As of 1/07/11, USCIS receipted 2,129 petitions toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for the second half of the fiscal year. This count includes 1,452 approved and 677 pending petitions. H-2B cap count information for the first half of FY2011 is also available.
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PERM and iCERT both have been restored at this time.
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ICE press release announcing that the former owner of a Chinese restaurant in Indiana was sentenced in federal court to three years in prison for concealing undocumented employees and mail fraud.
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BALCA remanded the case for processing, finding sua sponte that the employer’s mailing address could have confused the U.S. Postal Service and could explain why the employer did not receive the audit notification letter. (Matter of 41st Street Corp., 1/7/11)
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USCIS announcement that the field offices in CT will be closed on Wednesday, 1/12/11. For the latest information on office closings, please call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.
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ICE press release announcing eight year prison sentence for Robert Fred Mejia for conspiring to impersonate an ICE officer and other charges. As a result of the fraud, between 50 and 250 victims from the District of Columbia and Virginia lost between $400,000 and $1 million.
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Legislative profile of Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA), the new Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
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In an H-2A back pay/civil penalty case, the ARB found that the ALJ erred in taking administrative notice of respondent’s prior discovery abuse because the noticed facts were not generally known or verifiable. (Matter of Global Horizons Manpower, 12/21/10)
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DOS 60-day comment request on the extension of the validity of Form DS-2019, Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status. Comments are due 3/13/11. (76 FR 2190, 1/12/11)
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DHS notice of determination with regard to a new discretionary exemption under INA Section 212(d)(3)(B)(i) for material support to the All India Sikh Students Federation-Bittu Faction (AISSF-Bittu). (76 FR 2130, 1/12/11)
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