Monthly Archives: June 2012

Evidence & Date Ranges Needed for Deferred Action Applications

Posted on June 29, 2012 by John Manley| Leave a comment

This article focuses on both the evidence and the date ranges of the evidence necessary for an eligible DREAMer to apply for  Deferred Action.  I have detailed some of the known eligibility standards in a prior posting.

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California Announces New Policy for State EB-5 Designations

Posted on June 28, 2012 by John Manley| Leave a comment

Effective June 19, 2012, California’s newly-established Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced a new policy for certifying a Targeted Employment Area(‘TEA’).  To consolidate all business development programs, GO-Biz has taken over all TEA designations.

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New EB-5 Regional Centers

Posted on June 21, 2012 by John Manley| Leave a comment

The USCIS list of Regional Centers has two new Regional Centers:

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Early Analysis of New Deferred Action Policy

Posted on June 19, 2012 by John Manley| Leave a comment

We await further guidance from the Administration regarding the New Deferred Action Policy for DREAMers announced on June 15.  One thing is clear:  this is both a defensive and an affirmative policy. 

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Deferred Action Process for Young People

Posted on June 19, 2012 by John Manley| 2 Comments

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on June 15, 2012 announced that effective immediately, certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, do not present a risk to national security or public safety, and meet several key criteria will be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings.

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H-1B Cap Count Reached for FY-2013

Posted on June 12, 2012 by John Manley| Leave a comment

On June 11, 2012, USCIS received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the statutory cap for FY-2013.  On June 7, 2012, USCIS also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption.   USCIS will reject petitions subject to the cap for H-1B specialty occupation workers seeking an employment start date in FY 2013 that are received after June 11, 2012. 

USCIS continues to accept petitions exempted from the cap and DOD cooperative research worker H-1B petitions and Chile/Singapore H-1B1 petitions requesting an employment start date in FY 2013.

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H-1B Cap Count as of June 1, 2012

Posted on June 7, 2012 by John Manley| Leave a comment

Here is the Current FY-2013 H-1B Cap Count:

FY 2013 H-1B Cap Count 

Cap Type  Cap Amount  Cap Eligible Petitions   Date of Last Count
H-1B Regular Cap  65,000  55,600 06/01/2012
H-1B Master’s Degree Exemption  20,000 18,700 06/01/2012

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Advance Notification of the Diversity (DV) Immigrant Category Rank Cut-Offs for July

Posted on June 1, 2012 by John Manley| Leave a comment

For July, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2012 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number:

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