November 24th, 2011 
Tushar Mathur USCIS announced yesterday that the H-1B regular cap has been reached for FY2012. The final receipt date for H-1B petitions is November 22, 2011. Applicants who wish to apply for H-1B status must wait until April 1, 2012 to file a FY2013 petition that permits employment on October 1, 2012. Last year, the regular H-1B cap was reached on January 26, 2011.
September 8th, 2011 Tushar Mathur The USCIS has issued a policy memo dated September 6, 2011, to allow victims of abuse to file their self green card petitions even though they are over the age of 21 if it is filed before the age of 25. The Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (VAWA 2005) amended section 204(a)(1)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow continued eligibility for certain individuals to file a VAWA self-petition after the age of 21, if the abuse was at least one central reason for the filing delay.
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Comments Off February 21st, 2011 Tushar Mathur On December 15, 2010, the USCIS issued a policy memorandum on revocation of
VAWA-Based Self-Petitions (Forms I-360). The policy memo provides policy
guidelines which the Vermont Service Center and the field offices must follow in
revoking a VAWA self petition.
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was a law passed by U.S. Congress in 1994 to allocate resources to investigate and prosecute cases of violence against women. In the immigration context, victims of violence may also file self-petitions to obtain legal status. In 1997, to ensure uniform and
expeditious treatment of all self-petitions filed by battered spouses and children, the former INS implemented a centralized filing procedure by having all VAWA self-petitions adjudicated at the VSC. The reason was that the VSC adjudications officers assigned to review VAWA petitions had received
specialized domestic violence training and have developed expertise in adjudicating these petitions.
After a self-petition is approved, the USCIS has the authority to revoke the petition based on reliable new evidence. Again to ensure that petitions were revoked in a consistent and efficient manner, the former INS issued a policy memo in 2002 to designate the VSC as the sole office that had the authority to
issue notices of intent to revoke Form I-130. This policy has not been consistently followed by the local offices. Consequently, a new memo was issued by the USCIS in December to address this issue again. In order to revoke a self-petition filed by abused spouses, children and parents of U.S.
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Abused Spouses, Adjudications, Children And Parents, Domestic Violence Training, Form I 130, I-360, Ins, Nbsp, New Evidence, Petition, Petitions, Policy Memo, Policy Memorandum, Sole Office, Uscis, VAWA, Vermont Service Center, Victims Of Violence, Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women Act, Vsc Comments Off February 13th, 2011 Tushar Mathur Continue reading “March 2011 Visa Bulletin: Further Retrogression for F2A”
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Eb3, Employment Immigration, F1, F2b, Family Categories, Family Immigration, Family Petitions, Immigrant Visa, Mexico Advances, Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp Nbsp, Nine Months, Permanent Residents, Petition, Philippines, Preference Category, Rapid Advancements, State Department Officials, Visa Bulletin, Visa Numbers, Visas Comments Off April 26th, 2010 Tushar Mathur For Indians United States of America always has been a vineyard or the place to achieve all the goals that have been setup in life. These vintage thoughts have always been very prevalent till now. Everyone wants to settle in the supreme country of the world and the thing that guarantees this permanent settlement is called the green card. There are different types of categories in which green cards that are offered by the US and the ones by which Indians get a green card are mainly sponsorship by a family member or an employer and investment as an entrepreneur.
Posted in Green Card Tags: Citizen, Entrepreneur, Family Member, Family Members, Green Card, Green Cards, I 130 Form, I 485, Immigrant Visa Number, Indians, Labour, Permanent Residency, Permanent Resident, Petition, Petitioner, Poverty Line, Sponsorship, States Of America, United States Of America, Unmarried Child No Comments » January 12th, 2010 Tushar Mathur
A family based immigration in to the United States is some thing that could be done easily. This is done if you could fulfill the under mentioned terms and conditions. In this kind of immigration the guardian angle happens to be the relative who is either already staying in the United States, or is a lawful permanent resident already in the US.
The above mentioned could be done in 2 ways (this is the IR category).
Continue reading “Family Based Immigration to the United States”
Posted in Immigration News Tags: 2 Ways, Citizens, Family Immigration, Guardian Angle, Hierarchy, Immigrant Visa, Immigration To The United States, Parents, People, Permanent Resident, Petition, Preference Category, Proof, Provision, Relaxation, Returning Resident, Siblings, Unmarried Child, Unmarried Daughters, Us Citizen No Comments » October 12th, 2009 Tushar Mathur
Did you know that under the following circumstances the H2B visa for the United States may be used for both Skilled and Unskilled work?
The H2B visa is used for a number of works for the both the employers and the job seekers in the United States.
Posted in Visas Tags: 2b, Circumstances, Fiscal Year, H2b Visa, H2b Visas, Health Care, Hospitality, Instances, Job Seekers, Petition, Quota, Second Half, Small Business, Spikes, Stat, Temporary Staff, Time Occurrence, Unskilled Work, Uscis, Visa Number No Comments »
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