• H-1B Cap Count as of July 1, 2011

    • July 7, 2011
    • Category: H-1B Visas, Immigration Attorney, Immigration Law, Immigration Lawyer
    No Comments

    As of July 1, 2011, USCIS had receipted 19,000 petitions towards the H-1B Regular Cap and 12,200 petitions towards the H-1B Master’s Exemption. The H-1B nonimmigrant visa category allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Unless determined to be exempt, H-1B petitions are subject to either the 65,000 annual cap or

    read more

  • Infographic: The Costs of E-Verify

    • July 1, 2011
    • Category: Enforcement, Guest Worker Program, Immigration Attorney, Immigration Law
    No Comments

    From:   The Center for American Progress. This infographic explains the costs of E-Verify, the government’s Internet-based work authorization system. It highlights the system’s known costs, such as lost tax revenue and monetary burdens on small businesses, and estimates the costs of additional fiscal burdens—to individuals verified through the system, to employers utilizing the system, and

    read more

  • President Obama Says E-Verify is an Effective Tool, but Needs to be Perfected

    • July 1, 2011
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Immigration, Immigration Attorney, Immigration Law, Immigration Lawyer
    No Comments

      President Obama gave a speech in June about immigration. 

    read more

  • H-1B Cap Count, June 2011

    • June 28, 2011
    • Category: FY 2012 H-1B Petitions, H-1B Visas, Immigration, Immigration Law, Non immigrant visa, US Employers
    1 Comment

    As of June 17, 2011, USCIS had receipted 16,300 petitions towards the H-1B Regular Cap and 10,800 petitions towards the H-1B Master’s Exemption.  The H-1B nonimmigrant visa category allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations.  Unless determined to be exempt, H-1B petitions are subject to either the 65,000 annual cap or

    read more

  • USCIS Publishes Proposed Rule on H-1B Electronic Registration

    • May 30, 2011
    • Category: Immigration Law, US Employers
    No Comments

    The Federal Register: March 3, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 42) has announced a proposed rule. Under the proposed rule, employers seeking to petition for H-1B workers subject to the statutory cap would register electronically with USCIS. Before the petition filing period begins, USCIS would select the number of registrations predicted to exhaust all available visas.

    read more

  • Immigration Clock Runs Down on Republicans

    • April 25, 2011
    • Category: Immigration Law
    5 Comments

    The clock is ticking down to Drop-Dead Tuesday, and a much-debated immigration bill still isn’t on the agenda at the Senate Budget Committee. If Senate Bill 2040 doesn’t clear the panel by the end of business Tuesday, the measure is all but eliminated from consideration this session. Conservatives say the political repercussions could blow back

    read more

  • NEW POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION BILL

    • February 2, 2011
    • Category: Immigration Law
    No Comments

    The purpose of this bill, introduced January 5, 2011, would be to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program and to re-allocate those visas to certain employment-based immigrants who obtain an advanced degree in the United States.It is an interesting proposal. Intending Chinese and Indian immigrants with advanced degrees would

    read more

  • DREAM ACT UPDATE

    • December 29, 2010
    • Category: Immigration Law, US Employers
    No Comments

    After failing to win comprehensive immigration reform during a period when Democrats controlled both the White House and Congress, immigration proponents had been hoping to snag an 11th-hour consolation prize: the DREAM Act. Proponents had not pushed for separate consideration of the DREAM Act in recent years because they feared they would lose their most

    read more

  • DREAM ACT UPDATE

    • November 24, 2010
    • Category: Immigration Law
    No Comments

    After failing to win comprehensive immigration reform during a period when Democrats controlled both the White House and Congress, immigration proponents are now hoping to use the lame-duck session to snag an 11th-hour consolation prize: the DREAM Act. The president met Tuesday with congressional Hispanic leaders, who said afterward that Obama had pledged to lobby

    read more

  • HERBERT WANTS WIDER IMMIGRATION REFORM

    • October 26, 2010
    • Category: Enforcement, Immigration Law
    No Comments

    Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Friday he wants to see more than an Arizona-style enforcement-only bill come across his desk. He wants legislation that addresses all facets of state-led immigration reform. “He encourages Rep. [Stephen] Sandstrom and others to move forward to work together,” Herbert spokeswoman Angie Welling said. “What he wants to see is

    read more
  • 1
  • 2