You can check USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) processing times at any time online using the link below, it is on their web site. You will need to select your form number, next select the form category, and last select the office processing your case and they will display a processing time. USCIS has made processing times easier to understand and provides a more realistic date range.
The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary non-agricultural jobs. There is a cap limit of 33,000 for the first half of the fiscal year and 33,000 for the second half for a total of 66,000 per year. If the cap is not reached during the first half of the fiscal year, the extra numbers are then made available for the second half.
The H-2B cap limit for first half of FY 2025 (October 1 – March 31) is 33,000. As of the last count (9/3/24); 20,642 beneficiaries have been approved and 8,206 are pending for a total of 28,848.
The H-2B cap limit for second half of FY 2025 (April 1 – September 30) is 33,000. As of the last count (9/3/24); 0 beneficiaries have been approved and 0 are pending for a total of 0.
We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.
If you have a burning question, are seeking assistance with a difficult immigration related case, wish to discuss your views on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, DREAMers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, priority dates, the monthly visa bulletin, adjustment applications, etc., please contact us by submitting your question/comment/viewpoint in our comment box provided on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.
Our next “Q & A Forum” will take place this Friday, September 13, 2024. Act now and submit your questions!
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) provides an updated ‘processing times’ in table form, with information on FY2024 third quarterly completions; April 2024 to June 2024. These figures indicate the time that it takes from the date the case is received at AAO coming from the Service Center or District Office to completion.
AAO Processing Times were released with processing dates as of 7/16/24. If you filed an appeal, please review the link below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case.
Note: Starting with the January 2017 Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times Report, the AAO has changed how it presents processing time data. The AAO will now provide, by form type, the total number of case completions for the fiscal year quarter and the percentage completed within 180 days, cases completed divided by their projected case goal.
UPDATE: Explore American Immigration Council’ interactive map to get more comprehensive information on U.S. immigration data and its impact!
The American Immigration Council (AIC) has released all fifty states and the District of Columbia, for a total of fifty-one updated state-by-state fact sheets highlighting immigration data and facts. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants in each state.
With national immigration policy being discussed, we thought that it would be a good time to provide some statistics on the Immigrant population in the United States as provided by this AIC research. Once a week we will be posting a blog with information on three states at a time. This week we will highlight; Idaho, Illinois and Indiana!
The USCIS Forms Updates web page lists their most recently updated forms. The list includes forms as they publish them and includes a brief explanation for the update.
The updated form listed below is their most recent addition to the list, dated August 28, 2024!
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This is a very interesting Factsheet, Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach , published by USCIS using Office of Homeland Security Statistics data from August 2, 2024! This well put together Factsheet provides information on selected characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO area. There are 654,840 (Green Card holders) in this area of the country that are eligible to be naturalized U.S. citizen after meeting the requirements!
For more information, please review the USCIS Factsheet, “Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL“!
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The Labor Day holiday in United States is celebrated the first Monday in September. Labor Day was really created by the national labor movements to celebrate the American worker and their achievements, both social and economic! Each of us that work every day, immigrant or citizen, this is our celebration! For more information about the history of Labor Day review the Department of Labor’s (DOL) web page, “History of Labor Day“.
MVP Law Group would like to thank workers worldwide for their contributions to our society!
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This is a very interesting Factsheet, Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA , published by USCIS using Office of Homeland Security Statistics data from August 2, 2024! This well put together Factsheet provides information on selected characteristics of people with Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area. There are 151,930 (Green Card holders) in this area of the country that are eligible to be naturalized U.S. citizen after meeting the requirements!
For more information, please review the USCIS Factsheet, “Eligible to Naturalize Factsheet: San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA“!
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