| Contents | Vol. 3, No.11,
October 15, 2009 |
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| Employment based visa availability for fiscal year 2010 | ||||||||||||
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Following
the release of the
CIS backlog statistics last
month, many people have
attempted to project Visa
Bulletin cutoff date movement
for the next year.
Unfortunately, most who do this
are working from incorrect
assumptions and invalid or
incomplete data. The problem
that we all face is that the
necessary data to make even
semi-accurate projections
simply isn’t available.
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What duties do attorneys hired by employers owe employees? |
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Attorneys owe absolute duties of loyalty and confidentiality to their clients. Problems arise, however, when there is a conflict of interest. Such conflicts arise when attorneys have separate clients with conflicting interests. This situation very commonly arises when an attorney represents both an employer and employee.
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November Visa Bulletin: Does it tell us anything? |
The
November Visa Bulletin is out.
While it does not contain a
great deal of explicit
information, there is a lot
that can be inferred from what
it does tell us. First, as for
what it tells us explicitly.
Paragraph E informs us that: |
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Gutierrez CIR proposal announced |
On Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Rep. Luis
Gutierrez of Illinois announced
a proposal for Comprehensive
Immigration Reform (CIR) during
a rally on the West Lawn of the
US Capitol. With him for the
announcement were Rep. Nydia
Velazquez of the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus and Rep.
Michael Honda of the
Congressional Asian Pacific
American Caucus. |
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| The October 1st myth |
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Within the last month, we have received numerous calls regarding the availability of H1b visas after October 1st. The rumor that has spread around the Internet is that after October 1st, a person cannot file for an H-1b. This rumor is completely wrong! The H-1b quota for fiscal year 2010 is open until one of two things occurs - either the quota is exhausted because all of the visas have been issued or October 1st, 2010 has arrived. |
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| EB3 to EB2 upgrade issues |
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In recent issues of the ImmInfo Newsletter, we have discussed upgrades from employment
based third preference (EB3) to employment based second preference (EB2). The text of a recent article can
be found by
clicking here. To read more about how the
USCIS defines the term “advanced degree” please read
this article. Let’s deal with some of the
more frequently asked questions concerning these types of upgrades. |
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| Trends for H-1b Consulting Companies and their employees |
| Over the past year, we have seen a small evolution take place in regards to how the USCIS views consulting companies. This time last year and through the beginning of this year, we saw the USCIS take a very hard stance to towards consulting companies, specifically, the duration of H time for which they would approve an H. |
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