December 17, 2009 by Bradley Maged.

According to latimes.com:  “Reporting from Los Angeles and Chicago - Raising the curtain on a new round of debate over immigration reform, a group of Democratic congressional lawmakers introduced a comprehensive bill Tuesday that, among other provisions, would offer a path to legalization for the country’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.”

Comprehensive Immigration Reform is long overdue yet promises to be an uphill battle for supporters.  However, after watching Lou Dobbs abruptly leave CNN and days later hearing him announce that he supports legalizing the undocumented in certain situations, I have learned that anything is possible.

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December 17, 2009 by Bradley Maged.

USCIS announced that as of 12/15/2009 it has received 64,200 of the available 65,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions for FY-2010.  The numbers are almost gone and given the week it takes from the time of filing the LCA to its probable adjudication, the odds of petitions being accepted for a petition that one would prepare from scratch at this point are slim.

However, given how long the numbers have lasted this fiscal year, the wait until H-1B cases are accepted for FY-2011 cases is not too long.  For those willing to start on October 1, 2010, their employers may file H-1B petitions as of April 1, 2010.  Also be sure to ascertain whether the petitioner may be cap-exempt and therefore able to file H-1B petitions throughout the year.

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