USCISExpandsSelf-CheckServicesforIndividualEmploymentAuthorizationVerificationto21States.TheUSCISannouncesthatUSCISisreleasingtheSelfCheckserviceinphases.
AtthispointtheserviceisofferedonlytousersthatmaintainanaddressinArizona,California,Colorado,theDistrictofColombia,Idaho,Louisiana,Maine,Maryland,Massachusetts,Minnesota,Mississippi,Missouri,Nebraska,Nevada,NewJersey,NewYork,Ohio,SouthCarolin...[
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AprogramthatiscentraltoPresidentObama’simmigrationenforcementstrategyhasdrawnprotestsbyLatinoandimmigrantorganizationsinsixcitiesinthelasttwodays,asthosegroupssteppeduptheirconfrontationwiththeadministrationoverthefastpaceofdeportations.
InLosAngeles,about200immigrantsandtheirsupporterswalkedoutofastormyhearingMondayeveningthatwascalledbyataskforceadvisingtheenforcementprogram,knownasSecureCo...[
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Recently,BoardofAlienLaborCertificationAppeals(BALCA)renderedanopiniononcasesregardingtheuseofexpiredPrevailingWageDeterminations(PWDs)inPERMlaborcertificationcases.TheappealsbodywithintheU.S.DepartmentofLabor(DOL)istheBoardofAlienLaborCertificationAppeals(BALCA).Theusefulinformationthatfollowsisprovidedtohelpbothemployersandemployeesassuchcasesdemonstratethecomplexityand,sometimes,conflictingoutc...[
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USCISPolicyMemorandumonChangestoB-2StatusandExtensionsofB-2StatusforCohabitatingPartnersandOtherNonimmigrantHouseholdMembers
Thismemorandumwhichwasreleasedon08/17/2011andpublishedon08/26/2011clarifiesthatchangeofstutustoB-2visitororoneormoreextensionofB-2statusareappropriateintheexerciseofdiscretionforhouseholdmembers,includingthecohabitatingpartnerofaprincipalnonimmigrantvisaholderwhenotherel...[
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TheAmericanCompetitivenessandWorkforceImprovementAct(ACWIA)establishedwhatiscommonlyreferredtoasthe“trainingfee.”Thisfeeiscurrentlysetatalevelof$1500forcompanieswithmorethan25employees;thefeeisreducedto$750forcompanieswith25employeesorfewer.ThispaymentmustaccompanymostH1Bpetitions.Theamountcollected,totalingmorethan$2.3billionbetweenfiscalyears2000and2011,isusedforfundingtrainingandscholarshipsf...[
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Aspartofon-goinganti-fraudmeasures,theU.S.CitizenshipandImmigrationServices(USCIS)isintheprocessofimplementingaprogramknownasValidationInstrumentforBusinessEnterprises(VIBE).VIBEisaweb-basedtoolthatwillallowtheUSCIStocorroboratecertainbasicinformationaboutacompanyduringadjudicationofemployment-basedvisapetitions.UseofthisprogramisbecomingevidentinthecontentofRequestsForEvidence(RFEs).Thus,employer...[
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PublicchargehasbeenpartofU.S.immigrationlawformorethan100yearsasagroundofinadmissibilityanddeportation.AnindividualwhoislikelyatanytimetobecomeapublicchargeisinadmissibletotheUnitedStatesandineligibletobecomealegalpermanentresident.However,receivingpublicbenefitsdoesnotautomaticallymakeanindividualapubliccharge.Thisfactsheetprovidesinformationaboutpublicchargedeterminationstohelpnoncitizensmakeinf...[
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OnJanuary31,2011,theUSCISOmbudsman'sOfficehostedapublicteleconferenceontheChildStatusProtectionAct(CSPA)toshareinformationfromUSCISandinterviewCharlesWheeler,authorofthebook"AILA'sFocusontheChildStatusProtectionAct,"aswellasnumerousarticlesontheChildStatusProtectionAct.
Undercurrentlaw,anLegalPermanentResident(LPR)parent’sI-130petitionfiledonbehalfofanunmarriedsonordaughterover21willautomatic...[
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USCISDirectorAlejandroMayorkasannouncedonMarch21,2011thelaunchoftheE-VerifySelfCheckprogram.ThisisaninitiativethatallowsindividualsintheUnitedStatestochecktheiremploymenteligibilityinformationwithoutcharge.TheE-Verifysystemhasbeenthesubjectofmuchcriticismfromvariousgroupsandindividuals,inpartduetoconcernsovertheaccuracyofsystemresults.T
ThenewE-VerifySelfCheckinitiative,launchedbytheUSCIS,isap...[
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EmployersandforeignworkersonetimelearnedearlierthisyearthatthePERMapplicationshadbeencertifiedinashortperiodoftimethisyear,inoneweekormostlyinonemonthforthe"clean"cases.However,theApril2011reportofprocessingtimesreflectssomewhatslow-downoftheprocessingtimes,albeitminor.CarefulreadersmusthavenoticedthedifferenceinreportcutdatesbetweenMarchandApril2011.ThecutoffdateinMarchreportwasMarch9,whilethecut...[
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