President Obama moves forward with Executive Action on immigration that will affect more than 4 million people. While it is months away from implementation, this executive action will have several components:
- New options and incentives for highly skilled workers and foreign investors
- Increased border security and manpower
- Focus on criminals in deportation proceedings
- Deferred action for people who have been in the U.S. for 5 years, pass a background check and pay their back taxes
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Thursday, 20 November 2014
H-1B petition applications expected to increase yet again in 2015!
With a staggering number of 172,500 H-1B petitions filed with USCIS in 2014, the H-1B annual cap of 85,000 was well exceeded this year with an increase of nearly 50,000 petition applications since 2013.
U.S. Attorneys are saying that H-1B petition applications are just going to keep increasing exponentially in the coming years, however supply will remain low. "About 87,000 applicants didn't hear their number called in last year's lottery; many of them will likely try again in 2015, whether with the same prospective employer or a new one."
In...
Sunday, 16 November 2014
An Executive Order On U.S. Immigration Would Not Be Unprecedented
There is much speculation that President Obama will issue a sweeping executive order regarding immigration in the next week. Critics are ready to rally against such an action, however, it would not be unprecedented. Past Republican administrations used executive orders to speed along action by Congress:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/15/reagan-bush-immigration-deportation_n_6164068.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg000000...
National Visa Center No Longer Collecting Original Civil Documents
Applicants are no longer required to submit original documents to the National Visa Center, which should reduce the incident of mishandling important personal documents with sensitive information:
http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/policy_updates/National%20_Visa_Center_No_Longer_Collecting_Original_Civil_Documents_November_2014.pdf&nbs...
New U.S. - China Visa Reciprocal Agreement
New U.S. - China reciprocal agreement for U.S. Visas mean longer validity for visitors and students:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/10/fact-sheet-supporting-american-job-growth-and-strengthening-ties-exten...
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Tighter screening processes imposed on people travelling to the United States on the Visa Waiver Program (ESTA).
The United States plans to impose tightened screening
measures on travellers from European countries, Australia and various other
countries due to the “growing concern
over the rising number of Islamist militants who have fought in Syria and hold
Western passports”.
Nationals of specific countries travelling to the United
States on the ESTA will be required to disclose additional information prior to
boarding their flight, such as passports held from multiple countries, or the
use of alternate names or aliases. The Department of Homeland...
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