The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently overturned the decision of a Certifying Officer (CO) to deny labor certification for the position of “Electrical Helper.” Procedural Case History – Case was originally accepted by DOL on December 3, 2007. June 11, 2008 CO denied certification. Appeal File was…
On Tuesday, February 27th, the United States Supreme Court announced their decision to overturn a lower court’s ruling which required that immigrants held by the U.S. government awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings to get a bond hearing after six months of detention, seeking their release. The 5-3 decision made…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 2/15/18 with processing dates as of 12/31/17. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
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Once a month, MVP Law Groups’ Managing Attorney, Kellie N. Lego publishes an electronic Immigration Newsletter. This emailed newsletter features current articles, relevant data and up-to-date information about U.S. Immigration. We invite you to join our mailing list. Current Newsletter: MVP Immigration Newsletter – February 2018 Follow link to join: Join…
UPDATED USCIS advertises that is has an online Electronic Reading Room. It’s really a Web-based searchable document database of public requested Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents; mixed with USCIS documents that the government decided may have a larger public demand. You can use pull-downs to choose different listed subjects…
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…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 2/1/18 with processing dates as of 11/30/17. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently overturned the decision of a Certifying Officer (CO) to deny labor certification for the position of “AMI Montessori Elementary Teacher.” After reviewing an Employer’s Application for Permanent Labor Certification, the CO denied certification of the application. He believed the Alien Worker…
On Monday, February 12, 2018, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA), sent a letter to President Trump condemning his immigration proposal. In the letter he characterizes the President’s immigration proposal as “Unreasonable” and “Un-American”! To read the letter for yourself, please click the…