The American Immigration Council reported that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted new Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) statistics on Thursday, revealing that over 550,000 individuals have now been granted DACA. The data, which is current through March 2014, indicate that USCIS has...
Getson & Schatz P.C. was able to successfully represent a performance optimization consulting engineering firm in securing an H-1B visa for a prospective employee for the position of a Performance Optimization Engineer pursuant to a FY-2015 H-1B cap petition. The consulting firm provides services to...
DHS has proposed a rule to extend the availability of employment authorization to certain H-4 dependent spouses of principal H-1B nonimmigrants. The extension would be limited to H-4 dependent spouses of principal H-1B nonimmigrants who are in the process of seeking lawful permanent resident status through employment....
DHS has proposed a rule to include nonimmigrant high-skilled specialty occupation professionals from Chile and Singapore (H-1B1) and from Australia (E-3) in the list of classes of aliens authorized for employment incident to status with a specific employer, to clarify that H-1B1 and principal E-3...
The American Immigration Council reported that from Alexander Graham Bell to Google’s Sergey Brin, immigrants have founded some of the most iconic American companies, as the Kauffman Foundation’s Dane Stangler explained. “There’s something inherently entrepreneurial about leaving your home to start a new life in...
The Los Angeles Times published an article about the Obama Administration considering Bond Hearings for those immigrants in long term detention. Read the article at: http://touch.latimes.com/?utm_source=AILA+Mailing&utm_campaign=71f414b081-AILA8_4_18_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3c0e619096-71f414b081-287721293#section/-1/article/p2p-79937039/...
The Huffington Post published an article about USCIS working to improve the EB-5 program. Read the article at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-jahangiri/uscis-works-to-improve-th_b_5107594.html...
The Executive Office for Immigration Review Released its 2013 Statistical Yearbook which is available at: http://www.justice.gov/eoir/press/2014/FY2013SYBNewsRelease04162014.html...
Attorney Brian Getson's book titled "Obtaining a US Visa Based on Achievement" is now available for purchase at Thomson Reuters’ online store. Click the following link for purchase information and a description of the book: http://legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/law-products/c/Obtaining-a-US-Visa-Based-on-Achievement-What-You-Need-to-Know-Quick-Prep/p/100251489...
The Philadelphia Daily News published an article about the City of Philadelphia's change in its immigration detainer policy with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read the article at: http://articles.philly.com/2014-04-15/news/49159231_1_order-executive-director-ice-holds...
