| Contents | Vol. 3, No.14,
December 15, 2009 |
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| DOS FAQ: Explanation of the visa control system and projections for cutoff date movement | ||||||||||||
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The Visa Office (VO)
subdivides the annual
preference and foreign state
limitations specified in the
Immigration and Nationality
Act (INA) into twelve
monthly allotments. The
totals of documentarily
qualified applicants that
have been reported to VO are
compared each month with the
numbers available for the
next regular allotment and
numbers are allocated to
reported applicants in order
of their priority dates, the
oldest dates first.
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Active Monitoring Pending AOS Applications – Why it is Essential |
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As a result of the 2007 “filing rush” and subsequent retrogression of visa cutoff dates, a large number of individuals find themselves sitting and waiting for action on their adjustment of status applications. Depending upon the USCIS to “do the right thing” is worse that futile, it can be outright dangerous. For this reason, it is imperative that applicants closely monitor the pending AOS cases.
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Upgrading to EB2 - What happens to the old petition? |
As green card applicants evaluate the EB3 wait times and consider whether they should upgrade to EB2, many
ask “what will happen to my old (EB3) petition?” The answer is, in most cases, nothing. A pending adjustment
of status application, based on an EB3 petition, will continue to be processed by the USCIS if the applicant
subsequently files a new application based on an EB2 petition. |
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Required supporting documents: Experience letters |
For more than the past
year, the USCIS has been
requiring strict adherence to
their regulatory requirements
concerning certain types of
supporting documents. We expect
this practice to continue and
expand to encompass all types
of required supporting
evidence. This article is the
first in a series dealing with
the technical requirements for
supporting documents filed in
connection with immigration
petitions and application. This
initial article deals with
experience letters. |
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| The new DOL prevailing wage request/determination system |
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Effective January 1, 2010 the Department of Labor is going over to a new system for determining prevailing wages for PERM and H1B purposes. No longer will individual state workforce agencies provide this information. As of the first of the year, everything will be consolidated into the DOL’s national office in Washington, D.C. |
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