By Richard Hanus|2005-11-01T14:00:36-06:00November 1st, 2005|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|
What’s With All Those Biometrics Notices November 1, 2005 Applicants for permanent residence in the U.S. (adjustment of status) are receiving multiple notices to appear for biometric fingerprinting after submitting their applications. With new biometric technology being employed for the [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-10-15T14:00:36-05:00October 15th, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Yet Another Policy Revision for Registered Nurse and Physical Therapist Immigrant Petitions October 15, 2005 Healthcare facilities seeking to commence immigrant visa processing on behalf of foreign registered nurses and physical therapists have lately faced numerous, often confusing, rule changes [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-10-01T14:00:36-05:00October 1st, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Visa Lottery and Diversity Visas to the U.S.|
THE NEW VISA LOTTERY (DV-2007) October 1, 2005 Like in years past, many foreign nationals do not get to participate in this year’s visa lottery where millions from all over world submit entries to have a chance at one of [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-09-15T14:00:36-05:00September 15th, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|
Immigrant Visa Backlogs Impact Employment Based Filings September 15, 2005 Applicants for U.S. permanent residence based on a job offer have been seeing a new set of conditions in the past year or so. For applicants falling into the employment [...]
By Richard Hanus|2005-08-31T14:00:36-05:00August 31st, 2005|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S.|
New Documentation Requirements for R. N. and P.T. Immigrant Petitions August 31, 2005 Healthcare facilities and foreign nurses and physical therapists, take note: extensive changes in documentation requirements for immigrant visa petitions have been implemented in the past few months. [...]
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|2005-07-14T14:00:36-05:00July 14th, 2005|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|
Proposal for Immigration Benefits for Gay “Permanent Partners” of U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents July 14, 2005 In the past month, a legislative proposal was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate which would essentially allow gay [...]
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 [...]
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