By Richard Hanus|2005-08-25T14:00:36-05:00August 25th, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
H-1B Visa Cap Is Reached August 25, 2005 The general allotment of 65,000 H-1B visas for fiscal year 2006 has indeed been exhausted, and the fiscal year has not even yet begun. The allotment of 20, 000 H-1B visas for [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-08-01T14:00:36-05:00August 1st, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
H-1B Work Visa Numbers Starting To Dwindle for Fiscal Year 2006 August 1, 2005 Although fiscal year 2006, which starts on October 1, 2005 and runs through September 20, 2006, has yet to arrive, the H-1B visa supply for this [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-07-21T14:00:36-05:00July 21st, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification|
PERM is Starting to Work July 21, 2005 The new, expedited online labor certification procedure known as Program Electronic Review Management (“PERM”) has been implemented, and immigration law practitioners across the US are starting to see results. As background, labor [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-06-22T14:00:36-05:00June 22nd, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S.|
Immigrant Visas Become Available for Registered Nurses and Physical Therapists June 22, 2005 Pursuant to recently passed legislation, the U.S. Department of State has announced that effective July 1, 2005, US immigrant visas will become available for Registered Nurses and [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-05-12T14:00:36-05:00May 12th, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S.|
Proposed Legislation to Address Immigrant Visa & Availability Issues for R.N.’s and P.T.’s May 12, 2005 As previously discussed in this column, the overwhelming demand for immigrant visas in the Employment Based, Third Preference category has led to the implementation [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-05-05T14:00:36-05:00May 5th, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
20,000 Additional H-1B Visas Become Available for Fiscal Year ’05 May 5, 2005 As promised, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service has finally set forth a procedure by which US employers and foreign national workers can access the additional 20,000 [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-04-22T14:00:36-05:00April 22nd, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
Current Availability of H-1B Work Visas April 22, 2005 No doubt about it, the annual allotment of 65,000 H-1B visas for foreign professional workers dries up pretty quick. Within just a few months after the Citizenship and Immigration Service’s fiscal [...]
By Richard Hanus|2004-12-22T14:00:36-06:00December 22nd, 2004|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
More on Immigrant Visa Delays for Certain Filipino, Chinese and Indian Professionals December 22, 2004 If you are a “professional” or “skilled worker” from the Philippines, China or India and are just starting the U.S. immigrant visa petition process or [...]
By Richard Hanus|2004-12-02T14:00:36-06:00December 2nd, 2004|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Law Enforcement Association Opposes CLEAR Act Proposal December 2, 2004 CLEAR, or Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal, is a federal legislative proposal currently under consideration in Washington, which includes provisions that would impose mandatory financial penalties on local [...]
By Richard Hanus|2004-09-30T14:00:36-05:00September 30th, 2004|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
H-1B Visas Already Running Out for 2005 & More on INFOPASS September 30, 2004 H-1B Visas Already Running Out for 2005 H-1B work visas, the work visa used mainly by foreign national university graduates to fill professional positions in the [...]
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