UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN CROSSING BORDER The New York Times reported on Tuesday that President Obama requested almost $4 billion from Congress to address the flood of 52,000 migrant worker children crossing the border into Texas. The President called it “an...
DOL RELEASES STATISTICS FOR H-1BS, FY2014 YTD The U.S. Department of Labor recently released their statistics for H-1Bs in the first three quarters of FY2014. The year-to-date statistics show that 361,400 applications were received for certification. The top 10...
USCIS POLICY ALERT ON CHANGE TO FORM I-693 On May 30, 2014, USCIS announced a policy change regarding Form I-693 Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. Form I-693 is a required component for most adjustment of status applications. As of June 1,...
H-1B VISA FOR WORKERS IN A SPECIALTY OCCUPATION The H-1B Visa is a temporary non-immigrant visa that is available for foreign workers with specialty occupations who, along with their petitioning employers, meet certain requirements. A specialty occupation...
PROVISIONAL UNLAWFUL PRESENCE WAIVER Prior to March of this year, those persons who accrued unlawful presence and wished to obtain a green card through an immediate relative were in for a long and suspenseful wait oversees with no certainty of approval of their...
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BASED GREEN CARD It is an exciting time in immigration law for same-sex couples based on the Supreme Court ruling, delivered in June of this year, which found the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) unconstitutional. Based on the ruling,...