Guestbook Entry for Durga, United States
Name
Durga
Country
United States
State
Michigan
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USCIS Annual Report on "Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B) for FY 2009"
USCIS Annual Report on Characteristics of Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B) for Fiscal Year 2009 to Congress. The report includes information on countries of origin and occupations of, education levels attained by, and compensation paid to H-1B beneficiaries.
Please check the attached document.
Deadline Approaches for Haitian TPS
Please check the attachment.
CIS Ombudsman Updates for Unused Family-Based Visas
During FY 2009 and FY 2010, usage of family-based visas has been exceptionally low, especially among spouses and children of green card holders (the F-2A preference category). In FY 2009, approximately 10,000 family-based visas were unused and, by statute, were reallocated for use by employment-based immigrants in FY 2010.
USCIS Memo Authorizes VSC to Approve an Application to Extend/Change of U Nonimmigrant Status for Derivative Family Member
This Policy Memorandum (PM) authorizes the Vermont Service Center (VSC) to approve an Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (Form 1-539) to extend U nonimmigrant status for a derivative family member whose initial period of stay is less than four years.
Department of Homeland Security Privacy Impact Assessment on E-Verify
USCIS issued a PIA on E-Verify conducted in order to better assist the public in understanding this program. Previously, USCIS addressed the E-Verify program as part of the Verification Information System (VIS) PIA.
Guestbook Entry for Jayanthan Padinjaredath , United States
Name
Jayanthan Padinjaredath
Country
United States
State
NJ
Guestbook Entry for Pravin Balasubramaniam , United States
Name
Pravin Balasubramaniam
Country
United States
State
CA
Guestbook Entry for Shivanand Baswannappa , United States
Name
Shivanand Baswannappa
Country
United States
State
Texas
Guestbook Entry for Sundar , United States
Name
Sundar
Country
United States
State
MD
Guestbook Entry for Shanmugadevi , United States
Name
Shanmugadevi
Country
United States
State
IL
Guestbook Entry for Shankar, United States
Name
Shankar
Country
United States
State
Texas
Guestbook Entry for Anurag Dwivedi , United States
Name
Anurag Dwivedi
Country
United States
State
VA
USCIS Office, Callowhill St. Philadelphia PA
State
PA
Date: 06/02/2008
Time: 2:00 PM
Place: USCIS office, Callowhill St. Philadelphia PA
Supervised Recruitment - PERM FAQ 1
USDOL has posted the following FAQ
1. Under what authority can the Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification select an employer's application for supervised recruitment?
Reassignment of I-485 to alternate eligibility
In a recent meeting, Nebraska Service Center has clarified why, some times, in cases of pending I-485 applications, USCIS approves AOS interchanging the applications of the derivative and principal applicant:
USCIS to use Dunn & Bradstreet to verify petitioners in immigration matters
USCIS is launching a pilot program in July 2010 that will use Dun & Bradstreet databases to verify business information of employers who submit immigration related petitions. "Verification Instrument for Business Enterprises" (VIBE) is a tool intended to help combat immigration fraud, and to minimize RFE's regarding petitioners' business data and eventually to make submission of routine documentation unnecessary.
CIS Reinstates Limited I-140 Premium Processing - Updated 2/27/09
The news item and related documents are available here:
http://www.immigration.com/newslette...prmprocss.html
Please note, for now (June 2008), premium processing is only available if you meet ALL of the current requirements:
1. Your are currently on H-1;
2. Your H-1 status is expiring within 60 days when you apply for I-140 premium processing; and
3. You are not eligible to receive 1-year H-1 extensions because your labor certification was filed less than one year ago.
USCIS Expedite Criteria
This issue has come up several times. Here is what USCIS says:
USCIS Considerations to expedite Cases
All expedite requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and are granted at the discretion of the Director. The criteria are as follows:
* Severe financial loss to company or individual
* Extreme emergent situation
* Humanitarian situation
* Nonprofit status of requesting organization in furtherance of the cultural and social interests of the United States
Basic Criteria for Extraordinary Ability
This morning, I was working on explaining to a client (whom I respect greatly), one of the foremost musicians from India, how EB1 (Extraordinary Ability) category applies to musicians and performers. As I was sending him the basic information on EB1 category, I thought I will share the general criteria with all of you. This information is for EA, generally and applies to all fields - not just music. See attached.
Regards to all. Rajiv.