BIB Daily presents bimonthly PERM practice tips from Ron Wada , member of the Editorial Board for Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and author of the 10+ year series of BALCA review articles, “Shaping...
OFLC, Dec. 2, 2024 "The U.S. Departments of Labor and Homeland Security have published a temporary final rule (TFR) increasing the numerical limitation on H-2B nonimmigrant visas to authorize the...
USCIS, Dec. 2, 2024 "We now require certain applicants filing Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status , to submit Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination...
USCIS, Dec. 2, 2024 "USCIS has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the...
Cyrus D. Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Dec. 1, 2024 "The recent reelection of Donald Trump is likely to usher in a new era of enhanced immigration scrutiny and enforcement. This shift raises a number of ethical...
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will finally extend employment eligibility for certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants who have applied for lawful permanent resident (LPR) status effective May 26, 2015. This action has been long awaited by both eligible H-4 spouses as well as employers as this broadens the pool of employment authorized professional workers for many difficult to fill jobs that have been adversely impacted by H-1B visa limits. USCIS estimates that as many as 179,600 H-4 dependent spouses may initially be eligible for employment authorization under this rule and that in subsequent years as many as 55,000 per year may be eligible for H-4 spouse employment authorization. ... " - Jan Pederson, Maggio-Kattar, Feb. 26, 2015.