News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC In January the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it would make copies of various documents submitted to it by employers available to the public in a searchable Labor Certification Registry (LCR). These include...
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC USCIS has revised the Employment Eligibility Verification form (Form I-9) that employers use to verify the identity and employment eligibility of employees. The new I-9 bears a revision date of ``(Rev. 03/08/13) N'' and...
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that it will make copies of H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, H-2A, H-2B, and PERM labor certification documents, as submitted by employers, available to the general public through its iCERT...
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC – September 21, 2011 In an unannounced but apparently official change in policy, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) is no longer sending the “original” version of important official documents to...
When adjudicating employment-based immigration petitions, the USCIS is required to verify certain basic information about the petitioner, to make sure that the company or organization is a bona fide U.S. employer. For these verifications, the USCIS relies on paper documentation submitted with the petitions, and issues Requests for Evidence (RFEs) to employers when the documentation initially submitted doesn’t fully provide the necessary information.
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC – December 27, 2010 On Dec. 22, 2010, USCIS announced that Petitioners will not be required to complete the attestation regarding export controls on the new version of the Form I-129 until Feb. 20, 2011. Please see our...
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC – December 3, 2010 On November 23, 2010, the USCIS activated a new fee schedule and also released a revised I-129 form. Updated Fee Schedule According to the USCIS, the new fee schedule raises filing fees approximately 10%...
To make emergency supplemental appropriations for border security, Public Law 111-230 was passed by Congress and it was signed into law by President Obama on August 13, 2010. One provision of the new law, effective immediately, adds large supplemental filing fees to certain H-1B and L-1 petition filings. USCIS clarified in a recent announcement that it will require the supplemental fee for petitions postmarked on or after August 14, 2010. The supplemental fees will remain in effect through September 30, 2014.
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC – August 13, 2010 On 8/13/2010, President Obama signed into law H.R. 6080, an act making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security. One provision of the act raises the filing fee and Anti-Fraud fee for H...
