Sudden rise in demand for H1B visas
Hindu Business Line
Latest figures released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) show an increase in the number of people applying for H-1B visas in the last two months. As a result of which, till November 27, the USCIS had received about 58,...
Bloggings On The H-1B Visa
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In recent years, when the economy was more robust, employers filed so many H-1B petitions that USCIS had to create a “random lottery selection” system to establish some fairness among applicants. Indeed, this lottery system was necessary fo...
THE H-1B BOOK 2008-2009 Edition Editor: Karen Weinstock
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Immigration Reform Needed to Meet Nursing Shortage Needs
PR-USA.net
The process includes filing an I-140 petition and labor certification with the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office. Generally, employers seeking to sponsor workers for EB-3 visas also must complete a lengthy application p...
Having Medicaid won't hold back the citizenship process
New York Daily News
A. Your receiving Medicaid and signing up for the New York State Family Health Plus plan won't keep you from naturalizing. Further, you may get the USCIS to waive your naturalization application filing fee. Unlike most applicants for perman...
Do I need an immigration attorney?
Asianjournal.com
THE United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is the branch of the US Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. As a result, all non-citizens applying for immigration benefits in ...
OUR GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO PUT AMERICANS AT RISK
NewsWithViews.com
The well documented failures of USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) to create a bureaucracy that provides appropriate immigration benefits to those aliens who are truly deserving and entitled to those benefits while i...
USCIS Director On TPS for Haiti
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Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), adjudicates it. This interpretation is particularly unfair since the law prohibits refugees from applying for permanent residence until one year after they have been admitted to the U.S. as refu...
Spurt in demand for H-1B visas to work in U.S.
Hindu
The latest figures released by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) show an increase in the number of people applying for such visas in the last two months. As a result of this, the USCIS, till November 27, receive...
K1 Fiancée Visa - Nonimmigrant Visa for Fiancée
pressreleasepoint.com
The USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) also requires the couple to have met in person sometime in the past two years. However, the second requirement has an exception since some cultures do not encourage couples meeting befor...
TOOL: Assessing H-1B Fraud
Workforce Management
However when USCIS conducted its review, the petitioner stated the H-1B beneficiary would be working in a Laundromat doing laundry and maintaining washing machines.” Read the findings.
Am I stuck with my employer?
Manila Bulletin
The recent February 2010 Visa Bulletin shows a somewhat modest advance in visa numbers for skilled and unskilled workers from last month. Priority dates have reached September 22, 2002 for skilled workers, and June 1, 2001 for unskilled wor...
Immigration meetings show citizenship test takes careful study
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Hyosub Shin, hshin@ajc.com Farraooh Ismoilov, of Marietta, looks a guide book for the new Naturalization Test during the naturalization information session sponsored by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Wednesday night at th...