DOL and USCIS team up to gut H1B program
The USDOL (Department of Labor), and the USCIS – an agency of the Department of Homeland Security – have teamed up to effectively gut the H1B specialty worker program. In […]
H-4 SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 THE PROBLEM: Until an alien’s “priority date” is current, the alien and any non-US Citizen dependents cannot apply for Adjustment of Status (“green card”) […]
BIA RULES THAT ALIEN RETAINS STATUS WHILE EXTENSION APPLICATION IS PENDING
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 In a recent decision, the Board of Immigration Appeals ruled that an alien who had applied for an extension of his nonimmigrant status retained […]
CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITH USCIS
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 If you are not a US Citizen, and you are residing in the USA, the law requires that you have to let the USCIS […]
DHS and DOL step up audits of H-1B and Labor Cert Sponsors
Fueled by the $500.00 per case “H-1B Fraud Fee” paid by employers for every new H-1B application for a new employee, the DHS has instituted significant additional review programs of […]
Immigrants Don’t Take Away U.S. Jobs!
Common myth explored
Are You Still Exceptional?: New INS Standards for Exceptional Ability Aliens
The straightforward and reasonable interpretation of “exceptional” and the criteria needed for a waiver of labor certification “in the national interest” were laid out in the Administrative Appeals Unit decision […]
Filing the Labor Certification Application
The labor certification is the second stage in obtaining permission for an alien to permanently live and work in the U.S.A. It usually follows the H-Visa stage. The Labor Certification […]