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As our regular readers will know, the DHS move to allow OPT extensions for STEM Students on F1 Visa was challenged in court, on grounds that the extension is a political move to allow alien workers to transition into H1-B status. However, on August 5th 2008, U.S. District Court Judge Faith Hochberg denied a preliminary [...]
It took eight years for the law to actually come into fruition, but finally this August the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the first few U visas for immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence.
U visas have signaled a hopeful improvement in the area of crimes against women immigrants who are often helpless to [...]
The September 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), shows that the EB-2 Cutoff dates for Indian and Mexico, has moved another few months forward. The rest of the employment based categories remain the same as last month. Mexico’s F-2A numbers and EB-3 continue to be unavailable. The September Visa Bulletin [...]
DOL Enforcements and Weakening Economy Causing Drop in PERM Applications
Employer’s Shying Away from Sponsoring PERM applicants?
It has been a year of frequent audits, huge backlog for I-140s and a recently revealed decrease in IT jobs due to recession – all leading to a substantial drop in Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) applications this year [...]
