• Hours & Info

    (562) 495-0554
    M-F: 8:00am - 6:00 p.m.
    Sat: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Past Blog Posts

  • https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=13104885414

House Subcommittee Hearing on Immigration

The political gamesmanship has begun with today’s hearing in the House Subcommittee on Immigration. The hearing is an example of backward thinking in tackling America’s broken immigration system. It represents an extension of a policy paradigm that has already failed.

Immigrant Visa Retrogression

The DOS Liaison Committee reminds members that despite visa retrogression for various immigrant visa categories, posts should issue immigrant visas with a full six-month validity, even if the applicant’s immigrant visa category will retrogress.

USCIS requires 11/23/10 edition of Form I-129S after 1/6/11

USCIS requires 11/23/10 edition of Form I-129S after 1/6/11.

USCIS requires 11/23/10 edition of Form I-212 after 1/6/11

USCIS requires 11/23/10 edition of Form I-212 after 1/6/11.

USCIS provides e-mail addresses for inquiries involving lockbox-filed forms

USCIS provides e-mail addresses for inquiries involving lockbox-filed forms.

US Embassy in Mexico City on the new Nonimmigrant Visa Procedures

FAQs from the US Embassy in Mexico City on the new nonimmigrant visa procedures which took effect on 1/10/11. Please note that DOS website erroneously listed the start date of these new procedures as 1/10/10.

Revised M-274, Handbook for Employers

A 1/05/11 edition of the M-274, Handbook for Employers, Instructions for Completing Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form) from USCIS.

USCIS announces 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Naturalization Ceremonies

USCIS announces 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Naturalization Ceremonies.

Guidance on handling of AOS cases interviewed at USCIS field offices

USCIS 1/11/11 interim memo for comment provides guidance on handling of AOS cases interviewed at USCIS field offices that have been impacted by visa retrogression. The memo is in effect until further notice.

H-1B Cap Count for FY2011

USCIS updated its count of FY2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 1/07/11, approximately 58,700 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 20,000 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.