Aug 11 2016
在过去的一周，川普夫人被指早年涉嫌签证违规的新闻占据了很多媒体的报道。事情起源于上周美国媒体Politico质疑川普夫人Melania Trump发言中提及她早期身份的部分。Politico的文章指出，川普夫人曾在之前的多次发言中提到，她当初刚到美国的时候，不得不“每隔几个月”回到斯洛文尼亚续签证。[…]
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Aug 02 2016
新的STEM OPT申请规则，已经从5月10日起开始实行。也就是说，现在提交的STEM OPT申请，都是适用新规定的。在经历了最初关于STEM OPT时间延长到24个月的喜大普奔之后，大家发现，实际操作中的STEM OPT申请，并非只有喜讯，也有限制。这些限制包括雇佣方式的限制，培训计划的限制，以及[…]
Read MoreIf you currently have a 17-month STEM OPT extension, you may apply to add 7 months to your STEM OPT period. If you want to apply for this 7-month extension, you must properly file your Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization (with the required fee and signature) on or before August 8, 2016. USCIS will […]
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Jul 26 2016
日期：7月31日周日 西部时间：9:30 am 东部时间：12:30 pm 形式：Gotowebinar + 微信群 报名方法：扫描二维码或加互小编微信 本期嘉宾： 孟小洁律师，宋和孟律师事务所（Song & Meng PC）合伙人，美国移民律师协会会员， 加州大学伯克利分校法学硕士，复旦大[…]
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Jul 15 2016
8月份的签证排期表已经出炉， 职业移民的第一类别EB1类，史无前例地出现排期（针对中国大陆出生和印度出生的申请人），并且一下子倒退了6年。这在EB1的申请人中引起了小小的恐慌。那么，EB1的排期倒退会持续多久，影响到哪些人呢？ 其实，在上个月公布的7月份签证排期表中，美国国务院在排期表的最后已经提醒[…]
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Jul 14 2016
Department of State released the August 2016 visa bulletin. You can access the copy of the visa bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS designated Application Final Action Dates Chart for filing Adjustment of Status applications within U.S. in August 2016. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference cases this month: […]
Read MoreUSCIS announced on July 8, 2016, that it has returned all fiscal year 2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in our computer-generated random selection process. USCIS previously announced on May 2, 2016, that it completed data entry of all selected cap-subject petitions. USCIS also announced that all H-1B cap-subject petitions filed between April […]
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Jun 09 2016
Department of State released the July 2016 visa bulletin. You can access the copy of the visa bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS designated Application Final Action Dates Chart for filing Adjustment of Status applications within U.S. in July 2016. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference cases this […]
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Jun 07 2016
5月底的时候，今年加急处理（premium processing）的H1B案件基本都已经得到了初步的处理结果通知。从6月1日起，宋和孟律师事务所（Song & Meng, PC）开始收到非加急案件的初步处理通知。目前，还有不少非加急的H1B案件仍然在审理中。宋和孟律师事务所预计今年大部分的非[…]
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May 09 2016
Department of State released the visa bulletin for June 2016. Below is a copy of the visa bulletin for the employment-based category and a summary of the changes. Application Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Preference Cases Note: USCIS USCIS designated the below chart as applicable dates for I-485 adjustment of status applications within U.S. Employ- […]
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