The September 2009 Visa Bulletin is available. The third employment category is still unavailable. However, the Fourth Category — Special Immigrant Category and the Certain Religious Worker Category became UNAVAILABLE. They expe
Because of the new regulations concerning Religious Workers enacted last year — the category for non-ministers is set to expire on September 30, 2009.
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Visa Bulletin for September 2009
Posted in Business Visas, Legal Permanent Resident, Work based US residence on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EB-5 Regional Center Program Extended
Posted in Business Visas, Legal Permanent Resident, tagged EB-5, Immigrant Investor Visa, Regional Center Program on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The US Senate just passed the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill. It is now headed to President Obama for approval, which is expected.
The EB-5 Regional Center Program extension (not to be mistaken with the regular EB-5 program) was part of the above bill. The earlier extension originally sunset earlier this week, but with the [...]
April 2009 Visa Bulletin
Posted in Legal Permanent Resident, Work based US residence, tagged Visa Bulletin on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click here for the visa bulletin for April 2009.
There has been retrogression in the third employment category (EB-3).
EB-5 Generally: Investor Visa
Posted in Business Visas, EB-5, Legal Permanent Resident on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EB-5 Investor Visa is useful for those who want to start a business in the US with a substantial amount ($500,000 to one million dollars) and create 10 jobs. It offers permanent residency (green card), which is an advantage of other business visas, such as the E-2.
USCIS Announces New Filing Location for all EB-5 Petitions
Posted in EB-5, Legal Permanent Resident, tagged EB-5, Regional Center on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
All EB-5 related filings is to be filed at CSC only.
Submit all new EB-5 petitions and regional center application materials to:
For Direct Mail (i.e. USPS):
USCIS California Service Center
ATTN: EB-5 Processing Unit
P.O. Box 10526
Laguna Niguel, CA 92607-0526
For private couriers (FedEx, etcetera):
USCIS California Service Center
ATTN: EB-5 Processing Unit
24000 Avila Road, Room, 2nd Floor.
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
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EB-5 (One Million Dollar Investment Visa or $500K)
Posted in EB-5, Legal Permanent Resident, Work based US residence on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Investors are able to obtain permanent residency (greencard) via the EB-5 Immigrant Visa. This isn’t to be confused with an E-1/E-2 Trader/Investor Visa, which is a non-immigrant visa (temporary).
Generally, the EB-5 Investor Visa requires two things:
1. An active investment of $1,000,000 (one million dollars) into a commercial enterprise
AND
2. Create 10 full time jobs for US [...]
Visa Bulletin December 2008
Posted in Business Visas, Legal Permanent Resident, Work based US residence, tagged Visa Bulletin on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
December 2008 VISA BULLETIN
The above photo is a departure from our normal “bulletin” photo. I just returned from a trip to China, which was fantastic. I highly recommend people to check out China — a week in Shanghai and a week in Beijing.
The only thing about the December 2008 Visa Bulletin that you should know, [...]
November 2008 Visa Bulletin
Posted in Business Visas, Legal Permanent Resident, tagged Visa Bulletin on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The November 2008 Visa Bulletin.
October 2008 Visa Bulletin
Posted in Business Visas, Legal Permanent Resident, tagged Visa Bulletin on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Where has all the time gone? It’s already time for a new visa bulletin.
Click Here For The October 2008 Visa Bulletin
As expected, the third category of employment visas (“Skilled Workers + Other Worker”) category became available once more.
USCIS Update on Naturalization Application Processing Times
Posted in Citizenship, Legal Permanent Resident, tagged Citizenship, n-400, naturalization on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
USCIS also posted new information on the processing times for naturalization (citizenship) applications.
The information packed press release can be found here.
The press release states that one shoud now expect an average processing time of around 12 months for naturalization applications (N-400) as opposed to the 16-18 months that it took last year. The [...]
