The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) is reporting that USCIS informed participants at the CSC/VSC stakeholder engagement in Laguna Niguel, CA, on April 5, 2012, that 22,323 cap-subject H-1B petitions ...

The question now on everyone’s mind is, when will we get our first 2013 H-1B cap count update from USCIS? Our best guess is sometime next week, hopefully sooner rather than ...

The Department of State has announced a Final Interim Rule increasing the fee charged for the processing of an application for most non-petition-based nonimmigrant visas (Machine Readable Visas or MRVs) ...

A Request for Evidence (RFE) is a letter sent to the petitioner after a USCIS examiner has reviewed the petition and decided that additional information is required before a decision ...

The weeks and months following the filing of the petition are a period of anxious waiting for the beneficiary and the petitioner. Processing times for H-1B visas petitions may vary ...

As April 2nd rapidly approaches, the Hammond Law Group has swung into high gear, working day and night to prepare H-1B visa petitions for filing on the first day possible. Within ...

As we approach opening day for the 2013 H-1B Cap Season, it is worth taking a moment to think about the date on which this year’s cap will be met. ...

Healthcare certificate holders are required to renew their certificates until they receive permanent residence.  The heatlhcare certificate is good for a five-year from the date the certificate was issued.  The ...

The 2012 job outlook for the health care industry is good, despite the overall economic stagnation in the U.S.  A contributing writer for monster.com noted that healthcare has been one of ...

Data on 2011 shows that healthcare occupations dominated two lists: (1) largest number of job listings on the internet; and (2) best paying professions.    Top Job Vacancies: During a ...