News & Updates

10 November 2010
E-Verify Enhances Security: Now Checks Passports and Passport Cards
The E-Verify program’s security system has just been enhanced, says USCIS and Department of...
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05 November 2010
New Application and Petition Fees for Immigrants/Nonimmigrants Will Be in Effect on November 23
USCIS has posted a reminder to immigration applicants and petitioners that its new fee schedule w...
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04 November 2010
ETA Extends Comment Period for Proposed H-2B Rule
In early October, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) issued a Notice of Proposed Ru...
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29 October 2010
USCIS Terminates California EB-5 Foreign Investor Program
The federal government has ended the Victorville, California EB-5 foreign investor program, the f...
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27 October 2010
Backlog of Immigration Cases Continues to Grow
A new record for the number of immigration cases awaiting review was made this September. At the ...
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22 October 2010
New Report Says One in Five Refugees Denied Asylum Due to Late Application Submission
According to a new report, one in five refugees is denied asylum because they did not apply withi...
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20 October 2010
USCIS Provides Updated Numbers for the Amount of H-1B Petitions Received for Fiscal Year 2011
Yesterday, USCIS provided updated numbers for the amounts of cap-subject H-1B petitions it has re...
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15 October 2010
USCIS Provides Updated H-2B Cap Count
Last week, USCIS provided updated numbers regarding the H2B cap for the second half of Fiscal Yea...
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13 October 2010
Office of Foreign Labor Certification Suspends H-2B Regulation Mailbox
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification has temporarily suspended its H-2B regulation mailbox. ...
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