The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of December 4, 2009, 61,100 H-1B cap subject nonimmigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced…
Effective January 1, 2010, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) National Prevailing Wage and Helpdesk Center (NPWHC) in Washington, DC, will receive and process prevailing wage determination (PWD) requests for use in the H-1B, H-1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H-1C, H-2B, E-3 (Australia), and permanent labor certification programs. On December 19, 2008,…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of November 27, 2009, 58,900 H-1B cap subject nonimmigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS. The Service has advised that they will continue to accept…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of November 13, 2009, 55,600 H-1B cap subject nonimmigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS. The Service has advised that they will continue to accept…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Centers were released on November 16, 2009 with processing dates as of September 30, 2009. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time…
On November 3, 2009, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap. As of October 30, 2009, 53,800 H-1B cap subject nonimmigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS. The Service has advised that they will…
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released on November 4, 2009 with processing dates as of November 1, 2009 If you filed an appeal, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case. Administrative Appeals Office The current processing time for…
On Wednesday, October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the FY10 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill. This Law provides a three year extension for four (4) immigration related programs. Specifically, the law extends the non-minister religious worker program, the “Conrad 30” program, the EB-5 visa program, and the…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Centers were released on October 18, 2009 with processing dates as of August 31, 2009. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended information collection for Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion until November 30, 2009. During this period, USCIS will be evaluating whether to revise Form I-290B. Members of the public are encouraged to submit comments and/or suggestions to USCIS, especially…