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The H-1B visa quota for USCIS Fiscal Year 2016 opens on April 1, 2015, for a work start date of October 1, 2015.  H-1B visas are available to foreign graduates (bachelor’s degree or higher) with a U.S. professional job offer, i.e. one which requires a degree.  The...

How President Obama’s executive actions will impact business visas On November 20th, President Obama announced his executive actions on immigration reform. While there has been extensive media coverage about what this means for certain undocumented, the business...

  On November 20, 2014, President Obama issued an executive order for a sweeping overhaul of the US Immigration system.  While this action falls short of offering a path to citizenship, as proposed in the stalled bill passed by the Senate in 2013, it is a very...

From CNN.com:   Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is ordering the most sweeping overhaul of the immigration system in decades, despite Republican claims he is acting illegally by moving unilaterally to shield five million undocumented immigrants. Obama...

The Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery opened on October 1st, 2014, and will close on November 3rd, 2014. The Diversity Visa program makes 50,000 permanent resident visas (more commonly known as Green cards) available to natives of countries with low rates of immigration to...

As published on CBS Marketwatch, June 30: President Barack Obama said Monday he will sidestep Congress and develop a plan of executive actions he can take to address illegal immigration. Brandishing a stick to House Republicans, Obama said he will act later this...

The H-1B visa quota for USCIS Fiscal Year 2015 opens on April 1, 2014 for a work start date of October 1, 2014.  H-1B visas are available to foreign graduates (bachelor’s degree or higher) with a U.S. professional job offer, i.e., one which requires a degree.  The...

From the Boston Globe: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees, and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave “limited” support to terrorists or terrorist groups. The change is one of...

House Republicans have released a one-page document unveiling their bullet points for broad immigration reform.  While much of the document focuses on security, it does provide for a rigorous path to legalization (but not citizenship) for the undocumented.  A leap to...

As published by the New York Times, Jan. 25: WASHINGTON — House Republicans are preparing to unveil their own broad template for overhauling the nation’s immigration system this week, potentially offering a small opening for President Obama and congressional Democrats...