An End to the China EB-2 to EB-3 Downgrade Phenomenon (at least for FY2015). In April 2015, the EB-3 China cut-off date (currently October 22, 2011) will retrogress more than nine months to January 1, 2011. As a result, EB-3 China will return to...

USCIS on May 21, 2015, published information to help eligible H-4 dependent spouses who want to apply for employment authorization under the Employment Authorization for Certain H-4 Dependent Spouses final rule.

Beginning May 26, 2015, certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants can file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, as long as...

#1: WHAT IS THE 180-DAY ASYLUM EAD CLOCK?

The "180-day Asylum EAD Clock" measures the time period during which an asylum application has been pending with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) asylum office and/or the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)....

Introducción

Hay tres tipos diferentes de beneficios humanitarios relacionados con el Formulario I-130, Petición para Familiar Extranjero; Conversión del Formulario I-130 para el Formulario I-360 para los cónyuges sobrevivientes; Sección 204 (l) de la Ley de Inmigración y Nacionalidad (INA); y Restablecimiento humanitario bajo la Sección 205 de la INA y 8 CFR 205.1 (a)...

Introduction

There are three different types of Humanitarian Benefits related to Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative: Conversion of Form I-130 to Form I-360 for Surviving Spouses; Section 204(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); and Humanitarian Reinstatement under INA Section 205 and 8 CFR 205.1(a)(3)(C)(2).

This article will focus...

Under NAFTA, workers in the USA can often times appear at a Canadian Port of Entry and present their applicaton for a work permit in Canada, and receive a work permit for $150. But since the spring, many U.S. workers have been turned away and told that there is a new "filing" requirement they...

The U.S. State Department (DOS) released the May 2015 Visa Bulletin. The major development in the May Visa Bulletin is a significant forward movement in EB-2 category for India and also for the EB-2 category for China. The EB-3 category for the Philippines moved back by seven (7) years and, as predicted, the...

Introduction

Putting an end to the confusion that prevailed among Immigration Practitioners for almost two decades, the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO), in Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC, 26 I&N Dec. 542 (AAO 2015), on April 9, 2015, clarified that an Amended H-1B Petition[1] is required to...

INTRODUCCIÓN

El año pasado, en esta época, USCIS anunció que había recibido 172.500 peticiones H-1B para el año fiscal 2015, que comenzó el 1 de octubre de 2014. Es probable que la lotería H-1B (también conocida como "proceso de selección al azar") sea llevada...

INTRODUCTION

Last year, at about this time, the USCIS announced that it has received 172,500 H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2015 which began on October 1st, 2014. The H-1B lottery (also referred as "random selection process ") is likely to be conducted again this...