U.S. Employers should be aware of a proposed fee hike recently announced by the USCIS. If the agency goes ahead with plans unaltered, the fees charged for H-1B visa applications could jump from the current fee of $460 up to $780, a 70% increase. Fees have not changed since 2016, so an increase now is … Continue reading USCIS Announces Fee Hike for H-1B Visa Applicants

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The U.S. Mission to India has announced 250,000 additional B1/B2 visa appointments. This move is possible due to the creation of special Saturday interviews, which is part of a larger effort to reduce wait times for first-time visa applicants. The hope is that this effort will eventually open up to interviews for other types of … Continue reading Expansion of Visa Appointments in India and a Plan to Reduce Visa Wait Times

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While Graham Adair immigration attorneys frequently work with employers looking to bring foreign-born workers to San Jose, Austin, and Lehi, we also work with companies based throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Unfortunately, the economic slowdown we have been experiencing in the U.S. is happening in many major countries around the world, which has … Continue reading How Layoffs Can Affect Workers with Temporary Work Visas

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The State Department previously announced that the pandemic-induced lull in legal immigration to the U.S. is over. During the 12 months that ended on September 30, some 493,000 visas were issued to foreign nationals looking to work and live in this country permanently. Where does your company stand in all of this? With heavy-handed COVID … Continue reading Is Your Company Revamping Immigration?

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In October 2021, USCIS proposed a fee increase for certain immigration services, including applications for naturalization and certain types of visas. The proposed fee increase would affect a wide range of individuals, including those seeking to become naturalized citizens, as well as those applying for nonimmigrant visas such as H-1B, L-1, and E-2 visas. The … Continue reading USCIS Proposed Fee Increases

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On December 7, 2022, the House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on H.R. 3648, the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act, but the vote has reportedly been pushed into next week. The EAGLE Act proposes a number of changes to the employment-based immigration system in an effort to alleviate the … Continue reading Will Congress Reduce Green Card Backlogs?

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As a law firm with a team of highly experienced immigration attorneys specializing in business immigration, we are fully aware of the need for so many industries across the country to bring in new talent from wherever they can find it. In some industries, like the tech industry, the best companies in the business would … Continue reading Business Immigration: Has America Outgrown Its Talent Pool?

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The wheels of immigration can move pretty slowly here in the United States. Part of the problem is that our immigration law is more complicated than it needs to be. And of course, bureaucracy can reduce the speed of even the fastest process to a crawl. So what is one to do while waiting for … Continue reading USCIS Decisions Can Take a While – What to Do in the Interim

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As our planet emerged from the worst ravishes of the COVID-19 pandemic, we experienced a number of factors that impacted U.S. immigration. This article reviews some of the issues we saw in 2022 and how they impacted immigration in the United States. We also explore the possibilities for 2023, whether the economy continues to struggle … Continue reading 2022 Immigration Summary and a Look Ahead to 2023

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With the uncertainty of life, it is important to know what steps to take if a principal visa applicant is terminated, passes away, or divorces a dependent spouse. There are a lot of materials on what the employee can or should do, but often overlooked are dependent spouses and children. What can they do to … Continue reading What happens to spouses and children when a foreign national employee loses status?

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