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ManyalienapplicantsobtainedtheirEADsasaresultoftheI-485filings,whentheprioritydatesbecamecurrentintheemployment-basedcategories.Manyoftheseapplicantsareworkinginnonimmigrantstatuses,asitispermissibleunderthedualintentdoctrineforpersonsinHorLstatustomaintaintheirrespectivestatuseswhilehavingpendingI-485satthesametime.Thus,theydonotneedth...[
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WhiteHousesaysU.S.needsH-1Bvisastoavoid'competitivedisadvantage'.ObamaadministrationdefendsH-1Bruleinlawsuitchallenging2008Bushrulingonvisas.
PresidentBarackObamahassofarreversedanumberofactionstakenbyPresidentGeorgeW.Bush--onembryonicstemcellresearch,speciesprotectionandmedicalresearch--buthisadministrationhassofarshownnointerestin...[
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USCISProcessingCasesBasedonPriority:I-140PetitionsandRetrogression
ItistypicaloftheUSCIStoprioritizecaseprocessing,baseduponavailabilityofanimmediateimmigrationbenefit.Thisisparticularlytruewhentherearepressurestoprocesssomeothertypeofparticularlypressingcase.Whilenotspecificallystated,theUSCISisunderpressuretoprocesshugevolumesofnaturalization(citizenship)cases.Theyalsohavehaddemandstoprocess...[
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ShrinkingBusinesses,PERMProcessingDelays,andI-140ProcessingDelays.
Currently,theUSCISiswitnessingatremendousdelayinadjudicationofI-140petitions.
ThedelaysinlaborcertificationapplicationsandI-140petitionprocessingadjudicationhavebeenposingaseriousriskofdenialsofI-140petitions,becauseofthecurrenteconomy'simpactontheemployer'sfinancialabilitytopaythelaborcertificationwageatthetimeoffiling(pri...[
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TheLaborCertificationsandtheEmployerHasHadEmployeeLayoffs
ThepurposeofthelaborcertificationprocessistoprotectU.S.workers.ItisacertificationfromtheU.S.DepartmentofLabor(DOL)thattherearenoqualified,willing,oravailableU.S.workersfortheofferedemploymentorposition.
Thelaborcertificationisthefirststepinmostemployment-basedpermanentresidence(GreenCard)cases.Itisimportanttounderstandtheissues,ande...[
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TheU.S.DepartmentofLabor(DOL)recentlyissuedstatisticsregardingthePERMlaborcertificationprocessing.ThesestatisticsprovidefurtherinsightintothebacklogsandapprovalratesbytheDOLonPERMcases.Thesummaryisthatthereareover50,000PERMcasespendingforprocessingandasubstantialnumberofPERMcasesarebeingauditedbytheDOL.OnlyaboutoneinthreecasesisbeingapprovedorcertifiedbytheDOL.
Thisstageofthepermanentresidency...[
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我3个月前在德克萨斯州的移民局服务中心申请的EB1-特殊人才绿卡。现在,我receivedtheRequistforEvidence信,要求提供我审查杂志文章的证据.Doyouthinkthisisbecausethatthejournalisnotthehighestrankedjournalinmyfield?
Answer:USCISTexasServiceCenteroftenissuestheRequestforEvidenceinEB1ExtraordinaryAbilitypetitionswithrespecttothecriteriaof"judgingtheworkofothers."TSCexaminersquestionthealienappli...[
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TheViolationorDropOutofSchoolforForeignStudentsinF-1,andSomePossibleConsequences
Thecurrenteconomicrecessionnotonlyproduceshighunemployment,butalsoviolationordropoutofschoolforsomeforeignstudentsinF-1,includingthosestudentsinOptionalPracticalTrainingafterfinishingschool.SomeoftheseOPTF-1professionalmayapplyforFY2010H-1BcapbeginningfromApril1,2009.Whenanonimmigrantviolatestheimmigrationlawinclu...[
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AC-21RuleisNotAvailableforAlienBeneficiarieswithEvidenceofActivelySearchingforNewEmployment
Whenthealienbeneficiaryvoluntarilydepartsfromtheemploymentinanhostileenvironmenttogetanewjob,andtheUSCISobtainsanevidence,eitherbefore180daysorafter180daysoffilingofI-140andI-485,theforeignworkermayfaceariskofdenialorrevocationofthepetition,becauseoftheevidenceofsuchalien'sintentnottoworkfortheemployerf...[
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我有材料科学博士学位,目前受聘于一间小规模研究公司,高级工程师。我感兴趣申请EB1-ExtraordinaeyAbility或EB1-杰出研究员(EB1-OutarandingResearcher)绿卡。EB1-ExtraordinaeyAbilityandEB1-OutarandingResearcher申请有哪些主要区别?
Answer:
ThequalificationcriteriaforEB1-OutstandingResearcher(EB1-OR)issomewhatlowerthanthatforEB1-ExtraordinaryAbility(EB1-EA).TheEB1-ExtraordinaryAbilitycanbeaself-petition...[
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