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Immigration Visa Attorney Blog
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Covers immigration law news, reports and legislation in California. Published by Fong & Chun, LLP.
Recent Posts
H-1B Quota: Advanced Degree Cap is Full
The H-1B quota is slowing reaching its limit. The so-called advanced degree cap is now full and approximately 53,800 cases have been counted against the 65,000 allocated to the regular cap. USCIS has advised that those wishing to be counted against...
HIV Travel Ban to be Lifted
At a ceremony at the White House today, President Barack Obama announced the publication on Monday, 2 November 2009 of the final rule repealing the HIV immigration restriction. The immigration lawyers here at Fong & Chun have worked here in Los Ange...
Principles for Immigration Reform
On 14 October 2009, Congressman Luis GutÃerrez of Illinois released a set of principles which he hopes will be incorporated into any Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) package. As advocates for immigrants, the attorneys at the Los Angeles-based...
PERM Delays: Audits and Backlogs
PERM cases are backlogged now to December 2008. So if you have a PERM case pending that was submitted more than a year ago, DOL may entertain an email inquiry from you. But if your case was submitted in October 2008 or after, you still have a long ...
Verifying Undocumented Aliens for Health Care
Since July 2008, the County of Los Angeles has posted 81 people in 27 social service offices to check and verify immigration status of all applicants for social services. As the debate continues on health care, the lawyers at the immigration law fir...
H-1B Quota, Fraud Detection, On-site interviews
The H-1B quota has now reached approximately 46,700 and although the USCIS has announced that they've received approximately 20,000 advanced degree applications, it still continues to accept advanced degree cases. I have been fielding a lot of quest...
