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 [...]
Invalidation of Labor Certification by the DHS/Consulate (USCUS) is rare. At least two types of invalidations have occurred recently, both by the Nebraska Service Center of the USCIS. Authority can be traced to the regulations at 20 C.F. R. § 656.30(d): (d) Invalidation of labor certifications. After issuance, a labor certification may be revoked by ETA using [...]
I had a client call me last week with a denied PERM application. His Attorney (the one representing his employer), however, had told him that the DOL had erred and that the denial would be overturned. The reason apparently was the non-inclusion of a language requirement in the recruitment advertisement. I was surprised by the [...]