WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 cap on Monday, April 1, 2013. Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS receives a properly filed petition for which the correct fee has been submitted; not the date that the petition is postmarked.
The cap (the numerical limitation on H-1B petitions) for FY 2014 is 65,000. In addition, the first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of individuals with U.S. master’s degree or higher are exempt from the fiscal year cap of 65,000.
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Posted on March 21, 2013 | Category: Immigration News
Giữ quyền thường trú nhân khi du lịch nước ngoài thường xuyên
Nhiều thân chủ của văn phòng gặp trở ngại trong việc trở thành thường trú nhân Hoa Kỳ thông qua thủ tục xin Visa tại Đại Sứ Quán của nước sở tại, hoặc xin chuyển tình trạng di trú tại Hoa Kỳ. Những thân chủ này cho rằng việc giữ tình trạng thường trú nhân cũng phức tạp và khó khăn không kém. Văn phòng chúng tôi từ lâu đã luôn quan tâm đến việc đảm bảo cho thân chủ thực hiện đầy đủ các bước để giữ quyền thường trú nhân khi họ du lịch nước ngoài thường xuyên.
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Posted on March 15, 2013 | Category: Newsletters
Preserving Permanent Resident Status When Traveling Frequently Abroad
Many of our clients have experienced the arduous task of becoming legal permanent residents of the United States through immigrant visa processing through the U.S. Embassies in their home countries, or obtaining adjustment of status in the United States. These clients then they realize that it is also just as difficult and burdensome to maintain their lawful permanent resident status. It has been a long-standing concern for our office to ensure that our clients take the necessary steps to preserve their legal permanent residency status when they frequently travel abroad.
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Posted on March 15, 2013 | Category: Newsletters
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a revised Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 for use. All employers are required to complete a Form I-9 for each employee hired in the United States.
Improvements to Form I-9 include new fields, reformatting to reduce errors, and clearer instructions to both employees and employers. The Department of Homeland Security has published a Notice in the Federal Register informing employers of the new Form I-9.
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Posted on March 12, 2013 | Category: Immigration News
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas today announced that users of E-Verify, the free Internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States, have given the program high marks in a recent customer survey.
More than 1,300 randomly selected employers across the nation who use E-Verify evaluated key program aspects, including registration, the online tutorial, ease of use, technical assistance and customer service. They rated the program as exceptionally high in overall customer satisfaction, with an average score of 86 out of 100 on the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) scale.
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Posted on March 12, 2013 | Category: Immigration News
