Tony and Janina To Be Reunited!
Last year, I posted a video trailer for Janina's American Wedding, a feature length documentary that gets to the heart of the broken, red tape ridden U.S. immigration system. After 18 years in America, Tony and Janina Wasilewski's family is torn apart when Janina is deported back to Poland, taking their 6 year old...
Tony and Janina To Be Reunited! Continue reading…USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas Blog Post: Encouraging Entrepreneurs and High Skilled Workers to Bolster the U.S. Economy and Spur Job Growth
Below please find a link to a blog post from the USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas, and some relevant excerpts, which discuss this current administration's efforts to attract and retain high-skill entrepreneurs. http://blog.uscis.gov/2011/08/encouraging-entrepreneurs-and-high.html As part of the Administration's comprehensive effort to attract and retain high-skill entrepreneurs, USCIS announced today [8/2/2011]...
USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas Blog Post: Encouraging Entrepreneurs and High Skilled Workers to Bolster the U.S. Economy and Spur Job Growth Continue reading…NYT: My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant
By JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS Published: June 22, 2011 But I am still an undocumented immigrant. And that means living a different kind of reality. It means going about my day in fear of being found out. It means rarely trusting people, even those closest to me, with who I really am. It...
NYT: My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant Continue reading…NAFTA TN Management Consultant application approved after prior refusals!
We are pleased to relate that US CBP [Customs and Border Protection] just approved a complex TN management consultant application for a client at the Peace Bridge port-of-entry! This was a complicated case which came to us after CBP had previously refused the applicant entry as a business visitor [no legal representation]...
NAFTA TN Management Consultant application approved after prior refusals! Continue reading…H-1B visa usage statistics confirm U.S. employers are not hiring as much as some reports would like us to believe
H-1B season opened several weeks ago on April 1st and we are off to a SLOW start. This comes as great news for employers and foreign nationals who would like to secure Hs this year [for a start date of October 1, 2011] but is also a clear indicator that U.S. employers are simply...
H-1B visa usage statistics confirm U.S. employers are not hiring as much as some reports would like us to believe Continue reading…NIW [National Interest Waiver] green card petition approved for PhD student with only 3 scientific research publications and seven citations!
We are pleased to report an excellent decision from the USCIS [United States Citizenship and Immigration Service] Nebraska Service Center on a national interest waiver green card petition! This was a challenging petition for a highly skilled, but young, social researcher, dedicated to improving the lives of America's elderly population. USCIS acknowledged...
NIW [National Interest Waiver] green card petition approved for PhD student with only 3 scientific research publications and seven citations! Continue reading…Q & A: NIW [National Interest Waiver] green card petitions, legal standards and practical tips
Question: I am a PhD candidate in petroleum engineering (finished my masters in 2009) who works at a supercomputing center. I have about 16 publications including one journal article and 1 book chapter. I am either 1st or 2nd author on these. I have been a reviewer on 6 conferences. My area of research...
Q & A: NIW [National Interest Waiver] green card petitions, legal standards and practical tips Continue reading…TN Scientific Technician case approved for three years in Toronto for Canadian software engineering technician with no post secondary education!
We recently were successful in helping a Florida based platform development company secure the services of a software engineering technician with no post-secondary (high school) education, through the NAFTA TN Scientific Technician/Technologist temporary worker classification. This is significant because while a scientific technician/technologist is theoretically not required to have post secondary education,...
TN Scientific Technician case approved for three years in Toronto for Canadian software engineering technician with no post secondary education! Continue reading…Q & A: I-130 upgrade after sponsor becomes a US Citizen
Question: I filed an I-130 for my spouse when I had my green card. Two months ago we received a receipt notice with a file number. My spouse is in the US on an H1B and needs to adjust status. I just became a US citizen and want to apply I-485 for my spouse....
Q & A: I-130 upgrade after sponsor becomes a US Citizen Continue reading…Q & A: I-140 Portability under AC-21: Same or Similar Job?
Question: I am a July 2007 filer with a Oct 2006 PD. My labor was filed as a Software Developer. Recently I got a job offer in a fortune 500 firm as a technical lead architect. My labor certification (PERM) application was filed for the position of Electrical Engineer (SOC 17-2071.00). My new position...
Q & A: I-140 Portability under AC-21: Same or Similar Job? Continue reading…How to Fix the Flawed Startup Visa Act
by Vivek Wadhwa Many foreign-born techies in the U.S. and abroad are pinning their entrepreneurial hopes on the passage of a bill, sponsored by Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), to create a startup visa. Tech-industry notables such as Paul Graham, Eric Ries, Brad Feld, Fred Wilson, and David McClure...
How to Fix the Flawed Startup Visa Act Continue reading…