U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today launched the first phase of its electronic immigration benefits system, known as USCIS ELIS. The system has been created to modernize the process for filing and adjudicating immigration benefits. “Today marks a significant milestone in our agency’s history,” said USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas. “We have launched the foundation for [...]
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USCIS announced today that as of May 4, 2012, USCIS received 32,500 H1B petitions(regular) and 13,700 master degree H1B petitions. If USCIS continues to receive filings at this pace, we estimate that H1 B quota will be reached in the next 2-3 months.
Q: I was wondering if there are any organizations or something else that could help me with sponsoring my husband? I didn’t make enough to sponsor him myself and I’ve asked family members and friends but no one has been accepted. A: Organizations cannot sponsor your husband as the sponsor must be a US citizen [...]
Massive delays by the USCIS has been much better in the past several years. However, delays are still not uncommon and sometimes CIS still delays decision for no reason or good reason. In such a situation, suing the CIS is a good solution. Recently, we sued the CIS for a family immigration case where CIS [...]
Q: My mother filed F2b visa application in March 2006 and this was approved by USCIS and sent to NVC on November 2006. In 2009, I got married and my parents became citizens in October 2010. Now when I updated my info to NVC with my current status and my parents’ naturalization, NVC has sent [...]
Q: Can I travel from state to state on a k1 visa although I haven’t file my AOS and I’m now out of status but I’m still married to my sponsor? A: You may encounter stricter immigration paper inspection in some parts of the country (especially in the south or places near the Mexican border [...]
