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EB-2 India & China Priority Date Update

Charlie Oppenheim, Chief, Immigrant Visa Control & Reporting in the State Department, provided AILA with further information on priority date movement in the EB-2 category for China-mainland born and India for the remainder of FY2012. When the May Visa Bulletin is published, the China and India EB-2 cut-off will retrogress to August 15, 2007. Demand …Read More

U.S. Embassy in London to Limit Processing during Summer Olympics

Visa services will be limited during July and August for all nonimmigrant visa categories. Therefore, the Embassy is encouraging applicants to apply for visas during the spring and early summer as appointment availability cannot be guaranteed. To facilitate this, they have opened up the appointment calendar through until the end of June. Appointments are scheduled …Read More

U.S. Embassy in Damascus Update

Due to the current situation in Syria, the U.S. Embassy in Damascus no longer accept I-130 petitions for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens (which fall into the IR category). Please contact the Immigrant Visa (IV) Unit at Embassy Amman, the designated processing post for Syrian visa cases, at [email protected] to schedule an appointment to submit …Read More

DHS Proposals to Attract and Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants

As a part of comprehensive immigration reform, the President supports legislative measures that would attract and retain immigrants who create jobs and boost competitiveness here in the U.S., including creating a “Startup Visa,” strengthening the H-1B program, and “stapling” green cards to the diplomas of certain foreign-born graduates in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) …Read More

President Obama Eases Visa Rules to Boost U.S. Tourism, especially for Chinese and Brazilians

The President announced that the Departments of State and Homeland Security are working together to improve and speed up the visa process for certain categories of travelers. Since 9/11, the United States has developed an intensive, multi-layered visa screening process, including multiple biographic and biometric checks, all supported by a sophisticated global information technology network. …Read More

Filing locations for I-130 changes in January 2012

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has changed the filing locations for Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. Domestic Petitioners will mail their stand-alone I-130 applications to either the Chicago Lockbox or the Phoenix Lockbox, depending on where they reside in the United States. The new filing locations will be updated with the corresponding addresses …Read More

San Diego Yokohama Sister City Society brings in Exchange Students

Our firm enjoys giving back to our community through Pro Bono work. Cliff is a Board Member with the San Diego Yokohama Sister City Society and is heavily involved with a youth exchange program between Kanazawa High School in Yokohama, Japan and High Tech High in San Diego, California. This is a picture him, Mayor …Read More

Proposal to end Employment Based Immigrant Visa backlogs passes U.S. House of Representatives

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigration Act (HR 3012), eliminating per-country caps on employment-based visa. This may allow more highly skilled immigrants from India and China to obtain green cards faster. Currently, immigration law limits employment-based green cards allowing permanent residence for citizens from any one country to …Read More

Senators propose “Buy a home, get a U.S. Visa”

Two Senators have come up with a plan to boost the moribund U.S. housing market: Give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy a home in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal says Sens. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.) and Mike Lee (R., Utah) are preparing to introduce the idea as part …Read More

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