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Archive XIII

(12/01/05 - 06/14/06)

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06/14/2006: DHS/ICE Proposed Rule on Safe-Harbor Procedures for Employers Receiving a No-Match Letter

06/14/2006: AILA Reports Anti-Immigrant Calls to Congress Outnumbers Pro-CIR at 400:1

06/14/2006: USCIS Announcement to Issue RFE for Pending Fiancee Petitions

06/14/2006: El Salvador TPS Designation Extension & EAD Extension Notice to be Published on 06/15/2006

06/13/2006: Notice to the Attorney Matthew Oh Clients

06/13/2006: Service Centers June 13, 2006 Processing Times Report

06/13/2006: July 2006 Visa Bulletin

06/13/2006: Proposed Form I-515A to Allow Students to Enter W/O Documents for 30 Days

06/11/2006: Welcome Address to Dr. William Carlson, Returning Chief of Office of Foreign Labor Certification

06/10/2006: Surge of Citizenship Applications For Fear of Potential Enactment of Negative Immigration Reform Legislation

06/08/2006: We Welcome USCIS' Timely Release of H-1B Cap Exempt and Outstanding Researcher Guidance Memorandums

06/07/2006: USCIS Released "Long-Awaited" Memorandum on 06/06/2006 for Guidance of Definition of "Permanent" Employment for Outstanding Researchers

06/07/2006: USCIS Released "Long-Awaited" Memorandum on 06/06/2006 for Guidance of H-1B Cap Exempt Petitions

06/07/2006: Advisory on FY 2007 U.S. Master or Higher Degree H-1B Cap Count

06/06/2006: DOL's New Initiative for Back-Wage Online Locator for Employees and Potential Immigration Fallout and Immigration Enforcement

06/03/2006: House Hardliners Come Up With A Weapon to Block CIR Conference Committee

06/03/2006: Return of Congress to Session on 06/05/2006 and Bush's Agenda to Support CIR

06/02/2006: Status of Service Centers' Processing of I-140/I-485

06/01/2006: USCIS Announced Today H-1B Cap Reached 05/26/2006

05/30/2006: "Imminent" FY 2007 H-1B Cap Reach

05/30/2006: Mexican Laser Visa Documentation Change Effective Today

05/30/2006: Fate of CIR - Conference Compromise or Post November Midterm National Election, That is the Question.

05/28/2006: We Will Launch Review of S. 2611 as Amended in the Form of Q&A

05/27/2006: Here We Go! Federal Raids Target Immigrants in a National Effort to Pursue Deportation Ordered Illegal Aliens

05/26/2006: H-1B Cap Count 05/25/2006: 49,034

05/26/2006: Immigrants Rounded Up as New Legislation Passes the Senate and Likely Pumped Up

05/26/2006: Semi-Conductor Industry Association Hails Passage of S. 2611

05/26/2006: Critical Role of House-Senate Conference Committee and Importance of Selection of the Conferees

05/26/2006: USCIS to Extend TPS Designation and Automatic Extension of EAD for One Year for El Salavadorans

05/26/2006: Immigration Statistics Report Released by DHS on 05/24/2006

05/25/2006: In re Jian An Wang, Decision of BIA, May 25, 2006

05/25/2006: Statement of the President on the Occasion of Senate Passing CIR

05/25/2006: Senate Passed S. 2611 by 62:36!

05/25/2006 5:30 p.m. (EST): The Last Amendment Voted

05/25/2006 5:00 p.m. (EST): Only One More Amendment to Vote Before the Roll Call for S. 2611

05/25/2006: An Amendment Relating to EB Immigration Passed Today

05/25/2006: H-1B Cap Count of May 23, 2006

05/25/2006: DOL Foreign Labor Certification Chief Change Again on June 12, 2006

05/25/2006: Follow-Up of Substitution Elimination Rule-Making Process

05/24/2006: Senate Agreed to Motion to Cloture and Expected to Vote S. 2611, as Amended, Tomorrow, 05/25/2006

05/24/2006: e-Filing of H-1B Temporarily Suspended and Unavailable

05/23/2006: Service Centers May 22, 2006 Processing Times

05/23/2006: Rising Hope of S. 2611 Passage in the Senate Thursday 05/25/2006

05/23/2006: H-1B Cap Count 05/19/2006= 15,324 Remaining

05/23/2006: New Premium Processing Procedures: Designation vs. Availability of the Services at a Given Time

05/23/2006: USCIS Designates I-140, EB-Based I-539, EB-Based I-765 for Premium Processing Services

05/22/2006: Senate to Call House-Senate Conference Committee after S. 2611 Passes in the Senate

05/22/2006: USCIS Local District Offices Processing Times as of May 22, 2006

05/22/2006: USCIS Recalls Fiancee Petitions With the Receipt Date on or after 03/06/2006

05/21/2006 9:30 EST: DOL/ETA Website Works Again

05/21/2006: Monday Senate S.2611 Amendments Voting Schedules

05/19/2006: Senate Adjourned After 1:15 p.m. Today and No Record Votes on CIR

05/19/2006: Opponent of Immigration Legislation Predicts its Passage by Next Week

05/18/2006: Senate Agreed to Motion to Table Sen. Kyl's Controvertial Amendment 3969

05/18/2006: H-1B Cap Count of 05/16/2006 Moved from 34,808 on 05/12/2006 to 39,445 in Four Days

05/18/2006: GAO Report of 05/18/2006 on the Status of J-1 Waivers by Foreign Physicians under the Conrad 30 Program

05/17/2006: Labor Department Website Down Announcement

05/16/2006: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill, S. 2611, Voting Activities and Results Today

05/16/2006: State Department 05/06/2006 Cable on Student Visa Processing

05/16/2006: Quickly Running Out FY 2007 H-1B Cap Numbers - Balance of 23,192 as of May 12, 2006!

05/15/2006: Labor Certification System Reengineering and Potential Impact on China EB-2 Visa Numbers in the Future

05/13/2006: Electronic Filing/Processing/Adjudication of USCIS as Reflected in the April 2006 Semi-Annual Rule-Making Agenda

05/12/2006: June 2006 Visa Bulletin

05/12/2006: More on Scheduled Senate Debate of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation Next Week

05/11/2006: Senate to Resume CIR Debate Next Week

05/10/2006: Senate Leaders Are Pushed to Pick Up Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Starting This Week and Vote before Memorial Day

05/09/2006: FY 2007 H-1B Cap Number Moves Somewhat Faster Than Expected

05/09/2006: BS or MS Degree and Equivalence and NSC Position

05/09/2006: Traditional Practice of Filing Two I-140 Petitions Based on Same Labor Certification Under Review by USCIS HQ

05/09/2006: Imporant Procedural Changes Forthcoming for I-140/I-485 Concurrent Filing and NIW

05/09/2006: USCIS Today (May 2006 Edition)

05/08/2006: May 8, 2006 Service Centers Processing Times

05/07/2006: Ongoing Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation and Lessons from 1986 Immigration Reform

05/05/2006: Key Political Players That Will Determine Fate of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) Legislation

05/05/2006: DHS Immigration Statistics Reflect Continuing Reduction of Pending Immigration Benefits Cases

05/05/2006: Cornyn "SKIL Bill" and Proposed Visa Revalidation Reinstatement

05/04/2006: Section-by-Section Summary and Senate Floor Speech of Sen. Cornyn SKIL Bill, S. 2691

05/04/2006: Losers and Winners in Three Pending Employment-Based Immigration Reform Bills

05/04/2006: Reported Backlash of "Day Without Immigrants"

05/04/2006: American Consulate in Delhi's Misleading Immigrant Visa Priority Date Report

05/04/2006: Executive Business Meeting of Senate Judiciary Committee

05/02/2006: Senator John Cornyn Introduced S.2691 for "Legal" Employment-Based Immigration Legislation

05/02/2006: Impact of Yesterday's "Day Without Immigrants" and Rallies Yet To Be Seen

05/02/2006: Ongoing Immigration Files and Filing Automation Process and GAO Critiques

05/02/2006: Senate Judiciary Committee Schedules a Full Executive Business Meeting on May 4, 2006

04/30/2006: PERM Online Labor Certification Filing Site Down

04/30/2006: Advisory for Substitution I-140 Filers Either Waiting Decision or On Appeal to AAO or Motion to Reopen/Reconsider

04/30/2006: FY 2007 H-1B Cap Number Prediction

04/28/2006: Bi-Specialization (140 & 129) and Frontlog for Two Weeks

04/28/2006: FY 2007 H-1B Cap Count As Of 04/24/2006

04/27/2006: USCIS Explains Immigration Security Checks

04/26/2006: Immigration Reform Overshadowed by Gas Prices?

04/25/2006: Today Bush Invited and Discussed with Bi-Partisan Senate Leaders for Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation

04/25/2006: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Today on Immigration and Economics for Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation

04/25/2006: "Massive Deportation Unrealistic," Bush Declared in California

04/24/2006: Notice to The Oh Law Firm Clients

04/24/2006: Reignition of Immigration Reform Debate and Current Agenda

04/24/2006: Labor Sustitution Elimination Rule-Making Agenda of DOL and USCIS

04/24/2006: Glimpse of USCIS Agenda for Complete Electronic Filing/Processing/Adjudication of Business Related Petitions/Applications

04/24/2006: Semi-Annual Rule-Making Agenda of Immigration/Visa Agencies

04/22/2006: April 21, 2006 Service Centers Processing Times

04/21/2006: Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement Program and Potential Impact/Fallout on Immigration Benefits Adjudications

04/21/2006: Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement or Comprehensive Immigration Reform?

04/20/2006: I-140 Denials on Employer's Financial Ability to Pay and Need for Strategic Planning or Review of Pending Labor Certification Application

4/19/2006: Senate Comprehensive Immigration Reform Schedule - Thursday, April 27, 2006?