Practice Pointer: Third Country Nationals (TCNs) Should Use Caution When ProcessingThe Department of State Liaison Committee reminds AILA members and their third country national clients (TCNs) to use caution when considering applying for non-immigrant visas at U.S. c...
April 7, 2010VSC Reports on H-1B Petitions Received at VSC (Updated 04/08/10At the VSC Stakeholder meeting held on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, VSC reported that, as of close of business on Monday, April 5, 2010, VSC had received a total of 9,525 cap-subject H-1B petitions. Of those petitions, 6,7...
April 7, 2010Extension of Post-Completion Optional Practical TrainingIntroductionThese Questions & Answers address the automatic extension of F-1 student status in the UnitedStates for certain students with pending or approved H-1B petitions (indicating a request forchang...
April 7, 2010USCIS Reminds Petitioners to Provide ApprovedWASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will notextend the period in which it temporarily accepted H-1B petitions filed with uncertified Labor ConditionApplications (LC...
March 30, 2010Senators Schumer and Graham Present Their Blueprint for Comprehensive Immigration ReformWASHINGTON, DC - In an editorial published in today's The Washington Post, Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) presented their blueprint for immigration refor...
March 23, 2010USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2011WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it willbegin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2011 cap on April 1, 2010. Caseswill be considere...
March 14, 2010Statement by the President on Today’s Meetings on Immigrat ion ReformStatement by the President on Today’s Meetings on Immigrat ion Reform. Today I met with Senators Schumer and Graham and was pleased to learn of their progress in forging aproposal to fix our broken immigratio...
March 14, 2010USCIS Clarifies Requirements for Agents Filing as Petitioners for the O and P Visa ClassificationIntroductionU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is clarifying for performing arts associations and their members the regulatory requirements for agents who fi...
January 18, 2010TSC Denies EB3 I-140 Based on Degree Equivalency IssueOn December 18, 2007 the USCIS Texas Service Center (TSC) denied an EB3 I-140 petition, stating:[T]he petitioner was notified through a request for evidence that, if the labor certification indicates a Bachelor's de...
January 17, 2010Extension of Validity of Medical Certifications on Form I-69312-30-09MemorandumTO: Field LeadershipFROM: Donald Neufeld/s/Acting Associate DirectorSUBJECT: 1. PurposeThis memorandum temporarily extends the validity of civil surgeon endorsemen...
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