ImmInfo Newsletter -May 1, 2010

CIR Update - May 1, 2010
Analysis of the Senate Democrats CIR proposal
The USCIS continues at accept H1B filings under the fiscal year 2011 quota limit.
An H1B who works at a job site for which there is not a valid LCA violates his or her status.
CASE STUDY: Failure to pay attention to the date on a new I-94.
We are moving!

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CIR Update - May 1, 2010

CIR is heating up quickly. For a wide array of reasons, the Senate leadership has said that they have decided to bring this issue up for consideration very soon. There are reports that Senator Reid, the majority leader, gave Senators Schumer and Graham three weeks to introduce legislation or he would introduce his own bill. That was a week ago. Subsequently, Senator Graham dropped out of the negotiations and on Thursday, April 29th, six Senate Democrats released a draft outline for comprehensive immigration reform.

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Analysis of the Senate Democrats CIR proposal

On Thursday, April 29th, six Senate Democrats held a press conference at which they released an outline for proposed comprehensive immigration reform legislation. Ostensibly, the purpose of the outline was to attract Republican support for the legislation. That seems highly unlikely in the partisan atmosphere of Washington.

The outline is broken into six separate components:

· Border enforcement

· Interior enforcement

· Biometric ID and employment verification

· Legal immigration reform

· Legalization

· Miscellaneous

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The USCIS continues at accept H1B filings under the fiscal year 2011 quota limit.

The USCIS continues at accept H1B filings under the fiscal year 2011 quota limit. Based on the data from the first three weeks of receipts, it appears that filings are down from the same time last year. We suspect that this is due in very large part to both the increased documentary requirements imposed by the CIS, as well as the significantly higher denial rates that began last year.

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An H1B who works at a job site for which there is not a valid LCA violates his or her status.

The annual H1b filings rush begins today (April 1st) for petitions that are subject to the numerical cap of 65,000. There is an exemption from the cap for the first 20,000 petitions involving beneficiaries who received advanced degrees from US colleges and universities.

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CASE STUDY: Failure to pay attention to the date on a new I-94.

This is the first of a new feature we will put in every issue of the ImmInfo Newsletter - Case Studies. These case studies are based on actual cases, with the facts changed so that the privacy of the individual is protected. They are intended to be educational and illustrative.

Johann worked for a company as an H1B. He was a very good worker and was valued highly by his company. In July, 2009, Johann returned to his home country for a visit. While there, he applied for an received a new H1B visa. The visa was valid through September 30, 2011 - the validity period of his H1B approval notice (I-797).

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