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• ICE Selects 1,000 Employers for Form I-9 Audits

  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a bold new audit initiative this year to combat the problem of hiring of an illegal workforce. On July 1, 2009, 654 businesses nationwide were served with Notice…

• LATEST H-1B CAP UPDATE - FY 2010 H-1B Cap Count

  The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of November 13, 2009, 55,600 H-1B cap subject nonimmigrant visa petitions have…

• Updated Service Centers Processing Times

  Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Centers were released on November 16, 2009 with processing dates as of September 30, 2009. If you filed a petition with one…

• December 2009 Visa Bulletin

  The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. The December 2009 Visa Bulletin still shows employment based third preference (EB-3) visas as oversubscribed while the employment based second preference (EB-2) is current for…

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• LATEST UPDATE - FY 2010 H-1B Cap Count

  On November 3, 2009, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of October 30, 2009, 53,800 H-1B cap subject nonimmigrant…

• Updated Administrative Appeals Office Processing Times

  The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released on November 4, 2009 with processing dates as of November 1, 2009 If you filed an appeal, please review the links below to determine the applicable…

• FY10 DHS Appropriations bill signed into Law

  On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the FY10 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. This Law provides a three year extension for four (4) immigration related programs. Specifically, the law extends…

• USCIS Offers FREE Naturalization Information Sessions

  The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is offering FREE Naturalization Information Sessions in various places in the U.S. during the months of November and December. Each session will cover the following topics: Naturalization…

• USCIS Issues a Fact Sheet to Remind Individuals to apply EARLY for Advance Parole

  The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has recently issued a fact sheet reminding qualifying applilcants to apply EARLY for an Advance Parole document, as Advance Parole processing times take about 90 days. The…