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31 08, 2006

Expedited, Premium Processing Finally Available for Immigrant Worker Petitions, including Registered Nurse Filings

By Richard Hanus|2006-08-31T14:00:36-05:00August 31st, 2006|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., 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|

Expedited, Premium Processing Finally Available for Immigrant Worker Petitions, including Registered Nurse Filings August 31, 2006 A couple months back, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (CIS) announced a plan to extend “premium,” expedited processing to a variety of new immigration filings, including the I-140, Immigrant Worker Petition. As of August 28, 2006, the plan has been put into action for 2 categories of I-140 petitions, and employers seeking to facilitate permanent residence/immigrant visa processing for its employees in these categories can have an I-140 petition decided in less than 14 days. The implementation of this new program is especially significant […]

15 06, 2006

Premium Processing to be Extended to Certain I-140, I-539 and I-765 Filings

By Richard Hanus|2006-06-15T14:00:36-05:00June 15th, 2006|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., 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|

Premium Processing to be Extended to Certain I-140, I-539 and I-765 Filings June 15, 2006 For the past few years, companies seeking to employ foreign workers in a variety of temporary work visa categories (including H-1B, L-1 and R-1) have had the option to pay an extra $1,000 filing fee in order to have their visa petition processed in 15 days or less. This process, known as premium processing, will soon be available for most categories of I-140 immigrant worker petitions (effective August 28, 2006, available for most EB-3 professionals and skilled workers), I-539 applications to change or extend nonimmigrant visa […]

27 04, 2006

CIS Continues to Shift Processing Sites

By Richard Hanus|2006-04-27T14:00:36-05:00April 27th, 2006|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|

CIS Continues to Shift Processing Sites April 27, 2006 In the past year, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has continued its initiative toward establishing centralized processing for various types of immigration applications and petitions. For all family based applicants seeking to adjust status in the U.S., filings are being accepted at a centralized PO Box in Chicago, and the documents are then forwarded to the National Benefits Center in Lees Summit, Missouri for initial processing, including receipt issuance. From there, files are eventually distributed to CIS local offices across the U.S., depending on the applicant’s state of residence, for further processing, […]

10 03, 2006

Work Eligibility Without a Social Security Number

By Richard Hanus|2006-03-10T14:00:36-06:00March 10th, 2006|Categories: Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Green Cards, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Work Eligibility Without a Social Security Number March 10, 2006 What happens when a foreign national is in possession of a recently issued alien registration card/I-551 passport stamp (“green card”), employment authorization document OR work visa, wants to work, but has yet to be issued a social security number? Unfortunately this question arises all too often these days as the Social Security Administration is anything but swift when it comes to issuing Social Security numbers for those with valid immigration documentation. In fact, it is not uncommon for the individual to wait more than 2 or 3 months following their submission […]

1 12, 2005

More Legalization Talk

By Richard Hanus|2005-12-01T14:00:36-06:00December 1st, 2005|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

More Legalization Talk December 1, 2005 As demonstrated by a speech delivered this week, President Bush seems intent on passing some sort of immigration reform legislation before leaving office. His agenda incorporates the dual goals of 1) strengthening our borders and bringing back integrity to our immigration laws and 2) allowing willing and able foreign workers to fill jobs U.S. workers do not want. No one on either side of Congress appears to take issue with the first goal, but the shape of any measure to accomplish the second goal is the big, hot, political football. In this post 9/11 age, […]

25 08, 2005

H-1B Visa Cap Is Reached

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 graduates of U.S. advanced degree programs has not been exhausted and visas for this category of workers continue to remain available. Under federal law, the fiscal year runs from October 1 and through September 30. Petitions for H-1B workers may be filed by employers up to 6 months in advance of the date the worker is to commence their duties. Thus, […]

1 08, 2005

H-1B Work Visa Numbers Starting To Dwindle for Fiscal Year 2006

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 period is starting to dwindle. As of August 1, 2005, out of the allotment of 65,000 for the coming fiscal year (FY 05’s allotment is long gone), 21,252 cases have been approved and an additional 27,788 are pending. That leaves roughly 10,000 visas remaining for FY 06 from the general allotment. Pursuant to recent legislation, in addition to the supply of […]

1 07, 2005

Amnesty, 245(i) – Will Either Ever Happen Again?

By Richard Hanus|2005-07-01T14:00:36-05:00July 1st, 2005|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

Amnesty, 245(i) – Will Either Ever Happen Again? July 1, 2005 In the past 20 years or so, the terms “amnesty” and “245(i)” have been music to the ears of our country’s undocumented population, with the former generally referring to President Reagan’s all-encompassing initiative of the mid-80’s and the latter to President Clinton’s more limited program of the mid 90’s and early part of 2001. Both initiatives gave our undocumented population an opportunity to come out from the shadows and legalize their stay in the U.S. With the number estimated to be somewhere between 10 and 12 million, today’s undocumented population in […]

5 05, 2005

20,000 Additional H-1B Visas Become Available for Fiscal Year ’05

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 H-1B visas Congress recently made available for the remainder of fiscal year 2005, running through September 30, 2005. However, the additional 20,000 visas will only be available to foreign professional workers who have obtained a master’s degree or higher from an institution of higher learning in the US. Petitions requesting one of these 20,000 visas are to be filed with CIS’ […]

22 04, 2005

Current Availability of H-1B Work Visas

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 year begins, US businesses are now left without options to employ foreign professional workers because the meager supply of H-1B visas is exhausted. With the fiscal year starting on October 1 each year, by December or January the H-1B visas are usually gone – as was the case this year, and companies and foreign workers must wait until April 1 of […]

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