House Subcommittee Hearing Highlights U.S. Need for Foreign Scientists and Engineers - (04.01.11)
Today, a House Immigration Subcommittee hearing underscored the U.S. economy’s reliance on scientists and engineers from abroad. The hearing, entitled “H-1B Visas: Designing a Program to Meet the Need...

Employment-Based Immigration to the United States: A Fact Sheet - (04.01.11)
U.S. law provides employers with several limited ways to bring foreign workers into the U.S. on a temporary or permanent basis. Employment-based immigration visa categories generally have limited and ...

Report on Immigration Detention and Due Process - (04.01.11)
On March 17, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published its Report on Immigration in the United States: Detention and Due Process. The report contains the conclusions of a...

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) – - (04.01.11)
At a March 16 hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) condemned what she termed as the long and growing list of Border...

EB-2 Visa Availability - (04.01.11)
EB-2 Visa Availability – Charlie Oppenheim, Chief, Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, informed AILA of a dramatic reduction in the use of EB-1 numbers. He stated:...

Physical Therapists - (04.01.11)
The Advisory Opinions Office of the State Department will issue interim guidance to the U.S. Embassy in Manila which has been erroneously denying visitor visas to physical therapists seeking to come t...

USCIS Announces FY2012 H-1B Petitions Will Be Accepted Starting April 1, 2011 - (03.28.11)
WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today it will start accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2012 cap on April 1, 2011. Cases w...

Is Arizona's Rejection of Anti-Immigrant Measures a Bellwether for Other States? - (03.28.11)
Last week, Arizona’s business community worked with state Senators to kill an omnibus package of anti-immigrant bills—bills which included provisions to limit citizenship to the U.S. born children of ...

Immigrant Entrepreneurs May Speed Up Our Economic Recovery - (03.28.11)
As America’s economic recovery continues to be a national priority, leaders on both sides of the aisle are finally beginning to look at reforming our nation’s immigration system as a strategy for prom...

ICE Temporarily Suspends Removal of Japanese Nationals - (03.25.11)
AILA has learned that in light of the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has temporarily suspended the removal of Japanese nationals from the Uni...

ICE: Missouri woman sentenced to 12 months for employing illegal aliens - (03.25.11)
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - A local woman was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison for transporting, harboring and hiring illegal aliens to work at the Chinese restaurant she managed. This sentence resulted fro...

USCIS - H-1B Cap Exemptions Based on Relation or Affiliation - (03.25.11)
WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today, in response to recent stakeholder feedback, that it is currently reviewing its policy on H-1B cap exemptions for ...

VWP ADJUSTMENT UPDATE COMING SOON - (03.09.11)
FOLLOWING REPORTS FROM AILA CHAPTER: USCIS LIAISON INFORMS THAT A FAVORABLE RESOLUTION ON THE QUESTION OF ADJUSTMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR VISA WAIVER PROGRAM (VWP) ADMITTEES HAS BEEN REACHED. AILA ...

BALCA held that the use of - (03.09.11)
ICE press release announcing that Frediberto Pineda was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and 10 years of supervised release, for drug possession charges, and unlawful re-entry to the U.S. after deport...

BALCA Says Use of "Not Qualified" to Document Rejection of Applicants Is Insufficient - (03.09.11)
BALCA held that the use of "not qualified," without more, was insufficient for the CO to make a proper determination under 20 CFR §656.17(g)(2) that the applicants were rejected for ...

•FY2011 H-2B Cap Count (Updated 03/01/11) - (03.09.11)
As of 3/4/11, USCIS receipted 17,242 petitions toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the second half of the fiscal year. This count includes 12,607 approved and 4,635 pending petitions. H-2B cap count...

Validation Instrument for Business Enterprises (VIBE) Program - (03.02.11)
Introduction: The Web-based Validation Instrument for Business Enterprises (VIBE) is a tool designed to enhance USCIS’s adjudications of certain employment-based immigration petitions. VIBE us...

Countries Eligible To Participate in H2A & H2B - (03.02.11)
Pursuant to the authority provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security under sections 241, 214(a)(1), and 215(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA...

USCIS Announces Proposed H-1B Electronic Registration System to Reduce Costs for U.S. Businesses - (03.02.11)
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is publishing tomorrow a proposed rule that could save U.S. businesses more than $23 million over the next 10 years by establishing...

ADOPTION: Before Your Child Immigrates to the United States - (03.02.11)
If the child you adopted or intend to adopt in the United States is residing abroad, the child will need an immigrant visa to enter the United States. Visas are issued by the U.S. Department of State ...