Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on January 15, 2010 with processing dates as of November 30, 2009.
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 particular case.
Effective January 21, 2010, the Department of Labor’s iCERT online system will be updated to allow the submission of electronic prevailing wage determination requests. This electronic process will allow Employers and/or their Designated Representatives to submit and obtain prevailing wage determinations (PWD) for use in the H-1B, H-1B1 (Chile/Singapore), H-1C, H-2B, E-3 (Australia), and permanent labor certification programs through the iCERT portal.
Until January 21, 2010, all prevailing wage determination requests must continue to be submitted by U.S. Mail or comparable physical delivery service to the Washington, D.C. address listed below.
BACKGROUND – On December 19, 2008, the Department published a Final Rule addressing the Labor Certification Process and Enforcement for Temporary Employment in Occupations Other Than Agriculture or Registered Nursing in the United States (H-2B Workers), and Other Technical Changes. The Final Rule implemented a federalized process for obtaining PWD requests for use in the H-2B temporary nonagricultural labor certification program directly from the Employment and Training Administration’s (ETA) appropriate National Processing Center (NPC)–which was designated as the Chicago NPC.
MVP Law Group is currently offering the following special for FY2011 Cap Subject H-1B petitions – complete an H-1B questionnaire and send all requested documents to our office by February 28, 2010 and save $150.00.
Our normal legal fees are $1500.00 plus an administrative fee of $150.00 per petition.
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The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Processing Times were released on December 31, 2009 with processing dates as of December 2, 2009
If you filed an appeal, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your particular case.
Now that all of the new H-1B visas for the 2010 Fiscal Year have been allocated, What options do Employers who are looking to hire Foreign National Professionals have?
Here are some creative solutions to this problem:
O-1 Visa
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has received sufficient H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 for FY2010.
New H-1B Petitions filed after December 21, 2009 seeking an employment start date in FY2010 will be rejected by USCIS. Furthermore, the Service will apply a computer-generated random selection process to all petitions that were eligible and received on December 21, 2009.
Stay posted for H-1B filing specials for the FY2011 H-1B CAP!
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 15, 2009, 64,200 H-1B cap subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS.
USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced degree petitions until a sufficient number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory limits, taking into account the fact that some of these petitions may be denied, revoked, or withdrawn.
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on December 16, 2009 with processing dates as of October 31, 2009.
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 particular case.
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 10, 2009, 62,500 H-1B cap subject non-immigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS.
USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced degree petitions until a sufficient number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory limits, taking into account the fact that some of these petitions may be denied, revoked, or withdrawn.
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 8, 2009, 61,500 H-1B cap subject nonimmigrant visa petitions have been filed with the USCIS.
USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced degree petitions until a sufficient number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory limits, taking into account the fact that some of these petitions may be denied, revoked, or withdrawn.
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