This morning (April 6, 2018), USCIS updated the most recent news about H-1B that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions for 65,000 regular cap and 20,000 master's cap. USCIS also announce that it will continue to accept cap-exempt H-1B petitions. "Petitions filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against [...]
Response-to-RFE: Approval in Five Days for a Self-petitioned NIW from NSC Following the NIW approval in 5 days for a self-petitioned NIW case, our firm received another NIW approval in 5 days, which is quite remarkable for a case filed with the Nebraska Service Center. The applicant filed the NIW on September 29, 2005. The [...]
NIW Approval for Applicant working at Private Company Vermont Service Center lately approved an NIW petition filed on behalf of an applicant working in a private biotech company in Pennsylvania. The NIW was filed on October 13, 05 and approved December 6, 05. No RFE. This is another NIW approval for applicants working at private [...]
Response-to-RFE Approval for a Self-petitioned NIW This law office recently responded an RFE on behalf a Ph. D student in Rhode Island. The NIW was approved three weeks after the response was submitted. The beneficiary filed a self-petitioned NIW in 2003 when he was a second year Ph. D student in pharmacology and toxicology. An [...]
B12(Outstanding Professor/Researcher) and NIW Approval Our immigration professionals helped file an EB12 (sponsored by employer) and an NIW on behalf of a research engineer in a medical research institute in Ohio. Both cases were approved in the Nebraska Service Center. No RFEs. The beneficiary is a Co-investigator of research projects funded by two NIH grants, [...]
Based on our years of experience and skill with labor certification cases (traditional and RIR), we are equally successful in obtaining approvals for PERM cases for our clients. We work on PERM cases for a wide range of occupations and professions for clients located all across the United States. Examples of some of the types of [...]
When offered a tenure-tracked position within an institution of higher education, or a permanent research position from a private employer, EB-1-2 category, an outstanding professor or researcher, is one plausible way to obtain an immigrant visa in the United States. Compared to EB1-1, Alien of Extraordinary Ability, the EB-1-2 is less restrictive in terms of [...]
B1-2(Outstanding Professor/Researcher) and NIW Approval Our immigration professionals helped file an EB12 (sponsored by employer) and an NIW on behalf of a research engineer in a medical research institute in Ohio. Both cases were approved in the Nebraska Service Center. No RFEs. The beneficiary is a Co-investigator of research projects funded by two NIH grants, [...]
To improve efficiency, USCIS recently rebalanced the workload distribution of certain Form I-140 petitions and employment-based Form I-485 applications between the Texas Service Center and the Nebraska Service Center. Unless you are submitting a Form I-907 together with a Form I-140 petition for a worksite in one of the states listed below, please continue to [...]
On September 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of States (DOS) announced the Visa Bulletin for October with an inspiring news which turned out to be an illusion when DOS unexpectedly updated the Visa Bulletin on September 25 2015. Specifically, on Sep. 9 2015, the dates for filing applications [...]
