-9) process. Under this rule, fewer documents are acceptable for estab…
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