The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) National Customer Service Center (NCSC) has expanded hours for its toll-free telephone assistance (1-800-375-5283) to include Saturday hours. This expanded service started on Saturday, 1/12/2013. They will now be taking calls Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5…
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…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click here to view the February 2013 Visa Bulletin. The February 2013 Visa Bulletin shows employment based second preference (EB-2) and employment based third preference (EB-3) as both being oversubscribed. EB-2 is current for all chargeability areas except those listed.…
Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released with processing dates as of January 1, 2013. If you filed an appeal, please review the link below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case. Administrative Appeals Office The processing time for an I-129 H-1B Appeal is current;…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on January 4, 2013 with processing dates as of November 30, 2012. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing…
It is that time of year again! The MVP Law Group has already begun accepting and working on H1B cap-subject cases. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start accepting H1B cap-subject filings for Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14) on Monday, April 1, 2013. We are advising employers and individuals…
Audits are an inherent part of the PERM (Program Electronic Review Management) labor process, which is attestation based. The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has the option to audit any PERM labor case to verify the accuracy of the statements in the PERM Labor Certification (LC) filing and otherwise…
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The United States Mission to the United Arab Emirates is transitioning to a new appointment service for anyone applying for a non-immigrant visa to the United States. Starting January 6, 2013, applicants will work, online or by phone, with a service provider to schedule an interview, pay the visa application…
This blog entry was originally posted on 7/20/12. We here at the MVP Law Group would like to wish every one of our blog readers, Happy Holidays! MVP Law Group, P.A. makes available the information and materials in this forum for informational purposes only. The information is general in nature…