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The United States is a nation of immigrants. We continue to maintain a dominant position among the nations in the world because of the hard work of skilled and unskilled foreign national workers who continue to bring their unique skills and talents. Immigration to the United States provides an opportunity for the exchange of cultures and traditions and allows us to be competitive with the other dominant countries of the world. By favoring highly-skilled workers in the immigration process, the U.S. is able to remain on the cutting-edge of the worldwide brain drain. Highly-skilled professional and specialty occupation workers that come to our shores (researchers, scientists, doctors, engineers, teachers, etc.) continue to build important economic infrastructure that strengthens our tax base and revitalizes our floundering social systems. Restrictive immigration policies should be directed at hardened criminals and pronounced terrorists and those seeking to do harm to our nation. The immigration lawyers on the Visaserve Team at Nachman & Associates, P.C. provide prompt and personal immigration law services to and from the U.S. and "work hard each day to save the world one person at a time".

USCIS Announces that the H-1B Cap for FY2010 Has Been Reached.
Posted by: Gina Giambalvo
December 23, 2009
Topic: H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa News

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced yesterday (December 22, 2009) that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2010. USCIS is hereby notifying the public that Dec. 21, 2009 is the “final receipt date” for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date in FY 2010.

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Compreheisive Immigration Reform for America
Posted by: Gina Giambalvo
December 16, 2009
Topic: News Articles

Yesterday, Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) introduced the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009." Congressman Gutierrez has been joined by members of various communities within Congress. This legislation marks a path for the nation to tackle the nation's broken immigration system.

Attachments:
CIR12-09.pdf

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EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF USCIS SITE VISITS.
Posted by: Gina Giambalvo
November 20, 2009
Topic: News Articles

At a November 19, 2009 program put on by the Department of Homeland Security, titled "2009 Government and Employers: Working Togeether to Ensure a Legal Workforce," Ronald Atkinson, Chief of Staff of USCIS' Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) office, explained the three types of site visits that are currently being conducted.  It is important for employers to be aware of the different types of site visits, and to be aware that if any site inspections occur that they should contact an immigration attorney immediately to verify compliance. 

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BEWARE STRANGERS BEARING GIFTS FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
Posted by: Gina Giambalvo
November 19, 2009
Topic: Employment Verification / I-9 News

 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton today announced the issuance of Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 1,000 employers across the country associated with critical infrastructure—alerting business owners that ICE will audit their hiring records to determine compliance with employment eligibility verification laws.

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Homeland Security Secretary Urges Congress to Move on Immigration Reform.
Posted by: Gina Giambalvo
November 18, 2009
Topic: News Articles

A recent article in the San Fransisco Gate (see link below) discusses the recognition for the need for Immigration Reform in the U.S. by none other than Janet Napolitano, the Head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. We hope that this initiative will take shape in Early-2010 but any sooner would certainly be welcome.

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