U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds customers that its new fee schedule goes into effect Nov. 23, 2010. Applications or petitions postmarked or otherwise filed on or after this date must include the new fee, or they will be rejected.

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When traditional immigration approaches do not work, we analyze a candidate’s resume and determine if they may qualify for various nonimmigrant or temporary work permits or permanent immigrant visa transfer options such as outstanding researcher classification, TN under NAFTA or E-3 classification for Australia. Now that the H-1B nonimmigrant visa has become more difficult to obtain, we work closely with our clients who are seeking to transfer highly-skilled foreign national workers to the U.S. to determine if there are other nonimmigrant options for such transfers. No matter what the situation, our attorneys work hard to provide a variety of visa options to support their needs.

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Our staff of immigration law professionals are sensitive to the needs of our clients and the members of their families. Many members of our staff are themselves foreign born and have family and/or friends who have gone through the immigration process. As a result, our staff of business immigration law professionals have a personal and unique approach to processing visas and for dealing with our foreign national clientele. Our legal team can clearly explain how to process temporary and permanent work permits in the U.S. The PERM Labor Certification Process is time-consuming and complex and our staff of business immigration law professionals can clearly explain the process in Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Tamil, Hindi, Slovak, Czech, Russian, Chinese, German and English.

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Immigration officials, in an effort to deter fraud, will unveil today a new naturalization certificate for people who become U.S. citizens.

The new certificates, used to obtain passports and other legal documents, come after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unveiled a new green card — the ID card for immigrants with permanent residency status — this year that had improved security features to prevent forgery and tampering.

Read the article in USA Today at the following link:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-10-25-citizenship25_ST_N.htm

Our staff of immigration law professionals are sensitive to the needs of our clients and the members of their families. Many members of our staff are themselves foreign born and have family and/or friends who have gone through the immigration process. As a result, our staff of business immigration law professionals have a personal and unique approach to processing visas and for dealing with our foreign national clientele. Our legal team can clearly explain how to process temporary and permanent work permits in the U.S. The PERM Labor Certification Process is time-consuming and complex and our staff of business immigration law professionals can clearly explain the process in Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Tamil, Hindi, Slovak, Czech, Russian, Chinese, German and English.

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On September 22, 2010, Charles Oppenheim of the Department of State’s (DOS) Visa Office met with the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) DC Chapter, where he discussed the Visa Bulletin, family- and employment-based priority dates, and other issues.

Among other things, AILA reported Mr. Oppenheim as noting that many EB‐3 beneficiaries from India and China are now eligible for and applying under the EB‐2 category. He said that he does not expect priority dates in the EB‐3 category for Indian and Chinese nationals to advance at a pace greater than that experienced during fiscal year (FY) 2010.

According to AILA, Mr. Oppenheim made the following short‐term predictions about the employment‐based priority dates:

EB‐2 and EB‐3, China. These two categories are expected to move slowly over the next few months, by one or two weeks at a time.

EB‐2, India. This category is expected to remain unchanged or to move very slowly forward, by a week or so. This is mainly a result of EB‐3 Indian applicants (approximately 60,000 cases pending) “porting” their priority dates into the EB‐2 category and thus using visa numbers, he said.

EB‐3, India. Similarly, this category is expected to move very slowly over the next few months, perhaps by one or two weeks at a time.

EB‐3, Rest of World (ROW). This category is expected to move slightly forward or to remain unchanged in the November 2010 Visa Bulletin due to the high number of applications waiting for a visa number in this category.

E‐4, Special Immigrant Religious Workers, may have cut-off dates by the end of this year.

EW has such a small number of visas (5,000 per year) that it will advance very slowly. As with those in the EB‐3 category, many of these cases are at the District Offices, so Mr. Oppenheim does not know the numbers until after moving the cut‐off date forward.

AILA reported that Mr. Oppenheim also said, among other things, that under AC21, EB‐1 China/India cases are not currently subject to the per-country limit, because of the crossover in that category of otherwise unused numbers from other countries. This has allowed 5,000‐6,000 visa numbers to be allocated to the India and China EB‐1 categories when approximately 2,800 would be the normal limit. The remaining unused EB‐1 numbers “fall down” into the EB‐2 categories, which has allowed approximately 20,000 EB‐2 numbers for India and nearly 6,500 for China. The availability of these numbers “fall across” strictly in priority date order, not by country, Mr. Oppenheim noted.

The November 2010 Visa Bulletin is available at the following link:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5172.html.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is hosting open houses in October and November 2010 nationwide. The agency is inviting community stakeholders and the general public to the open houses at its offices across the country to meet USCIS personnel and learn more about the agency’s programs.

The effort “is designed to enhance USCIS’s presence in the community and strengthen its partnership with stakeholders,” the agency said. In addition to meeting local USCIS staff, attendees will tour USCIS offices and witness mock naturalization interviews.

USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas kicked off the series of open houses October 4 at the USCIS Field Office in Baltimore, Maryland.

The announcement is at:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=95a921e7bcc7b210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD.

The list of open house dates and locations is available at:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f87f9d6fd9c7b210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD.

THE NEW FACE OF FDNS: Social Networking Sites and Their Importance to FDNS.

A CIS internal memorandum has been circulating which instructs DHS Fraud Detection officers on how to use Facebook, MySpace and similar internet sites to detect fraud in immigration cases. While most people are aware that this has probably been going on for some time now, it is now officially in writing and there can be no doubt about the importance of monitoring what is posted on the internet (either by you or by someone else).

The memorandum is vague in terms of how CIS examiners are to find information, or how they will disclose (if at all) that they have found grounds to deny an application for an immigration benefit. Basically this will give the CIS an ability to perform an “unannounced cyber visit” to any petitioner or beneficiary’s web page with the hope of detecting fraud.

Read the the full text of the memorandum at:

http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/social_network/DHS_CustomsImmigration_SocialNetworking.pdf

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Abercrombie & Fitch Fined $1M After I-9 Audit; NEW IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL PROPOSED: Senators Menendez and Leahy Introduce First Comprehensive Immigration Bill of 2010; MERITS OF IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.: Murdoch & Bloomberg Embrace Immigration Reform. Read more in our e-blast by clicking below, or for more information contact our office at info@visaserve.com or 201-670-0006 x100.

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Abercrombie & Fitch fined after I-9 audit

DETROIT – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Homeland Security

Investigations (HSI) announced a $1,047,110 fine settlement reached with the clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act related to an employer’s obligation to verify the employment eligibility of its workers.

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