Attorney Kidambi addresses the recent retrogression in Visa Numbers and how clients can benefit from filing under the EB-1 category. READ MORE
For India, the wait times for EB-2 and EB-3 (Final Action – April 2012) show no signs of abating. The short respite when EB-3 priority date galloped ahead and was at January 2015 (Filing Action) on the Visa Bulletin for October 2020 is now a distant memory. So much so that the American Immigration Lawyers [...]
By Matthew Snyder, Esq. Of the employment-based immigrant visa categories, the First Preference category has a certain sense of mystique and fascination. Intentionally, the USCIS regulations sets the bar very high for this employment based category. For the EB-1A, which does not require an offer of employment, or labor certification, the USCIS suggests the following [...]
“Yes, we did process your friend’s case and yes, his petition was approved. But even though you appear to have the same background, your current circumstances do not warrant a successful petition.” A recent conversation I had with a prospective client ended along these lines. I was just not comfortable accepting the case even though [...]
Our latest blog post: When the Executive Order now known as “Buy American and Hire American” was issued in April of 2017, the reaction among businesses and employment based immigrants was one of distress and a sense of hopelessness. Business immigration Practitioners knew the new policy was at best ambiguous and at worst, the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]