This week in my "Immigration Consultation" column published online by several impreMedia publications including LaOpinión.com, I explain how to apply for an H-1B visa. Here is the column: One of the ways to legally enter the United States on a temporary basis is through the H-1B visa that is extended to professional foreign workers in specialty occupations. A ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that since the registration period opened on April 2, they have received 25,000 H-1B visa petitions that count toward the 65,000 capped quota and another 10,900 that count toward the 20,000 quota dedicated to individuals with degrees ... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that in the first week since the registration period opened on April 2, they have received 17,400 H-1B visa petitions that count toward the 65,000 cap and another 8,200 that count toward the 20,000 quota dedicated to individuals ... Read more
In my column this week in La Opinión, I explain how to obtain an H-1B visa: One of the ways to legally enter the United States is through the H-1B visa that is extended to professional foreign workers in specialty occupations. As of today, April 2, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ... Read more
Last week I reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) finally began issuing instructions on how to process deportations and what types of cases will be given "high priority" for expedited removal. They also released which aliens are considered "low priority" for deportation. ... Read more
After months of uncertainty, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) finally began issuing instructions on how to process deportations and what types of cases will be given priority in the immigration courts. In my column in this week's La Opinión, I explain which cases are high priority for ... Read more
John Morton, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), today announced that 396,906 individuals were deported during fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011). This is the highest number of deportees in the agency's history. According to figures from ... Read more
The announcement that the U.S. government would halt "low priority" deportations gave hope to thousands of immigrants whose cases are before the immigration courts. But it also attracted scam artists on the prowl for vulnerable people desperately seeking to stay in the country. The new immigration policy is not an amnesty, ... Read more
When the U.S. government announced last week that it would halt "low priority" deportations, it gave flight to the hopes of thousands of undocumented immigrants - and to unscrupulous people who want to take advantage of those people and swindle them out of their money and their dreams. The new immigration policy of President Obama's Administration ... Read more
Last week the U.S. government announced a change in its immigration policy. They suspended the deportation of 300,000 undocumented immigrants in the country while they review their cases one by one, noting that they will focus on the removal of criminals. But this is only a temporary measure, which has generated many questions ... Read more
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