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Last year USCIS received about 233,000 H1B visa petitions during the mandatory five-day window ending on April 7th 2015. This year …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on April, 12, 2016

Helping a family member, whether it is your spouse, fiancé(e), child, parent or brother or sister, become a permanent resident …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on April, 04, 2016

The filing for the H-1B petitions will begin on April 1, 2016. From here until then I will be periodically posting pointers on …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on December, 14, 2015

The State Department on September 9, 2015 posted the Visa Bulletin for October 2015 in which the State Department has made a significant …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on September, 13, 2015

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on April, 07, 2016

April 1, 2016 begins a new season for H-1B petitions. Talks of raising the H1-B annual cap from 65,000 visas to 110,000 will not come to …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on February, 16, 2016

Foreign nationals quite often contact our office asking us what can be done when they want to come to the United States but they have a …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on November, 15, 2015

There are many other temporary work visas besides the H1B visa. Alternatives include the TN classification, E-3, H1B1, STEM OPT, L-1 …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on August, 04, 2015

On Friday, April 1, 2016 the H-1B cap filing season began. By April 7, 2016, or shortly thereafter, the USCIS will announce that it has …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on April, 04, 2016

On December 18, 2015, the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2029) was signed into law. In addition to funding the government …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on December, 23, 2015

The EB-5 Regional Center Program where one can get a Green Card by investing either $500, 000 or $1,000,000 is fast approaching …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on October, 01, 2015

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services caps the number of H-1B visas allotted for most businesses at 65,000 per year, choosing …[Read More]

By Michael H. Markovitch, Esq. on March, 09, 2015