As regular readers of this blog may remember, on January 10, 2018, Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement (ICE) delivered Notice of Inspections (NOIs) at 98 7-Eleven stores in 17 states, including California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas....
People Tech Group, a Redmond, Washington information technology firm that provides technical contract workers to other companies, has been fined $355,000 for violating labor rules pertaining to H-1B high-tech visas. The U.S. Department of Labor investigated People Tech Group and found that it paid entry-...
USCIS began requesting that domestic applicants filing Form N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document, go to an Application Support Center (ASC) appointment to submit biometric information (including photos, signature, and index fingerprint)...
A willful violator employer must comply with additional attestations under any LCA it files within five years of the willful violation finding. The only exception is when an LCA is filed for and used exclusively for exempt H-1B workers ...
A federal grand jury indicted Kishore Kumar Kavuru, charging him with visa fraud and mail fraud, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Abel Salinas. ...
The Wright State University’s board of trustees has agreed to settle a federal investigation into H-1B visa fraud for $1 million, announced Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio...
On December 12, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it no longer recognizes the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) as an accrediting agency. This determination immediately affects two immigration-related programs: ...
EB-3 India advances by more than nine months in the DF chart, to April 22, 2006. ...
There is virtually no movement of significance in the employment-based categories...
USCIS reminds applicants and petitioners to pay our new fees with forms postmarked or filed on or after Dec. 23, 2016, or we will not be able to accept the filings. We will only accept previous fees if they are postmarked Dec. 22 or earlier....