DEPARTMENT OF STATE (DOS) POSTS ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE 2019 DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY

Posted on October 19, 2017

Recently DOS issued a notice stating that due to a technical issue, the DV-2019 entry period that began on October 3 has been closed. Entries submitted during October 3 to October 10 are not valid and have been excluded from the system. All this entries will not count as a duplicate entry. The technical...

EUA começam a monitorar redes sociais de imigrantes, inclusive dos naturalizados americanos

Posted on October 17, 2017

A partir desta quarta-feira, 18 de outubro, o Departamento de Segurança Interna (DHS) vai coletar e armazenar “nomes e pseudônimos em redes sociais, informações associadas identificáveis e resultados de busca” de todos os imigrantes nos Estados Unidos — inclusive os detentores do green card e cidadãos imigrantes naturalizados.

Isso constitui uma tremenda violação de privacidade...

HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY OVERCOME USCIS’ WAGE LEVEL I AND SPECIALTY OCCUPATION REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE.

Posted on October 14, 2017

The first time Wage Level I RFEs were reported were in early June 2017 and targeted H-1B petitions filed in April 2017 under the annual H-1B cap. Initially, most of the RFEs were issued by the Vermont Service Center although it appears that California is also catching up and issuing their own version of...

The US announces new social media screening for immigrants; included are permanent residents and naturalized U.S. citizens.

Posted on October 11, 2017

Beginning October 18, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will collect and store “social-media handles and aliases, associated identifiable information and search results” of all immigrants in the country – even green card holders and naturalized U.S. Citizens. This constitutes a tremendous violation of privacy not only for the foreign-born but for any...

Entenda as diferenças entre os vistos de trabalho disponíveis

Posted on October 11, 2017

Imigrar para os Estados Unidos pode ser particularmente difícil e o atual clima político aparentemente não tornará as coisas mais fáceis no curto prazo. Para as pessoas que querem se mudar para os EUA devido a trabalho ou negócios ainda há várias opções disponíveis — e saber a diferença entre elas é extremamente importante...

Illegal Immigration Declines in California, Increases in Texas

Posted on October 9, 2017

Why are more illegal immigrants coming to Texas instead of California?

New data has emerged showing a shift in areas in which immigrants enter the United States illegally. Undocumented immigrants today are heading to Texas instead of California. In 2014, about 2.9 million illegal immigrants lived in California. The undocumented immigrant population...

USCIS reverte o teste de naturalização cívica para a versão 2008

Posted on October 6, 2017

RIDGEWOOD NJ - Os Advogados de Imigração e Nacionalidade do Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak (NPZ) denunciam a decisão do presidente Trump de bloquear o acesso a certos trabalhadores não imigrantes até pelo menos o final do ano, incluindo H-1B, H-2B, J-1 e L-1 não imigrantes e seus familiares.

Essa proibição, que tem poucas exceções, prejudicará...

Autorização de trabalho e cartão do seguro social podem agora ser tirados juntos com um único formulário

Posted on October 6, 2017

Com base em novas informações compartilhadas entre o Serviço de Cidadania e Imigração dos Estados Unidos (USCIS) e a Administração do Seguro Social (SSA), cidadãos estrangeiros que se enquadram em certas categorias ou classificações podem agora aplicar para obter autorização de trabalho e o número de seguro social usando um único formulário: a versão atualizada...

New USCIS Form Streamlines Process to Obtain a Work Authorization Document and Social Security Number Simultaneously

Posted on October 2, 2017

Based on a new information-sharing partnership between U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA), foreign nationals in certain categories or classifications can now apply for work authorization and a social security number using a single form – the updated Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization.

To lawfully work in...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Introduces Provisional Waivers

Posted on October 1, 2017

The U.S. Department of State announced that, effective immediately, the DS-160 Nonimmigrant Visa Electronic Application will replace the DS-156 Electronic Visa Application form (EVAF), the DS-156K (Nonimmigrant Fiance Visa Application), and the paper-based DS-230 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration (parts I and II) for processing K-1 and K-2 nonimmigrant visa (NIV) applications.

The...

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