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July 23, 2010
The latest H-1B count was 25,300 petitions that count towards the 65,000 cap, and 11, 000 petitions that count toward the advance degree cap of 20,000. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued the Final Rule on Electronic Signature and Storage of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
DHS announced deployment of Advanced Imaging Technology Deployments at 28 Airports. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
CIS has issued a reminder to eligible Nicaraguans and Hondurans who have not re-register for TPS to do so by following the late registration rules. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
Updates have been issued regarding extended TPS and employment authorization for nationals of Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Liberia, Sudan and Somalia. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
President Obama deploys the National Guard to the Southwest Border as of August 1, 2010. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
July 16, 2010
For the first time ever, CIS introduced a fee waiver form. Once approved, the form will be made available to applicants who cannot afford to pay the immigration filing fees. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
CIS has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of El Salvador and automatically extended employment authorization until March 9, 2012. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
Registration deadline for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible Haitian nationals has been extended by CIS until January 18, 2011. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
US Department of Justice filed suit again Arizona “to declare invalid and preliminarily and permanently enjoin the enforcement of S.B. 1070.” For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
CIS proposes fee increases for most immigration applications and petitions. Effective date of such increases is to be determined soon as the comment period ends.For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
ICE clarifies what is the “date of hire” for E-Verify purposes within the three day rule. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
As of the date of publication, the latest H-1B count was 24,800 petitions that count towards the 65,000 cap, and 10, 600 petitions that count toward the advance degree cap of 20,000. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
US Consulates in China liberalize their interview policy and allow Chinese citizens to process their visas at any US Consulate in China regardless where the applicants live. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
June 25, 2010
CIS announced that as of June 18, 2010 the latest cap H-1B count was 22,900. As for advanced degree cap H-1B the count was 9,700.00. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
USCIS issued a fact sheet as a guide to INFOPASS, the on line appointment system.
For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
The Department of Homeland Security announced a partnership with with the Major Cities Chiefs Association to create a Southwest Border Law Enforcement Compact. The partnership allows non-border states and local law enforcement agencies to send officers to state and local law enforcement agencies along the Southwest border. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
The US continue to hold talks with Cuba on Cuban Migration. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
US Consulates in China are open on Saturdays for a few weeks to process the overwhelming amount of visa applications of Chinese citizens wanting to visit the US. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
CIS launched a newly redesigned web interface for employers using the E-Verify Program. All employers who currently use E-Verify must complete the on line tutorial and upgrade to the new system. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
June 4, 2010
Department of State announced new consular fees that are to start on June 4, 2010. Most non-immigrant visas are $140, Petition based non-immigrant visas such as H, L, O, P, Q, R are $150, K visas are $350, and E visas are $390. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
June 3, 2010
The USA has established a program with France to identify high risk travelers and prevent such travelers from boarding airplanes bound to the USA. The USA has a similar program with Spain. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
June 1, 2010
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released the updated list of SEVP approved schools. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
May 26, 2010
Citizenship and Immigration Service announced that the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) has been revised. The purpose for the revision of the EAD is to include additional information in a machine-readable format. Issuance of the newly designed EAD began on May 11, 2010. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
May 24, 2010
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced clearance procedures for pleasure boats entering the US from Canada. Any vessel that is either at anchor or at dock in the USA must obtain clearance from CBP and must present travel documents. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
May 21, 2010
The latest update from CIS on H petitions is as follows:
H-1B: 19,600 cap eligible petitions counting towards the 65,000 cap amount.
H-1B Master's Exemption: 8,cap eligible petitions toward the 20,000 cap amount.
For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
May 14, 2010
The latest update from CIS on H petitions is as follows:
H-1B: 18,000 cap eligible petitions counting towards the 65,000 cap amount.
H-1B Master's Exemption: 7,600 cap eligible petitions toward the 20,000 cap amount.
H-2B: 65,307 petitions approved and 828 petitions pending all count toward the 66,000 cap amount.
For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
CIS announced that it has redesigned the permanent resident card/green card to ad enhanced security features. New cards are being issues effective May 11, 2010 to all new legal permanent residents, or to residents who need to replace current cards. The new cards are now "green" in honor of its nickname the "Green Card." For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals from Honduras and Nicaragua has been extended. All re-registration TPS applications must be filed between May 5, 2010 and July 6, 2010. The extension is for 18 months so it is good until January 5, 2011, if granted. The extension does NOT apply to nationals of Honduras and Nicaragua who entered the USA after December 30, 1998. Limited initial registration may be available. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
April 25, 2010
The Governor of Arizona signed into law the wide sweeping legislation criminalizing immigrants who are in the USA illegally in Arizona. Also, the new law allows police to stop anyone just based on a suspicion to question him/her on his/her immigration status in the USA. The new law takes effect in early July 2010. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
A friendly reminder that TPS applications for Haitians who qualify for TPS must be received by Immigration on or before July 20, 2010. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
The latest update from Immigration is that it has approved 62, 622 H-2B petitions that count towards the 66,000 cap per fiscal year. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
The latest update from Immigration is that it has received approximately 13,600 H-1B petitions that are subject to the cap of 65,000 per fiscal year. Immigration has also approved 5,800 H-1B petition with advanced degree. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
All federal contractors must enroll in the E-Verify program in order to maintain their federal contractor status. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
April 21, 1010
Immigration issued guidance for all stranded travelers to and from Europe. If a traveler entered the USA on the visa waiver program (green I-94), Immigration has automatically extended all such I-94s by 30 days. If the traveler entered the USA using a visa (white I-94), then the traveler is required to file an extension with immigration to not incur unlawful presence in the USA. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
April 16, 2010
Arizona's legislature passed a widely reaching law giving police the authority to question and determine the immigration status of people just based on "reasonable suspicion." For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
The US and Germany signed a statement regarding their intent to put in place a trusted traveler program as part of the Global Entry program, which is part of a US Customs and Border protection program that gives members that are pre-approved options to regular passport processing. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
ICE has updated the list of approved schools for the SEVIS program. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
April 8, 2010
As of close of business on Monday, April 5, 2010, Immigration announced that it had received a total of 9,525 cap-subject H-1B petitions. Of those petitions, 6,791 were "regular" cap, and 2,734 were advanced degree. It is imperative to process all H-1Bs petitions as soon as possible. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.ghting
April 5, 2010
Today Greece is officially part of the visa waiver program as it is effective today. There are numerous other countries designated for the visa waiver program. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
April 1, 2010
Today CIS began accepting H-1B applications that count toward the 65,000 visa cap for fiscal year 2011. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
March 22, 2010
CIS announced that it automatically extended employment authorization for Liberian nationals covered under Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) through September 30, 2010. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
March 18, 2010
Today the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that on April 1, 2010, it is centralizing processing and adjudication of all new orphan (Non-Hague) petitions with the agency’s specialized adoptions team in Missouri. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
USCIS addresses questions regarding Humanitarian Parole. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled initiatives to enhance the E-Verify program, which includes a new agreement with the Department of Justice to streamline the adjudication process in cases of E-Verify misuse and discrimination.
For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
March 15, 2010
USCIS published a reminder last week that there are immigration benefits available for Chilean Nationals to maintain or establish lawful immigration status in the USA in light of the recent natural catastrophes in Chile. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
March 9, 2010
USCIS announced that it will begin accepting H-1B applications for fiscal year 2011 beginning April 1, 2010. The federal government's fiscal year begins on October 1 every year. So H-1Bs that are granted and that are counted against the 65,000 visa cap will have a start date of October 1, 2010. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Greece's designation as a member of the visa waiver program. Citizens from countries in the visa waiver program do not need to apply for a tourist visa at US consulates in their home country, if they meet the program's qualifications. Citizens from countries in the visa waiver program must show citizenship in such country (i.e. passports) and meet the program's qualifications in order for visas to be granted at the point of entry in the US or pre-flight inspection in some countries. Visitors from such countries may be given up to 90 days to visit the US. For more information, please contact me at audrey@gloverdichter.com or 954-450-1563.
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