Serotte Reich, LLP – Immigration Law

The U.S. Department of State has announced that beginning September 3, 2013, individuals applying for an immigrant visa must now complete their applications online using Form DS-260 (Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration). This form is available here. The U.S. Department of State has been in the process of transitioning the immigrant visa application […]Read More >

The DOL has stepped up its efforts in scrutinizing PERM filings and is auditing more cases pursuant to a goal of achieving “program integrity”.  The DOL has specifically set a target to audit/or place in supervised recruitment 30% of PERM filings. The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) DOL liaison committee recently provided information on the […]Read More >

USCIS has announced that beginning February 1st, 2013, USCIS will now require an Immigrant Fee of $165 from individuals who applied for a green card through immigrant visa processing. After individuals have received their immigrant visa package from the U.S. consulate/embassy, they will now be required to pay this new fee online through the USCIS […]Read More >

Our office just recently received an approval notice for an EB-1 Extraordinary Ability petition for a client who is a prominent professional golf instructor. While she had been the beneficiary of two prior O-1 visas (Non-Immigrant Visa for Aliens of Extraordinary Ability) which were also completed by our office, there was no guarantee that she […]Read More >

One common question that we frequently receive is whether it is possible to keep a priority date from a previously approved I-140 and use it for future green card filings.  An example reads: Example Individual has approved PERM labor certification application filed through Company A.  Individual subsequently has I-140 petition under EB-3 preference category approved […]Read More >