Immigration Solutions | NewsBYTES for Week 8/2/2010
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- We link to an interesting letter to President Obama on Immigration Reform that says it all very well
- USCIS to permit EAD (Employment Authorization Documents) to be expedited through the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) if they have been p ending for more than 60 days under particular circumstances. Please contact our office for more information on this should you require assistance with expediting your case.
- Department of State announces that they will phase in the implementation of an online, electronic Immigrant Visa form, the DS-260 that will eventually replace the DS-230 form. Federal Register 75 FR 45475.
- Just yesterday, the US Senate passed a border security spending bill containing a provision that will be paid for by increasing fees for employers that have a large H-1B or L-1 foreign worker presence in their workforce. Specifically, the bill would increase total filing and fraud prevention fees by an incredible $2000 or more for petitioners with a U.S. workforce of more than 50 percent H-1B or L-1 nonimmigrants. The provision would be applicable to employers with 50 or more employees in the United States. The bill would also provide $600 million in emergency funds to increase security along our borders with Mexico by hiring more than new 1,000 border patrol and immigration enforcement officers, and increasing unmanned drone surveillance operations in the region. For more on this
- The USCIS will start receiving email inquiries on I-90 and N-400 forms if the wait time has exceeded the designated processing times.
- The Department of Labor (DOL) bans the Asian Journal from the H-1B Program and agrees to pay $516, 500 in back pay to 32 employees plus a $40,000 penalty.
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