The service that enabled H-1B visa petitioners to expedite their application for a fee was temporarily withdrawn in March.
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The DACA beneficiaries whose work authorizations are ending between September 5, 2017 and March 5, 2018, are eligible to apply for renewal.
California is the most popular state for H-1B workers, according to the most recent data released by the Department of Labor.
Bill Gates urged the Congress to allow the affected individuals to permanently stay in the country without fear of deportation.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will only decide on DACA renewal requests that it received by October 5, 2017.
Column: All immigrants must adopt an “America first” attitude, and we should be a real country, with protected borders and love for the country shared by all its citizens.
Level-1 wage H-1B applicants are getting more Request for Evidence (RFEs), in the wake of current administration’s stricter take on the work visa program.
Employment based immigration, for instance, H-1B and L1 visas, are the most preferred route to obtain lawful permanent residency or the green cards.
The newly passed ordinance will prohibit employees to collect immigration information of residents and share it with enforcement authorities.
People who have applied for the green card based on employment visas, for instance, H-1B and L-1, and refugee/asylee relative petitioners will now be interviewed in-person before granting permanent residency.
Jayapal said limiting the H-1B visa program would hurt the US economy. She also stressed for a smooth transition from H-1B to immigration for those who choose to stay back.
The new mandate, part of Trump’s “extreme vetting” of immigrants, will slow down green card process.
Sanctuary cities are being pushed by the administration to enforce federal immigration laws or face repercussions like withdrawal of federal grants.
They also challenge the requirement that these cities should inform immigration officers 48-hours before releasing any immigrant.
Proposed immigration benefits will be to the detriment of those eligible under family-sponsorship and petitioners awaiting green card approval.
Ro Khanna said the point-based system will harm the Silicon Valley and not all immigrant innovators were proficient in English when they came.
Pramila Jayapal was responding to Trump’s endorsement to the RAISE Act that proposes to cut legal immigration by almost 50 percent.
Bill introduced by Senators Cotton and Perdue calls for slashing legal immigration by 50 percent over a decade.
Based on equal opportunity policy structure, the country is celebrating diversity by embracing immigrants, rather than forcing assimilation.
It is viewed that work visas such as H-1B and L-1 help to keep jobs and investments in the US; it would be injudicious to think that in existing unfavorable immigration environment, investments would not slip abroad.
The H-1B report has an extensive detailing of the hiring practices of employers
Simultaneously maintains that the official resources are not being diverted to immigration to the detriment of other important issues.
Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue are working with White House officials on a revised version of RAISE Act to cut on immigration.
These fake immigration agents, Hardev Singh Panesar, Gurdev Singh, and Rafael “Rafa” Hastie, have duped victims of more $6 million.
Upon justice department’s question, sanctuary cities said that they are complying with the law but do not espouse spike in the immigration enforcement.