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Though he tried and failed last year, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ plea for H1B quota hike seems to have appealed to the politicians in the pre-election mode this year. Two Bills have been introduced, one by U.S. House of Representatives Democrat on the Science and Technology Committee which Gates had addressed and another by a [...]

The April 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), finally shed a few rays of sunshine on the EB-2 applicants from India as the category became available albeit with a cut-off date around 2003. The EB2 cutoff dates for China have again moved forward. Continuing its forward trend from the March [...]

An interim final rule has been issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services which will prohibit employers from filing multiple H-1B petitions for a single beneficiary. This rule, however, does not prohibit parent companies or subsidiaries from filing petitions for same beneficiary for different positions.  The interim final rule will become effective when it is [...]

All lawful permanent residents of US age through 14 to 79 applying for re-entry permit and individuals applying for refugee travel document will now be required to provide Biometrics i.e. finger prints and photographs at a USCIS Application Support Center (“ASC”) for background and security checks.
Why biometric?
USCIS has stated that biometrics is not only vital [...]

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a new centralized processing for permanent labor certification applications (also know as PERM) applications. Effective June 1, 2008 -

Processing of all PERM applications will be centralized at the Atlanta National Processing Center (NPC).
Applications for H-2A, H-2B, H-1C and D-1 will be processed at the Chicago NPC
Requests for [...]