NUMBERS MADNESS
by Elizabeth T. Reichard* March was indeed a month of madness for immigration lawyers. We had to balance a number of very pressing concerns – the need to prepare hundreds of H-1B visa petitions so that they were received by the USCIS on April 2, 2007, the April 1, 2007 deadline to submit all RIR […]
HOW MANY AMERICANS IN WAITING?
by Cyrus D. Mehta * While the debate on whether to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants and create a pathway for their citizenship continues to rage, a gem of a book advocates for a paradigm shift on how we ought to be viewing immigrants. It essentially states that immigrants ought to be treated like citizens. […]
USCIS RECEIVED MORE THAN 65,000 H-1B APPLICATIONS ON April 2!! TELL CONGRESS TO INCREASE THE CAP!
by Cyrus D. Mehta* 65,000 H-1B visas are not enough to meet the demands of our work force! Tell Congress today! Call or email your senators and representative and let them know that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services received on April 2 – the first day H-1B applications could be filed for fiscal year […]
H-1B CAP REACHED ON FIRST DAY
by Elizabeth Reichard* The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) just announced that it has reached the H-1B cap after having received 150,000 H-1B petitions on April 2, 2007. April 2 was the first day on which a Fiscal Year 2008 H-1B petition could be filed with the USCIS under the congressionally mandated yearly cap […]
April 2007 Immigration Update
Headlines: H-1B Rush Begins; Reform Bill Introduced in House; Other Developments – H-1B cap could be filled immediately; bipartisan reform legislation is introduced in the House. USCIS Reminds Applicants of New Filing Procedures Effective April 2 – Effective April 2, 2007, all Forms I-129 and I-539 are to be filed directly with the California Service […]
GEARING FOR THE FY 2008 H-1B CAP
by Cyrus D. Mehta* Every potential H-1B filer is scrambling to make it into the FY 2008 Cap, which starts on October 1, 2007. Petitioners can file six months in advance, and thus the first day for accepting an H-1B petition is April 1, 2007. This year, April 1, 2007, falls on a Sunday. Therefore, […]
