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October 27, 2007
Death to the Dream Act
July 11 , 2007
Dead in the Senate: Failing to Pass Immigration Reform
June 15, 2007
All Employment Based Priority Dates Current!
May 21, 2007
Immigration Proposal Paves Path To Legalization
May 7, 2007
Comprehensive Immigration Reform, When will it Happen?
February 8, 2007
Proposed Immigration Fee Rate Hike
December 5, 2006
New Supreme Court Decision Helps Non-Citizen Drug Offenders
November 16, 2006
What a Democratic Congress Means for Immigration Reform
July 18, 2006
Status of Immigration Reform
April 21, 2006
The Lack of Leadership on Immigration Reform
April 20, 2006
Immigration Enforcement to Asset Seizure
April 5, 2006
The Buzz on Immigration Reform
March 22, 2006
New Supreme Court Justices Review Immigration Case
Feb 28, 2006
Senate to Review Immigration Reform
and H1B1s
Nov 8, 2005
Possible H-1B Visa and Employment-Based Immigration
Relief
Oct 11, 2005
Apply Now for 2007 Diversity Visa
Jul 31, 2005
Department of Labor Guidance on Work Visas
Jun
17, 2005
USCIS Memo Summarizes REAL ID Provisions
Feb
12, 2005
PERM Faster Labor Certification Overview
Dec
9, 2004
New H1, L1 and Investigative Provisions
Nov
16, 2004
No Consequence for Failure to Register?
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Possible
H-1B Visa and Employment-Based Immigration Relief
TheOn October
20, 2005, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed out of Committee by a
strong 14-2 vote a proposed bill that would:
1. Impose a new $500 fee on immigrant visa employment based visa petitions
on the EB 1, 2, and 3 categories.
2. Allow use of employment-based visas from prior years for immediate
allocation of up to 90,000/year. As there may be close to 100,000.00 visas
not used.
3. Exempt spouses and minor children from counting against the annual
cap on employment-based immigrant visas. This would lead to an annual
increase of 80,000-90,000 employment-based immigrant visas.
4. Allow individuals to apply for adjustment of status before an immigrant
visa is deemed currently available. Cases like this would then simply
be pending adjustments of status while the visa remains available.
5. Recapture approximately 300,000 unused H-1B numbers dating back to
FY 1991. As a result of Senator Feinstein's amendment, 30,000 rather than
60,000 would be available annually. (In other words, effectively raising
the cap from 65,000 to 95,000 for at least 10 years.)
6. Impose a new fee on the recaptured H-1B visas so that the fees on the
original 65,000 H-1B allotment remain unchanged but the additional 30,000
available annually carry an additional $500 fee.
7. Impose a new $750 fee on L-1 visas. (This was part of Senator Feinstein's
amendment and was necessary to offset the reduction in revenue resulting
from the limitation on recaptured H-1B numbers from 60,000 to 30,000.)
This proposal still must be reconciled in a conference with the House's
alternative budget reconciliation bill, which adds a $1,500 fee increase
on L visas. It will be important to contact your Congressmen and Senators
to allow for the final push to make these provisions law. If these provisions
were to become law, they would provide relief for thousands of applicants
who have suddenly been advised that they may not be able to remain in
the United States because recently announced heavy backlogs. Companies
that have employees, or desire employees, in the employment-based categories
are especially encouraged to make calls, send letters, emails or faxes
in support of the passage of this legislation.
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