ImmiTips

Going by the latest poll results, it’s pretty much clear who are going to be the two main candidates in this year’s US Presidential election – Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Interestingly, Obama has supported Immigration reforms and has taken a little more hard-line stance than the other democrats in this issue. [...]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) calls the Real ID Act a nationwide effort intended to prevent terrorism, reduce fraud, and improve the reliability and accuracy of identification documents that State governments issue. Dogged by controversies, the Act has been sitting under the hammer since 2005, when George Bush signed it into law. After [...]

In the wake of increased random audits by the Department of Labor, it has become essential that the Public Access File maintained by H1B Employers meet the DOL requirements in all aspects.
What is Public Access File?
Employers who sponsor H-1B Non-immigrants are required to maintain a Public Access File which will contain all [...]

Effective starting February 2007, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will process cap exempt H-1B petitions at one centralized location – the California Service Center (CSC). USCIS will soon post special filing instructions to Form I-129 requiring all qualifying H-1B cap exempt petitions to be filed at the CSC.

Which petitions fall under this regulation?

Exempt [...]

Source: USCIS

Higher civil fines will be imposed on employers who violate federal immigration laws. This was announced by the U.S Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey on February 22, 2008, in a joint briefing with Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff about newly enacted border security reforms put in place by the Departments of Justice [...]