ImmiTips

If US do not overhaul its Immigration Laws soon, it might find a considerable chunk of skilled and educated immigrants shifting towards the European Unions. In a definite bid to draw foreign workers,
The EU has adjusted its immigrations laws to allow for a temporary renewable two-year visa. Called the “Blue Card” proposal, the amendment [...]

Are we bringing our number one alternative to H1B under political scanner?
Faced with the hit-and-miss story of H1B quota, companies are using L1 as a way around, and indirectly bringing it under the scanner of anti-immigration lobby.
The H1B quota crisis hit a new level in 2007, when the 65,000 visas available under this category [...]

Have you filed I-140 yet?
We would like to remind our readers that all Labor Certifications (LCs) approved on or before July 16th 2007 will expire on Jan 12, 2008.
If our readers remember, in May 2007 the Amendments to Labor Certification rules were published which went into effect on July 16th 2007. Consequently, all LCs [...]

We would like to remind our readers that s per the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) instructions, effective December 3, 2007 Form I-130s ill need to be filed with the Chicago Lockbox only, instead of any USCIS Service Center.
The Chicago Lockbox will then be responsible for routed the application to the appropriate USCIS [...]

We would like to remind all H1B employers that they must submit the filled out revised Form I- 9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form) by December 26, 2007, as per U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) notice.
USCIS released the new Form I-9 on November 7, but the federal notice was published on November 26. Accordingly, [...]