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Ashwin Sharma's US Immigration Blog: Category Archive for Employment Based Green Cards

EB-2 Priority Date Movement in FY2012 for China-mainland Born and India expected to retrogress to August 15, 2007

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/27/2012 2:38 PM

Visa Bulletin For March 2012

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/13/2012 4:14 PM

HR 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act Update

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/30/2011 2:04 PM

Visa Bulletin For December 2011 - EB-2 India/China Advances to March 15 2008

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/22/2011 2:12 PM

The Office of Foreign Labor Certification is providing an update to the public on its plans for becoming current on issuing prevailing wage determinations for PERM, H-1B and H-2B cases

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/28/2011 9:12 AM

Visa Bulletin For November 2011

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/10/2011 9:40 AM | Add Comment

MANDAMUS LITIGATION AGAINST DOL TO ADDRESS DELAYS IN PREVAILING WAGE DETERMINATIONS AND LABOR CERTIFICATIONS @Legal Action Center

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/22/2011 5:04 PM | Add Comment

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Entrepreneurs and the Employment-Based Second Preference Immigrant Visa Category (EB-5 and EB-2)

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/10/2011 9:51 PM

Transcript: Press Conference on Initiatives to Promote Startup Enterprised and Spur Job Creation, Aug. 2, 2011

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/10/2011 9:49 PM

@Forbes - "To Create Jobs, Streamline The Issuance Of Visas"

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/10/2011 9:26 PM

USCIS Data on the approval and denial for the E-11 classification (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) of the Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/13/2011 10:56 AM

Questions about Same or Similar Occupational Classifications Under the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (AC21)

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/8/2011 11:49 AM

EB-2 priority dates for China and India expected to advance some years based on unused EB-1 numbers

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/1/2011 12:37 PM

Department of Labor Updates Labor Certification Processing Times (Updated 02/16/11)

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/18/2011 10:51 AM

USCIS to Issue Employment Authorization and Advance Parole Card for Adjustment of Status Applicants

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/18/2011 10:37 AM

Mumbai Erroneously Reports Availability of India EB-2

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/12/2011 5:19 PM

USCIS To Issue Redesigned Green CardFact Sheet

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/1/2010 8:23 PM | Add Comment

Latest immigration actions by Pres. Obama

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/7/2009 2:25 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

USCIS MEMO RE: Revisions to Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) Regarding Certain Alien Physicians

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/22/2009 4:20 PM | Add Comment

USCIS Announces Resumption of Premium Processing Service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/22/2009 4:05 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

DHS Office of Immigration Statistics Report on LPRs for 2008

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/27/2009 11:38 AM | Add Comment

Li: Quotas still hurt U.S. - Via Yale Daily News

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/3/2009 10:53 AM | Add Comment

Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/3/2009 10:41 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Premium Processing Service Expanded for Certain Form I-140 Petitions

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 2/27/2009 2:15 PM | Add Comment

AAO Holds 5-year Indian M.B.B.S. Degree Equivalent of U.S. M.D. Degree

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/26/2009 3:22 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Stimulus could create thousands of IT jobs

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/16/2009 2:50 PM | Add Comment

DHS Publishes Final Rule Expanding US-VISIT to Include LPRs

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/2/2009 12:55 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

I-140 Premium Processing is Back for Certain Cases

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/18/2008 3:08 PM | Add Comment

USCIS Update Apr. 29, 2008

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 4/30/2008 11:27 PM | Add Comment

Some Observations from DOS on India EB-2 Unavailability

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 1/17/2008 3:37 PM | Add Comment

'Green-card soldier' film tragic

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/21/2007 10:21 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

U.S. Agency Is Swamped by Requests for Visas

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/21/2007 10:16 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Frequently Asked Questions - Employment-Based Adjustment Applications

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/24/2007 7:31 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

AILF Welcomes Government Reversal on Permanent Resident Applications ("Green Cards")

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/20/2007 3:04 PM | Add Comment

Rep. Lofgren Applauds Resolution of Visa Bulletin Debacle

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/17/2007 5:54 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

USCIS Announces Revised Processing Procedures for Adjustment of Status Applications

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/17/2007 5:44 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

BREAKING NEWS - The government will be announcing shortly that it has reversed its July 2 announcement regarding the July Visa Bulletin

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/17/2007 5:15 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Immigrant's List petition to Secretary Chertoff

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/17/2007 3:35 PM | Add Comment

AILF Press Release - Updates on Visa Bulletin Bait and Switch - Rumors of possible resolution

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/17/2007 3:33 PM | Add Comment

July Visa Bulletin Law Suit Update - Via AILF.org

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/11/2007 12:46 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Microsoft skips the US, opens development center in Canada as a result of US immigration limitations

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/11/2007 12:30 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Sending Flowers to USCIS to Protest the July Visa Bulletin Fiasco

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/11/2007 10:36 AM | Add Comment

July Visa Bulletin Bait and Switch Lawsuit Filed

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/10/2007 10:58 AM | Add Comment

U.S. Withdraws Offer of 60,000 Job-Based Visas, Angering Immigration Lawyers

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/5/2007 1:23 PM | Add Comment

How Did All Those Employment-Based Numbers Get "Used" So Quickly?

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/3/2007 2:31 PM | Add Comment

Press Release - Rep. Lofgren Issues Statement on Updated Visa Bulletin

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/3/2007 2:29 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

VB Gate

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/2/2007 5:58 PM | Add Comment

Administration Slams Door on Thousands of Legal Immigrants: AILA Condemns Agencies’ Bait and Switch

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/2/2007 5:55 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

SCOPS Answers Liaison Questions on Concurrently-filed I-140s Under New Rejection Policy

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/2/2007 5:54 PM | Add Comment

USCIS Announces Update on Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Processing

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/2/2007 5:53 PM | Add Comment

Should I File My I-485 Applications?

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/2/2007 5:51 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Litigation is likely if USCIS revises the July visa bulletin

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/30/2007 8:25 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Update to attorneys regarding the possibility of a July visa bulletin revision

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/30/2007 8:19 PM | Add Comment

BREAKING NEWS - AILA Reports State Department plans to issue a revised Visa Bulletin for July 2007

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/29/2007 4:32 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

USCIS Announces Temporary Suspension of Premium Processing Service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/28/2007 12:30 PM | Add Comment

Immigration bill best chance to boost H-1B visas

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/27/2007 12:41 PM | Add Comment

Immigrants permitted to apply for adjustment of status - Via IndiaPost

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/27/2007 12:13 PM | Add Comment

USCIS Replies to Liaison Request to Waive Physical Exam Requirement for EB Adjustment Filings

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/27/2007 12:10 PM | Add Comment

Case Status Information on Pending Labor Certifications in the Backlog (Only Case Numbers beginning with either a D or P)

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/22/2007 9:18 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Neufeld Memo Provides Interim Guidance on DOL’s Substitutions Plus Final Rule

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/21/2007 4:00 PM | Add Comment

VISA BULLETIN FOR JULY 2007 - All Employment Based Categories current

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/13/2007 7:03 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Highly Educated Foreign Professionals: Separating Myth from Reality

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/25/2007 8:35 AM | Add Comment

AILA's CIR Daily Update 5/24/07: Debate Continues; Amendment to Massively Increase H-1B Fees Passed

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/24/2007 8:24 PM | Add Comment

DOL Publishes Final Rule on Substitutions and Other Labor Certification Issues

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/17/2007 4:45 PM | Add Comment

USCIS Halts Premium Processing on I-140s that request labor certification substitution

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 5/17/2007 4:11 PM | Add Comment

USCIS Transfers I-485s to NSC and TSC

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 3/12/2007 1:17 PM | Add Comment

Collins grills agencies on foreign labor

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/27/2006 10:42 PM | Add Comment

Important USCIS Memo Clarifies Periods of Admission for H and L Nonimmigrants

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/21/2006 5:30 PM | Add Comment

VISA BULLETIN FOR JANUARY 2007

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 12/14/2006 5:10 PM | Add Comment

Legal immigrants to U.S. face green card logjam

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/30/2006 5:59 PM | Add Comment

US tightens screening of 2006 nursing board passers

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/15/2006 3:08 PM | Add Comment

USCIS TO EXPAND PREMIUM PROCESSING SERVICE

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 11/8/2006 4:14 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

DOL to Notify Attorneys of Each Stage in the E-mail Sponsorship Verification Process

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/26/2006 3:36 PM | Add Comment

Newspaper Articles on H-1Bs and Labor Certifications in Rural States like Maine

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/12/2006 9:21 AM | Add Comment

House Judiciary Committee Approves Physicians for Underserved Areas Act

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/4/2006 8:29 AM | Add Comment

The NSC Accepts Concurrent I-485 Filings for Premium Processing Eligible I-140s

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/4/2006 8:21 AM | Add Comment

Rethinking the Effects of Immigration on Wages

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 10/3/2006 1:13 PM | Add Comment

U.S. Department of State - Priority Dates for Employment-Based Preferences, October 2006

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/28/2006 9:39 AM | Add Comment

Department of Labor Backlog Center Opens Online Case Status Check

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/13/2006 9:48 AM | Add Comment

USCIS Limitations on I-140 Premium Processing

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/12/2006 9:55 AM | Add Comment

Group: Fix The Broken Green Card System

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 9/4/2006 2:04 PM | Add Comment

Group Claims Discrimination, Targets Employers Recruiting H-1B Workers

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/29/2006 1:12 PM | Add Comment

First PERM BALCA Decision - Re: Harmless Error on Application

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/29/2006 9:08 AM | Add Comment

USCIS Expands Premium Processing Service to EB-3 I-140 Petitions, New I-907 Premium Processing Form Released

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/25/2006 9:08 AM | Add Comment

Hired hands: Wait for green card tries visa holders

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/9/2006 1:33 PM | Add Comment

Corporate Immigration Compliance For Our Time

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/8/2006 1:25 PM | Add Comment

I-140 Premium Processing Update

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/30/2006 12:52 PM | Add Comment

New Program Aims to Help Employers Comply with Immigration Law

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/29/2006 3:59 PM | Add Comment

Wait for green card gets longer

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/25/2006 7:40 AM | Add Comment

Jobs that get you US visas (NEWS.COM.AU)

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/18/2006 7:23 PM | Add Comment

VISA BULLETIN FOR AUGUST 2006

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/17/2006 3:48 PM | Add Comment

Backlog holds up legal path into U.S.

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/15/2006 2:04 PM | Add Comment

New US law could cripple Indian hospitals

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 7/5/2006 7:45 PM | Add Comment

The GOP's immigration shame

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/27/2006 4:44 PM | Add Comment

Skilled immigrants wait on Congress

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/27/2006 4:41 PM | Add Comment

Celebs bend visa lines like Beckham

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/20/2006 2:17 PM | Add Comment

US immigration bill rattles Aussies

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/20/2006 2:14 PM | Add Comment

U.S. said helpless in hiring of aliens

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/19/2006 11:54 AM | Add Comment

Guidance on Use of Revised Alien Fiance(e) Petition (NEW Form I-129F)

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/16/2006 10:12 AM | Add Comment

Officer, 26 More Alleged to Run Green-Card Scam

Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 6/8/2006 9:49 AM | Add Comment
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