Premium processing is an optional service offered by USCIS that is currently available for certain temporary work status and permanent residence applications. By paying the government a premium processing [...]
As many of our clients already know, USCIS has been experiencing significant backlogs in adjudicating many types of applications. However, the I-751 Removal of Conditions petitions are among the [...]
USCIS announced that it has completed its selection of H-1B lottery winners for fiscal year 2019 H-1B cap-subject petitions. This H-1B season, we have had another successful year with [...]
The government has announced the temporary suspension of its Premium Processing service for all H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 cap, effective April 2, 2018. This [...]
Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of State recently provided his regular update on the visa bulletin, which indicates the availability of both employment-based and family-based visas. Charlie provides estimates [...]
As the winter holidays wind down and we head into the New Year, it is time to start thinking about the other most wonderful time of the year: H-1B [...]
Immigration law has always been fluid and clients and lawyers alike need to be prepared for ever-changing regulations and processes, especially in this political climate. USCIS recently announced new [...]
Our firm recently attended this year’s American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) national conference in New Orleans, which provides the opportunity for immigration attorneys from across the country to gather [...]
Advance Parole is permission to enter the United States. If you plan to enter the United States using an Advance Parole travel document (as opposed to a valid travel [...]
Although many of the government’s anti-immigration actions have been met with resistance by the courts, pundits, and the people, there has been an observable increased vetting in Green Card [...]