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...
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...
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...
The demand for China and India Employment Second preference numbers has increased and the priority date has been retrogressed to August 15, 2007. The DOS has indicated that every effort will be made to return that cut-off date to the previously announced date of May...
The suit alleges violations of the Defense of Marriage Act and Equal Protection Rights. A 1996 immigration law prevents the government from recognizing same sex marriages and all of the benefits derived from a legal marriage, including a pathway to legal permanent...
The summer months are usually very busy at any U.S. embassy or consulate, and this summer the London Embassy's operations will certainly be busy because of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The U.S. Embassy in London issued a notification advising that visa services will be...
USCIS issued a notice to reduce the time U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate family members when they have to exit the U.S. to process a waiver of indamissibility to apply to obtain legal permanent residency. Currently, immediate relatives of U.S....
Several states’ immigration laws will take effect this first week of January, including Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and South Carolina. Most of these laws require the use of E-Verify, while other, more controversial and potentially...