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Archive for November 30, 2009

H-1B CAP UPDATE - 11/27/09

The USCIS has received 58,900 H-1B cap petitions for FY-2010 by November 28, 2009.  This represents an additional 2000 H-1B petitions filed as compared with just a week earlier.  There are not expected to be many more, if any, available H-1Bs by the time January 2010 rolls around. 

As of April 1, 2010, employers can start filing for the 2011 fiscal year which begins October 1, 2010.  There are also a variety of cap-exempt H-1B petitions that are not subject to the numerical limitation of 65,000 annually.

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TRANSITION TO U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW BEGINS IN THE CNMI

According to a USCIS Press Release:  “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that at 12:01 a.m. (CNMI local time/GMT +10.) tomorrow, Nov. 28, the immigration laws of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) will be replaced by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and other U.S. immigration laws. The definition of “United States” in the INA simultaneously will be amended to include the CNMI—providing new privileges and easing restrictions to CNMI residents wishing to live and work in the United States.”

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