The Department of State (DOS) December 2018 Visa Bulletin shows some movement in employment-based categories. The EB-1 category will advance three months in all countries, with China and India advancing
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Shaoul Aslan‡
Shaoul Aslan focuses his practice on a wide range of immigration and nationality matters, representing both corporate clients and individuals before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly Immigration and Naturalization Service), the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Labor. Shaoul counsels on immigration matters pertaining to international transfer of personnel and other immigration-related issues. He develops an appropriate strategy to obtain the necessary nonimmigrant visa classification to permit employment authorization for the transferred employees and their dependents, obtaining the required approvals from the Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the issuance of the visa to the employee and his or her dependents. The counseling may also involve obtaining permanent resident status for the employee and his and her dependents.
‡ Admitted in the District of Columbia. Not admitted in Virginia. Practice limited to federal immigration practice.
Temporary Suspension of Premium Processing for FY2019 H-1B Cap Cases
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced a temporary suspension of premium processing for 2019 Fiscal Year H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those cases seeking exemption on the basis…
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USCIS Changes Locations To File Forms I-129
On Oct. 12, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a major change in the direct filing addresses for certain Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker petitions. Previously, the filing center for these petitions was determined by the U.S. state or territory where the beneficiary’s worksite or training site was located. With USCIS’s latest announcement, the filing center for most Form I-129 petitions will be determined by the primary office location of the company or organization for which the beneficiary works.
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DHS Extends TPS Status for Citizens of Yemen
By notice published in the Federal Register on Jan. 4, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will extend the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for citizens of…
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Issues FAQ’s to Changes to VWP
As part of its efforts to educate the public about the new changes to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) resulting from the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016,…
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DOS Cable Update On Personal/Domestic Employees
The Department of State (“DOS”) issued a cable, which updates a provision of the Foreign Affairs Manual that deals with personal/domestic employees of U.S. citizens on temporary assignment in the…
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December Visa Bulletin Shows Little Movement But Contains Projections for Future Movement
The Department of State’s (“DOS”) December 2015 Visa Bulletin showed minor movements in the employment-based visa categories. The most significant movement was in the Indian EB-2 category which advanced by…
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E-Verify to Destroy Old Records
E-Verify has announced that effective Jan. 1, 2016, in compliance the National Archives and Records Administration’s retention and disposal schedule, it will destroy all transaction records older than 10 years. …
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US Employer to Pay Over $291,000 in Back Pay to Two H-1B Employees
The U.S. Department of Labor ordered a U.S. employer and its owner and president to pay two employees over $291,000 in back pay, return of application fees, plus pre-and post-judgment…
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Monthly ‘Check-In’ with Charlie Oppenheim
Charles Oppenheim, chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division of the U.S. Department of State, held his monthly meeting with AILA to shed light on the data in the recently released August Visa Bulletin. Among the highlights of meeting are the following:
1. China EB-3 Retrogression. The August Visa Bulletin shows that the EB-3 China category will have a cut-off date of June 1, 2004, a retrogression of seven years. One reason for this retrogression is that earlier in the year the EB-3 China category had advanced which generated sufficient demand to bring the overall number within the allowable annual limit. According to Charlie, the good news is that this category will progress forward in the beginning of the new fiscal year to a 2010 or maybe even a 2011 cut-off date.
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