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6 06, 2017

When Will CIS Expedite Processing of your Petition or Application? AND New Vetting Procedures in Place for Visa Applicants

By Richard Hanus|2020-05-01T18:05:12-05:00June 6th, 2017|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, United States Embassies Abroad|

Published June 6, 2017 These days, with processing times for various petitions and applications getting longer, it is important to be aware that U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) will entertain and grant expedite requests under a variety of circumstances. Firstly, there are a line of employment based petitions where CIS, for an additional “premium processing” fee, will review the filing and issue a decision in as little as 7-14 days. The additional fee is $1,225.00, and that amount is on top of base filing fee at issue. CIS offers this option for the processing of the vast […]

21 04, 2017

More Than Enough H-1B Petitions Received, But Overall Filings Decline

By Richard Hanus|2020-05-01T18:13:12-05:00April 21st, 2017|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

Published April 21, 2017 Within the first week of availability, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received more than enough petitions to exhaust the entirety of the coming fiscal year’s supply of 85,000 H-1B work visas – which include 65,000 H-1B visas for the general petitioning population and 20,000 reserved for petitions on behalf of workers who received advanced degrees from U.S. institutions. Specifically, this year 199,000 visa petitions were received the first week of April, and this amount represents a 15.7 percent decrease from the 236,000 requests for the same period last year. Notifications to employers whose H-1B visa […]

10 04, 2017

H-1B Cap Quickly Reached Yet Again; Outsourcing Firms and Computer Programmers Going Out of Style

By Richard Hanus|2020-05-01T18:16:18-05:00April 10th, 2017|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

Published April 10, 2017 Like in years past, the annual supply of 85,000 H-1B professional work visas for the coming fiscal year was exhausted within the first week employers were eligible to file visa petitions. This year, April 3, 2017 was the first day U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services began accepting H-1B filings for the coming fiscal year of 2018, which starts on October 1, 2017. As is becoming a yearly tradition, DHS/CIS will be conducting a lottery in the coming weeks to select the “winning” visa petitions from the huge batch received. The number of visa petitions received […]

31 01, 2017

This Past Weekend’s Executive Action, Shock and Awe

By Richard Hanus|2017-01-31T09:58:04-06:00January 31st, 2017|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., General, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

Published January 31, 2017 Lightning struck, in a bad way, for U.S. based or U.S. bound nationals of seven countries this past weekend. Citizens and nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen and who are: a) current or prospective U.S. lawful permanent residents or refugees or b) current or prospective temporary U.S. visa holders, find themselves in the most toxic of immigration scenarios they could have ever imagined, at least for the next 90 days. For prospective Syrian refugees, the door to the U.S. has been shut indefinitely. With the stroke of a pen, President Trump immediately interrupted […]

23 11, 2016

FILE BEFORE DECEMBER 23, 2016 TO AVOID IMMIGRATION FILING FEE INCREASES

By Richard Hanus|2016-11-23T08:52:15-06:00November 23rd, 2016|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|

Published November 23, 2016 As of December 23, 2016, and for the first time in six years, a filing fee increase for certain immigration applications or petitions is set to take effect. The operations of Citizenship and Immigration Services is almost entirely funded by the filing fees it receives to process applications for the various immigration benefits offered. This filing fee increase has nothing to do with the recent election and the plan to implement this increase has been in the works for many months. The chart below is the list of old and new filing fees. Applications and […]

6 09, 2016

Virginia Couple Pleads Guilty to $20 Million Immigration Fraud Scheme

By Richard Hanus|2016-09-06T07:47:33-05:00September 6th, 2016|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, Uncategorized|

Published September 6, 2016 When clients ask me why immigration authorities make it so difficult for companies and their foreign workers to get a work visa petition approved, I tell them that they are paying for the sins of the businesses submitting other than legitimate filings. Yes, the employment based immigration environment is littered with employers trying to pull off immigration fraud and it is through such a lens that immigration authorities approach all work visa filings, especially those submitted by small and medium sized organizations. In a plea deal entered into last week, Raju Kosuri, 44, and Smriti Jharia, […]

7 06, 2016

International Travel For Non-Citizens With Criminal Records

By Richard Hanus|2016-06-07T08:08:26-05:00June 7th, 2016|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings|

PUBLISHED June 7, 2016 In the post 9/11 world, non-U.S. citizens with criminal records seeking to reenter the U.S. following international travel face the distinct possibility their inspection process at the airport will be delayed, or even continued for additional scrutiny before an upper level immigration official at a later date. First, the databases used by immigration officials in screening individuals seeking entry into the U.S. have grown in sophistication. More active intelligence sharing by and between law enforcement agencies, both local and federal, means more information is available to more officials. In sum, if you are not a U.S. citizen […]

3 05, 2016

H-1B Cap for New Fiscal Year Quickly Reached…..Again

By Richard Hanus|2016-05-03T15:23:28-05:00May 3rd, 2016|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

Published May 3, 2016 The first week of April, 2016 marks 6 months before the start of the U.S. government’s 2017 fiscal new year – October 1, 2016, and the earliest date interested employers can file an H-1B visa petition for a prospective professional foreign worker. This year, like the past few years, the annual supply of 85,000 H-1B visas were quickly snatched up, and exhausted within a matter of days. In fact, during just this opening filing period for 2017 H-1B visas (first week of April), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received 236,000 visa petitions – 3 times the […]

24 02, 2016

U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Take a Closer Look at Social Media Presence of Foreign Nationals Coming to U.S.

By Richard Hanus|2016-02-24T08:57:02-06:00February 24th, 2016|Categories: Asylum in the United States, Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|

Published February 24, 2016 After the terrorist mass shootings in San Bernardino, California this past December, it was discovered that the couple carrying out the attack had an online footprint, via Facebook private messenger, outlining disturbing beliefs and inclinations to commit acts of jihad and terrorism. In the wake of this major act of terrorism and others around the world, leaders in our federal government and Congress are looking for improved ways to insure that foreign nationals looking to enter the U.S. do not intend to engage in terrorism. The new rules being considered may or may not have prevented […]

24 11, 2015

Believe It or Not, H-1B Visa Filing Season Is Nearing

By Richard Hanus|2015-11-24T08:34:41-06:00November 24th, 2015|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

Published November 24, 2015 It seemed like just yesterday U.S. employers and prospective foreign workers were competing for a chance at one or more of the 85,000 H-1B visas available each fiscal year, which starts on October 1 and ends on September 30. So even though we have not yet reached the calendar year 2016, we are indeed talking about the US government’s 2017 fiscal year, which starts October 1, 2016 and ends September 30, 2017. In a little over 4 months, the magic date of April 1, 2016 arrives, the first date the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship […]

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