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New Advance Parole and Employment Authorization Document Policy
May 31st, 2011
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has begun issuing Advance Parole endorsements as part of the Employment Authorization Document when form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization and form I-131, Application for Travel Document, are fi…
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Cap-Gap Questions for Foreign Students Answered
April 11th, 2011
In order to answer questions regarding extension of Post-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) and F-1 status for eligible students under the H-1B Cap-Gap regulations, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published a very helpful ques…
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H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Cap Count (Updated April 29, 2011)
April 11th, 2011
As of April 29, 2011, 9,200 petitions had been received by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (US CIS) for the cap of 65,000 new H-1B visas that are available each year. This total does not include the 6,800 visas set aside under U.S. – Ch…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
EB-2 Visa Numbers Advance
April 5th, 2011
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently reported that it has seen a decline in the number of EB-1 petitions received since October 2010. This reduction allowed these unused numbers, about 12,000, to drop down to the EB-2 category. The unus…
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Change of Address Form (AR-11) Filing Location Changes
March 22nd, 2011
As of April 1, 2011, both Change of Address (Form AR-11) and Alien’s Change of Address (From AR-11-SR) forms have a new filing location. If sending the change of address forms by mail, forms will now need to be directed to the following address…
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FY-2011 H-1B Cap Hit - January 26, 2011
January 30th, 2011
On Thursday, January 27th, US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year 2011 (i.e., October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011). USCI…
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USCIS Issues Updated I-9 Handbook for Employers
January 29th, 2011
USCIS has released an updated M-274, The Handbook for Employers (Rev. 1/05/2011). The handbook serves as a guide to employers completing Form I-9. USCIS has revised this handbook with new information regarding regulations, including electronic storag…
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USCIS Announces New Countries Eligible to Participate in H-2A and H-2B Programs
January 28th, 2011
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has identified 53 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs for 2011. Fifteen countries have been added to the list of participating nations for the first time this y…
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New Validation Tool for Employment-Based Petitions
January 26th, 2011
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently announced that it is using a new tool, the Validation Instrument for Business Enterprises (VIBE), to assist in the adjudication of certain employment-based immigration petitions. VIBE uses commercial…
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Visa Office Explains Priority Date Allocations for Employment-Based Categories
January 26th, 2011
How priority dates are established for backlogged immigrant visa categories has often been viewed as something of a mystery. The State Department’s Visa Office has recently attempted to shed some light on how it determines the currency of prior…
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