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In May 2014, Congressman Aaron Schock and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard announced bipartisan legislation pertaining to the EB-5 visa program. They propose permanently extending the EB-5 program and eliminating the current country caps. The bill, H.R. 4659, was assigned to a congressional committee which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or… Read More

H-2B Visa If a U.S. employer is facing a problem where it cannot fill employment positions due to a lack of U.S. workers willing, able, or qualified to do the temporary work, the H-2B program may be a solution. The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows employers to bring foreign nationals into the country to… Read More

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has launched Mobile Passport Control (MPC), the first authorized app to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the United States. MPC will allow eligible travelers to submit their passport information and customs declaration form via a smartphone or tablet prior to CBP inspection. This new app was developed as… Read More

E-Verify is a free Internet-based system operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA). It helps employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security numbers. It verifies employees’ data against millions of government records and provides results within seconds to confirm employment eligibility. The… Read More

The Department of State’s Visa Bulletin for September 2014 noted that the use of potentially “otherwise unused” employment visa numbers prescribed by § 202(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) has allowed the India employment-based second preference cut-off date to advance very rapidly in recent months.  The Visa Bulletin warned, however, that continued forward… Read More