The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyzes trends in immigration and policy proposals that would affect immigration and states on its website that, Of the 40 million foreign-born people living in the United States in 2011, about 22 million were not citizens. About half of those non-citizens were authorized to be in the United States [...]
At the request of Senator Charles Grassley, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General2 examined the potential for fraud or abuse in the L-1 intracompany transferee program and concluded among other things: Although U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations and headquarters memorandums provide guidance regarding the definition of specialized knowledge, they are insufficient to ensure [...]
On September 12th 2000, I traveled to The Hart Senate Office Building on Constitution Avenue and 2nd Street, NE in Washington DC to meet with and to urge Members of Congress to support among other things, H-1B legislation, restoration of Section 245(i), updating the registry date, NACARA parity, and IIRAIRA reform. I was part of [...]
Before I answer this question, I want to run the following real world examples by you: Years before being acquired in a Billion dollar deal, his mom, a teacher at a Manhattan private school, thought her son was getting distracted at school but really liked computers and had a lot of great ideas. So, she [...]
I read with sadness the passing of Shakuntala Devi (November 4, 1929 – April 21, 2013); India’s ‘human computer’ was accorded Permanent Resident status by US Immigration in 1996, but not without a tough Request for Evidence (RFE) and a bit of dallying. I met Devi on a summer afternoon when she dropped by to [...]
It appears there is a valuable lesson to be learned from recent cases in North Carolina and Texas. Both emanate from actions by software consulting/staffing companies that were engaged in the business of placing consultants at third party client sites. In the first case, an Indian national pleaded guilty on March 20th for his role [...]
The IRS explains Per Diem as an allowance paid to employees for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses incurred when travelling. This allowance is in lieu of paying their actual travel expenses. However, that is not the way per diem is treated by some in the IT Consulting/Staffing industry. Under an arrangement with the employee, the [...]
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This morning I sat down to read the history and progress being made on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. After I had finished, I realized there were a number of areas in Business Immigration where I would like to see immigration reform and change. I started to list them and felt it would be best to share [...]
A group of teachers, originally from India, is meeting with their Senator to see if anything can be done to expedite their permanent residency process. I assisted them with their Labor Certification process 8 years ago. Visa Numbers for the Employment Based Third Preference Category (EB-3) are severely backlogged. I am sure they are not [...]