In an article published by Pamela Manson of The Salt Lake Tribune, federal prosecutions confirmed the identity of a Salt Lake City man who allegedly impersonated an immigration official ultimately stealing thousands of dollars from undocumented immigrants hoping to become legal residents. The complaint alleges that the Salt Lake City…
The United States Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) has issued a correction to the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) processing times published on February 20, 2009. The current processing time for Form I-485, Employment Based petitions is 8/15/07.
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Centers were released on February 20, 2009 with processing dates as of December 31, 2008. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time…
The American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Business Committee prepared a list of frequently asked questions about the H-1B provisions included in the new economic stimulus bill – the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The list discusses the impact of the H-1B provisions on H-1B employers, provides an explanation…
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed a multi-million dollar stimulus bill designed to jumpstart the United States’ economy. For the business immigration world, the bill includes the Sanders H-1B amendment . This amendment heavily burdens recipients of Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) funds with strict regulations for hiring foreign…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Centers were released on January 23, 2009 with processing dates as of November 30, 2008. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time…
Since 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S.-VISIT program has utilized biometric technology at major U.S. ports of entry to facilitate visitor entry. Last week, DHS announced that upgraded biometric technology is in place at major U.S. ports of entry. The upgrade is a change from a two…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued a Supplemental Final Rule that provides additional background and analysis for the department’s No-Match Rule. The regulation clarifies what steps reasonable employers can take to resolve discrepancies identified in ‘no-match’ letters issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA). Additionally, it provides guidance…
Republican Presidential candidate John McCain and Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama may not see eye-to-eye on a majority of the issues; however, on the issue of immigration, they share more similarities than differences. Securing our borders is the first priority in both a McCain and Obama administration. Senator Obama and…