Serotte Reich, LLP – Immigration Law

USCIS has announced that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2014 cap on Monday April 1st, 2013. The fiscal year cap for 2014 is 65,000. The first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of individuals with U.S. master’s degrees or higher are exempt from the fiscal year cap. In addition, […]Read More >

The Calgary Consulate General has announced E-visa processing services for Treaty Trader and Treaty Investor applications from businesses in Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. The process is intended to make it easier and faster for executives, supervisors and skilled employees of the region to enter the U.S. for trade and investment activities.  The announcement indicates […]Read More >

Roy Maurer, Online Discipline Manager/Editor, SHRM, recently wrote an excellent article about the Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 entitled “Senate Bill Calls for Market-Based H-1B Cap”. Roy writes about some pros and cons regarding this first step towards immigration reform. SRW attorney, Andrew Wilson, was quoted in this article: There is much to like about […]Read More >

With the April 1st filing date fast approaching, AILA recently had a meeting with USCIS to discuss some of the issues surrounding the upcoming FY2014 H-1B visa cap filing season. Two issues discussed involved USCIS’ expected processing times for these petitions, and problems with petitions involving third-party work. USCIS stated that it is working diligently […]Read More >

At our firm, my partner, Brian Zuccaro, a TN blogger extraordinaire (TN Visa Bulletin), and I, team up to prepare and present TN applications principally for Canadian applicants at local ports of entry. Our diversity of cases include not only individual applicants and employees of our corporate clients, but also include applicants that are represented […]Read More >