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17 Feb USCIS Reaches 2021 Fiscal Year H-1B Visa Cap

Posted at 08:29h in Uncategorized

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18 Jun Janice Flynn & Associates Observe Juneteenth

Posted at 20:47h in Uncategorized

Observance of Junteenth - Why Now? Our firm is made up of American lawyers and so our hearts are with what is happening in the United States. For this reason, we are observing the Juneteenth holiday to recognize what has happened, to reflect on that we...

08 Jun Options for US Citizen Expats to Speed Up Spouse-Based Immigrant Visa Processing

Posted at 15:13h in Uncategorized

The US Citizenship & Immigration Services or "USCIS" is the US agency under the US Department of Homeland Security responsible for reviewing and issuing US visa applications and petitions. The USCIS is traditionally a US-based agency with some international offices providing services and benefits from...

04 Dec USCIS Adjusts the Premium Processing Fee

Posted at 11:25h in Business Visas, Uncategorized, US Visa, USCIS

Starting on December 2, 2019, USCIS has raised the Premium Processing fee to $1,440 For most petition-based visas, a Premium Processing fee can be paid on top of the petition fee to ensure the visa petition is reviewed within 15 calendar days. The fee was raised...

04 Jul Happy 4th of July!!

Posted at 19:02h in Uncategorized

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15 Feb USCIS Expands Credit Card Payment Option for Fees

Posted at 09:53h in Uncategorized

The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) which processes visa petition and applications under the US Department of Homeland Security, issued an announcement yesterday, February 14, 2018, that it will now accept credit card payments for filing most of its forms. The new payment option will...

05 Feb Immigration Innovation Act 2018

Posted at 18:22h in Business Visas, Immigrant Visas, Uncategorized

I-Squared bill, introduced last week by Senators Orrin Hatch and Jeff Flake. The bill seeks to modernize & reform the H-1B visa and employment-based green card programs. At the end of January a bill was introduced into Congress called the "Immigration Innovation Act 2018" or "I-Squared...

28 Jan Visa Waiver Program Update

Posted at 17:25h in Uncategorized, Updates

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31 Oct Report from Dilley

Posted at 11:07h in Uncategorized

This is the first instalment of a blog that a fellow US immigration lawyer, B. John Ovink, wrote about his time volunteering at the Dilley Detention Center which has been in the news recently for the conditions in which immigrant children and mothers are being held there....

12 Jan Week 2: Family-Based Visas = Bureaucratic Nightmare

Posted at 08:18h in Uncategorized

Good morning on this very windy and dark morning in England! This is the second instalment of my 2015 blog where I discuss something that's on my mind about US immigration law. When clients come to me asking for advice regarding family-based visas the rules are...