The Bureau of Consular Affairs is currently experiencing technical problems with our overseas passport and visa systems. This issue is not specific to any particular country, citizenship document, or visa category. The Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) problems we are experiencing are not the same challenges...
Getson & Schatz, P.C. Attorney Marco Pignone was quoted in Al Dia News regarding one of our firm's cases. http://aldianews.com/articles/politics/immigration/honduran-man-facing-deportation-has-two-days-make-his-case/39306 ...
USCIS is accepting applications for employment authorization from certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants who are seeking employment-based lawful permanent resident status. USCIS published a revised Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, with an edition date of February 13, 2015, which contains the eligibility category...
On April 9, 2015, USCIS’ Administrative Appeal Office (AAO) issued a precedent decision, Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC, which held that employers must file amended H-1B petitions when a new Labor Condition Application for Nonimmigrant Workers (LCA) is required due to a change in the...
@GetsonSchatz will be at the #AACR Career Fair on Saturday April 18th at the #AACR Annual Conference at the Philadelphia Convention Center from 9 am to 3 pm. Please visit us for an EB-1A/EB-1B/NIW case evaluation and to learn about our travel awards....
USCIS notice that on 4/13/15, it used a computer-generated random selection process, or lottery, to select petitions to meet the FY2016 cap. USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B cap cases no later than 5/11/15. USCIS received nearly 233,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period. ...
USCIS has received enough H-1B cap-subject petitions to reach the cap for FY2016. USCIS will complete initial intake before it conducts the lottery, but due to the high number of petitions, it is not yet able to announce when the lottery will occur. AILA President...
The Associated Press reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit set a hearing date of April 17, 2015, to decide whether the temporary hold on President Obama's #executive actions on #immigration should be lifted. Last month, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen...
USCIS released its long-anticipated L-1B adjudications policy memorandum that provides guidance on the L-1B classification, and supersedes and rescinds certain prior L-1B memoranda. Comments are due by May 8, 2015, and the memo is effective as of August 31, 2015. See http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Outreach/Draft%20Memorandum%20for%20Comment/2015-0324-Draft-L-1B-Memo.pdf...
The American Immigration Council reported that immigrant entrepreneurs and small business owners contribute to local economies, often forming the backbone of neighborhoods. As part of his November announcement on immigration executive action, President Obama signed a presidential memorandum that creates a White House Task Force on New Americans to explore ways...
