This week the USCIS released a letter regarding the qualification of nuns to work in the U.S. as registered nurses. The letter was in response to a Request for an ...

In a recently released scholarly article, Flatlining: How the Reluctance to Embrace Immigrant Nurses is Mortally Wounding the U.S. Healthcare System, Maria Lopez of Indiana University, Indianapolis, argues for the ...

As evidence that no one is exempt from CBP review no matter how famous you are, Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan was detained for questioning by American immigration officials at ...

For those who hoped that Obama’s promise of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (“CIR”) would make their wait for a green card a little shorter, disappointing news arrived yesterday. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/us/12border.html?_r=1 Obama announced ...

Two Senators will soon be leaving office – both of which were counted as supporters of immigration legislation including legislation for foreign nurses. Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) announced that he ...

As evidence of the increased number of audits and enforcement actions, the Administrative Review Board (ARB) has awarded back wages to an H-1B employee in Matter of Vojtisek-Lom (http://www.oalj.dol.gov/PUBLIC/ARB/DECISIONS/ARB_DECISIONS/LCA/07_097.LCAP.PDF). In ...

In a recent AP News story, Texas Service Center Deputy Director, Kristie Barrows reports that petitions for green cards have declined significantly since 2007. She states that in fiscal year ...

The CSC has offered some guidance when filing a case for an L-1B to L-1A conversion. First, the CSC advised that they do not consider these cases to be a ...

The U.S. recession – and perhaps the visa backlog – is making the U.S. less attractive to nurses in the Philippines. The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) issued ...