On November 23, 2011, the USCIS announced that the H-1B General Cap of 65,000 was reached on the previous day. The agency will not accept any new “cap-subject” H-1B filings until April 1, 2012. The general H-1B cap is set annually at 65,000 with an advance degree cap of 20,000 for professionals who have a […]
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Each year, there is an 85,000 numerical cap on the number of H-1B petitions for professionals to work in the U.S. on a temporary basis. Generally, the USCIS will start accepting H-1B petitions submitted by employers starting on April 1 for workers who will start their jobs on October 1, 2011. Of these 85,000 H-1Bs, 20,000 […]
We take this title from2010 Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The report, which was released in March 2011, discusses the urgent need to reform the U.S. immigration system to allow for the admission of increased numbers of high-skilled immigrant workers. The preface to the report states: “Immigrants help fuel the U.S. economy, […]
Welcome to our website! After 9 months of labor, our new website was born on February 17th. I hope that you will agree that after 16 years of being a content-rich, but a rather ugly-looking site, the new site is considerably better looking. I also hope that the site is easier to use for […]
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Think that the Democrats and Republicans in Congress will never be able to agree about immigration policy? Better think again! When I started working as an immigration attorney, Jerry Ford was the President of the United States. Over the past 35 years, I have seen the two parties unite to pass dozens of immigration laws. Yes, I know […]
For over 3.5 million persons waiting in line to become permanent residents of the United States, the February 2011 Visa Bulletin signals yet another month of frustration. The numbers seem to be frozen in time. In the family categories, the worldwide visa numbers for the 1st, 2A, 2B, and 3rd preferences all failed to advance a single […]
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Immigration legislation in Congress ended on a sour note in 2010. The DREAM Act, after narrowly passing in the House of Representatives, failed to get the necessary 60 votes in the Senate required to overcome a threatened GOP filibuster. Comprehensive immigration reform never even came to a vote in the last Congress. What will the outlook be for immigration legislation in […]
