Serotte Reich, LLP – Immigration Law

The H-1B program establishes standards to protect both U.S. workers and nonimmigrant foreign national workers. A computer consulting company based out of Suwanee, Georgia has agreed to pay $1 million in back wages and interest to approximately 135 nonimmigrant workers who were temporarily employed with the company under the H-1B visa program. A Wage and […]Read More >

1. Specific Activities Eligible for B-2 Visa Category Individuals who wish to enter the United States temporarily for pleasure may be classifiable as B-2 Visa visitors provided they meet the criteria listed below. Tourism or Family Visits: individuals traveling to the United States for purposes of tourism or to make social visits to relative or […]Read More >

SRW has noticed recent significant delays with EAD and Advance Parole processing out of the Nebraska Service Center. Part of the problem is the transition to using lockboxes as the initial filing and processing point for these applications. Based on these delays, it is important to file both applications as soon as possible within the 120 day […]Read More >

CIS recently announced plans to issue a proposed rule to streamline the H-1B cap petition process in an effort to efficiently manage the intake of H-1B cap petitions. The proposed rule would establish an electronic registration program for petitions subject to the H-1B cap.Rather than submitting a complete H-1B petition, the electronic registration program would […]Read More >

The Department of State has published an interim final rule, effective June 4, 2010, that raises from $131 to $140 the fee charged for processing an application for most non-petition-based nonimmigrant visas (Machine-Readable Visas or MRVs) and adult Border Crossing Cards (BCCs). The rule also provides new tiers of the application fee for certain categories […]Read More >