Immigration Law Blog
The Immigration Law Blog has updates on immigration regulations and procedures.
Author: The blawg is published by the Law Office of Meetesh V. Patel of Burtonsville, Md.
Blawg Related Categories: Immigration Law
Recent Posts from Immigration Law Blog
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UPDATE ON TWO-YEAR EAD CARDS
We recently reported that DHS Secretary Chertoff announced that USCIS will begin issuing Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) with a two-year validity period for a limited number of individuals who have applications for legal permanent residence…
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DHS Secretary Chertoff Announces that USCIS will begin issuing Employment Authorization Documents with a 2 year validity period for individuals with green card applications pending.
DHS Secretary Chertoff Announces that USCIS will begin issuing Employment Authorization Documents with a 2 year validity period for individuals with green card applications pending.On June 9, 2008, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced at…
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FY2009 H-1B Cap Update
According to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the U.S. Citizenship & Immigrations Service (USCIS) has provided the following update regarding H-1B cap subject cases that were received for fiscal year 2009: 1. The Service…
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I-140 Premium Processing to be resumed for individuals running out of time on H-1B status
The American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA) reports that beginning July 16, 2008, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will resume premium processing for I-140 petitions in limited circumstances. Premium processing should be available for…
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VISA BULLETIN FOR JULY 2008
Availability of immigrant numbers during July. Only applicants who have a priority date earlier than the cut-off date may be allotted a number. FAMILY-BASED Family Based All chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA –mainland born…
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PERM Center Processing Update
According to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the United States Department of Labor (DOL) on June 1, 2008, a change in processing between the Chicago and Atlanta PERM National Processing Centers (NPC) went into…
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VISA BULLETIN FOR JUNE 2008
Availability of immigrant numbers during June. Only applicants who have a priority date earlier than the cut-off date may be allotted a number. FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCESFirst: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers…
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USCIS ANNOUNCES ENHANCEMENTS TO E-VERIFY PROGRAM
On May 5, 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced improvements to the E-Verify employment authorization program that will reduce a mismatch rate for naturalized citizens, while also streamlining and increasing the effectiveness of…
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USCIS Releases Projected Naturalization Processing Times For Local Offices
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released on April 2008 the projected times for local offices to complete processing of applications for citizenship from individuals who filed during the summer of 2008.July 2007, USCIS received…
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The MVP Law Group Is Currently Assisting Clients in Preparing for the H-1B Filing Deadline.
It is anticipated that this year, as was the case last year, the USCIS will receive more petitions for new H-1Bs than there are numbers available. We will explain how this happens and how we…