Immigration Lawyer – Jessica Y. Meng

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2013 H-1B Visa Has Reach the Quota USCIS announced that 2013 annual H-1B non-immigrant short-term work visas have been filled to capacity; and the receiving deadline was June 11. Therefore, the USCIS no longer accepts the new application, but still accepts the other H-1B case. The annual cap on H-1B category is 65,000, and another [...]

A California businessman last week was sentenced to six months in prison for giving H-1B visa job offers that did not exist. Srinivasa Chennupati, a native of Indian, 33, pled guilty in December to visa fraud. Chennupati admitted that starting on April 1, 2009, he submitted 11 foreign worker petitions to the U.S. Citizenship and [...]

When contacting with the clients applying for employment-based immigration, it is often found that many people have a misconception. They think that the immigrant visas (PERM, Aliens with Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researchers, National Interest Waiver, etc.) must apply after they get their H-1B visas. This is not right. The above immigrant visas and H, L, [...]

According to USCIS.org, The H1B cap for FY 2010 was reached on December 21, 2009: Fiscal Year 2010 H-1B Cap Count As of December 21, 2009, USCIS has received sufficient petitions to reach the statutory cap for FY2010.  USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions on behalf of persons exempt from the cap [...]

Are you a foreign student with F1 visa or visitor with any visa or even just a green card holder? Please remember that whenever you change your address in the United States, you must report the address change within 10 days. It is a misdemeanor crime to willfully fail to provide the USCIS with a [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. Visa Bulletin The Visa Bulletin offers valuable information about immigration. National Visa Center The NVC processes all approved immigrant visa petitions after they are received from Citizenship and Immigration Services in the [...]

Requirements for Outstanding Professors and Researchers Any United States employer desiring and intending to employ a professor or researcher who is outstanding in an academic field under section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act may file an I-140 visa petition for such classification. Initial evidence. A petition for an outstanding professor or researcher must [...]

1. How Do I Become A Permanent Resident Through Marrying a U.S. Citizen There are two ways to become a permanent resident through marriage to a United States Citizen (USC): you can enter the U.S. by asking the USC fiancé(e) to apply for K-1 visa. Then getting married and applying I-485 to adjust your status [...]

Schedule A immigrant petitions for nurses require an employer sponsor, an RN certificate and a Visa Screen certificate. VisaScreen: first regulated in Section 343 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), now codified at §212(a)(5)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the law requires that certain healthcare professionals educated outside the U.S. [...]

EB-5 Investment visa was created by Congress in 1990 for use by an entrepreneur to petition the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for status as an immigrant to the U.S. pursuant to section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. The basic amount required to invest is $1 million. Congress created a [...]