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USCIS Ombudsman EB-5 Stakeholder Meeting To Take Place March 5, 2013
- January 29, 2013
- Category: EB-5
No CommentsCitizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Maria Odom will convene an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program stakeholder meeting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 from 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm (Eastern).
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H-2B Visa Cap Count Update as of January 25, 2013
- January 29, 2013
- Category: H-2B Cap
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its count of H-2B filing for temporary non-agricultural visas (H-2Bs) for employment for the first and second halves of FY 2013. As of January 25, 2013, USCIS has receipted filings on behalf of 32,274 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for First Half of FY-2013. This
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H-1B Visas: Employers Start Preparing Now!
- January 11, 2013
- Category: H-1B Cap Count, H-1B Visas
On June 11, 2012, USCIS received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the statutory cap for FY-2013. The first date to file an FY-2014 H-1B petition would be April 1, 2013. For FY-2014, my prediction is that the H-1B statutory cap will be met much earlier than June 2013. Employers should therefore plan to