Serotte Reich, LLP – Immigration Law

Due to processing delays of I-130 petitions filed by U.S. citizens for their immediate relatives, USCIS is transferring some of these petitions from the National Benefits Center to the Nebraska, Texas, or California service centers in order to improve the processing times for these petitions. Individuals whose petitions have been transferred should receive an I-797 […]Read More >

On December 8, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released revised Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) for E-Verify browser users and new MOUs for users accessing E-Verify through Web services. USCIS said that current E-Verify users are not required to execute a new MOU but are bound by any enhancements to the E-Verify program, including […]Read More >

In U.S. v. Red Bowl of Cary, LLC, the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s (EOIR) Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer (OCAHO) reduced fines for Red Bowl of Cary, doing business as Red Bowl Asian Bistro in North Carolina, for Form I-9 violations. OCAHO also reduced fines for a small family business in a […]Read More >

The Department of State’s Visa Office has projected changes in some employment cut-off dates. The December 2013 Visa Bulletin notes that the India employment second and third preference category cut-off dates advanced very rapidly at the end of fiscal year 2013. Those movements were based on the availability of thousands of “otherwise unused” numbers that […]Read More >

The Department of Labor’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has experienced backlogs as a result of the cessation of its electronic systems due to the recent federal government shutdown. OFLC noted that this further resulted in a backlog of documents submitted to OFLC during that period by mail, hand-delivery, or email. As a result, […]Read More >