The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics and other details. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants, Asians and Latinos in each…
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BALCA Reaffirms Zero Tolerance for Failing to Submit “Required Documentation”
The Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) recently affirmed the decision of a Certifying Officer (CO) to deny labor certification for the position of “Senior Commissioning Engineer.” After obtaining & examining an Employer’s Application for Permanent Labor Certification, the CO issued an Audit notification ordering the Employer to submit…
MVP “Immigration Q & A Forum” – This Friday, Sept. 1, 2017
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…
Immigration News – Weekly List of Top News Stories – (8-25-17)
List of Top News Stories from the last week related to Immigration: Politico (politico.com) – 8/23/17: Shutdown threat grows as Trump digs in on wall President Donald Trump’s stated Tuesday Night during a Political Campaign Rally in Phoenix, Arizona that he would shut down the federal government if he…
Revised – Updated Service Center Processing Times (6/30/17)
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 8/16/17 with processing dates as of 6/30/17. 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…
Economic Power of New Americans (Update) – Oregon, Pennsylvania & Rhode Island
The Immigration Policy Center (IPC) has released all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the United States (Overall), for a total of fifty-two updated fact sheets with accompanying info graphics and other details. These fact sheets highlight the demographic and economic impact of Immigrants, Asians and Latinos in each…
USCIS updated FY2017 Citizenship and Naturalization Data – Naturalization (Form N-400 Application) (Qtr. #2)
USCIS has released their second quarter, Fiscal Year 2017 (FY2017) citizenship and naturalization data for Naturalization (Form N-400 Application) as a statistical table. This table contains data on citizenship and naturalization benefits and application processing times. They have divided the form by category: Category of Naturalization, Case Status, and USCIS…
BALCA Finds CO’s Claim that ETA 9089 was Incomplete Untenable
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 “Computer Software Engineer.” The CO denied the application stating that the Labor application is incomplete and inconsistent with the submitted information from the employer and…
MVP LAW GROUP – Immigration Q&A Forum, Friday, August 18, 2017
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) updated FY2017 Statistics (Third Quarter)
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has provided FY2017 statistics (third quarter) in the form of program factsheets for each of the major immigration programs. These updated FY2017 statistics (third quarter) cover April 2017 through June 2017. The link to each program factsheet…