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Poverty Guidelines for 2012 for Affidavit of Support of Immigrants

March 10th, 2012 Tushar Mathur
There are many legal requirements for a foreigner who wants to become a Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States.  One of which is proof that the intending immigrant will not become a financial burden of the United States.   In all family-based petitions, the petitioner must promise under oath that the beneficiary immigrant will not become a financial burden of the U.S. by completing a Form I-864, Affidavit of Support.  The only exception is if the beneficiary has already completed 40 quarters of work in the U.S.  The petitioner (also the financial sponsor) must demonstrate in Form I-864 an income of at least 125 percent of the current poverty level for the his household size, including the immigrants and their dependents. 

If the petitioner cannot meet the I-864 requirements, another person may act as a joint sponsor and complete his or her own Affidavit of Support.  Both petitioner and the beneficiary may also use their assets such as real estate, stocks, bonds, cash, etc., to meet the I-864 requirements. 

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Issuance of Prevailing Wage Requests Resumed

August 26th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

The U.S. Department of Labor has resumed issuance of Prevailing Wage Determination (PWD) after a few weeks of suspension of the service.  PWD is required in all PERM foreign labor application cases and is also used in other non-immigrant visa petitions such as H-1Bs and H-2Bs.  Recently, the service was suspended by the Labor Department temporarily in order for the agency to meet the requirements of a federal court order to process thousands of H-2B PWDs. 


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EB-2 Advancement in May 2011 Visa Bulletin Expected

March 29th, 2011 Tushar Mathur
AILA has obtained information from Charlie Oppenheim, Chief, Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, that the EB-2 category will likely advance in May’s Visa Bulletin due to the recent decrease in demand for EB-1 visa numbers.  According to Mr. Oppenheim, there will be at least 12,000 additional numbers available to the EB-2 category in May.  Finally there is some good news for EB-2 India and China.  


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Poverty Guidelines for 2011 for I-864

January 28th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

 

An intending immigrant must prove to the U.S. government that he or she will not become a “public charge” after immigration.  In other words, proof that there is sufficient financial support is one of the many requirements for a person to obtain a U.S. green card.  In all family petitions, the petitioner must promise under oath that the beneficiary immigrant will not become a financial burden of the U.S. by completing a Form I-864, Affidavit of Support.  The only exception is if the beneficiary has already completed 40 quarters of work in the U.S.  The petitioner (also the financial sponsor) must demonstrate in I-864 an income of at least 125 percent of the current poverty level for the his or her household size, plus the beneficiary immigrant(s). 
 

What if the petitioner cannot meet the I-864 requirements?  Another person may act as a joint sponsor if the petitioner does not have the required financial resources.  Both petitioner and the beneficiary may also use their assets such as real estate, stocks, bonds, cash, etc., to meet the I-864 requirements.  
How do we know what the poverty guidelines are?  It is the job of the U.S.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | Intro to Getting a Green Card Through Employment

October 9th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

This will be the first of several blog posts covering employment-based immigrant visas—the route to a green card through employment. Only 140,000 immigrant visas are made available per year for immigrants, along with their spouses and children, who wish to immigrate based on their job skills. On top of that, there is a quota that limits every country to seven percent of the available green cards every year. (There is no quota for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens.) And, several categories (known as “preferences”) of employment-based immigrant visa petitions require that the sponsoring employer file a labor certification application with the U.S.

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Diversity Visa Lottery- things you must know

February 28th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

There are nearly fifty five thousand individual who applies for permanent residency in United States. There is no guarantee that winning the Diversity Visa Lottery will give you the permanent residence visa. You are required to full fill certain requirements and pass screening test taken by authorities overseeing lottery for green card or Diversity visa lottery.

Diversity visa lottery is also popularly known as Green card Lottery that puts certain requirement before an individual applicant before his/her permanent residency is approved. One such requirement is that person winning the Diversity visa lottery should be able to present his/her confirmation page information.

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Pandemic Policy in the United States

September 14th, 2009 Tushar Mathur


The under mentioned is in relation to the recent H1N1 virus influenza. The United States government has been ever focused on the health and the well being of the citizens of the United States. The government accepts the fact that there is a huge possibility of the H1N1 virus taking a more ugly shape in the days to come there fore they have already started taking adequate precautions post the declaration of the declaration of the Phase Six Pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).

People who are planning to travel to the United States or people already staying in the United States are advised to look in to the websites such as HHS/CDC website, WHO website, and the U.S.

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