The July 2012 Visa Bulletin shows an unprecedented EB-2 worldwide cutoff date of January 1, 2009. Should there be a sharp increase in the current demand pattern, this category could be made completely unavailable. EB-2 is still unavailable for China and India and...
Giselle Carson
End of Some Deportations
President Obama announced on Friday a two-year policy that would grant young undocumented immigrants the opportunity to stay in the U.S. to pursue education, work and military service. The policy would affect nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to...
H-1B’s are Going, Going, Gone!
If you have been keeping up with my H-1B cap updates, you know that this year new H-1B Visas have been used up at an accelerated rate. Just yesterday, USCIS announced that the 65,000 H-1B cap for FY 2013 had been reached and that it would be rejecting all petitions...
Colombia – U.S. Free Trade Agreement Finally Takes Effect
On May 15th, the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) went into effect after five years of negotiations. While the obvious benefits of eliminated duties on most U.S. exports to Colombia dominated the agreement's media attention, the advantage of U.S. foreign...
Immigration Attorney And Shareholder, Giselle Carson, Featured In Jacksonville Business Journal
In support of Governor Rick Scott’s initiative to attract investors to Florida, Jacksonville city and business leaders are embarking on a pilot program to attract international economic investment. Many of the foreign investors will be granted with EB-5 immigrant...
*Update* H-1B’s: Come and Get’em Before They’re Gone!
As a follow-up to my previous post regarding the 2013 fiscal year H-1B cap, as of April 27th, 29,200 of the 65,000 H-1B visas available to bachelor's degree professionals have been allocated and 12,300 of the available 20,000 H-1B's for master's degree professionals...
DOS Makes Big Plans for Brazil
The Department of State has committed to opening two new consulates in Brazil. Locations in Belo Horizante and Porto Alegre will join the existing consulates in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Sao Paulo to serve the millions of Americans and Brazilians who...
Shareholder’s Jeptha F. Barbour And Gerald W. Weedon Named Best Lawyers 2012
Jeptha ‘Jep’ Barbour and Gerald ‘Jerry’ Weedon were noted in the April 2012 edition of Jacksonville Magazine’s Best Lawyers 2012. Mr. Barbour is listed under Medical Malpractice – Defendant, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation. Mr. Weedon’s...