Navigating the complexities of U.S. immigration and employment certifications can be daunting for employers. One significant hurdle is responding to a Notice of Deficiency (NOD) issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) concerning the validity of an H-2B application. Recently, I successfully assisted a client, Jane Doe, in overcoming such a challenge while seeking to hire a full-time nanny. This …
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I've received a lot of marriage based interview experience in 2019, and in this blog post I want to share my thoughts on what to avoid in an I-130/I-485 bona fide marriage interview. When your spouse petitions for you, you and your spouse will likely have an interview with a USCIS officer. If after the interview, the officer has doubts about whether the marriage is bona fide, they may test you. …
USCIS Infopass Appointments as We Knew Them Are Dead in 2019 As of this writing, you can still find the USCIS Infopass directions on the USCIS website, but those directions are meaningless for 99% of those seeking a USCIS appointment. This is because USCIS Infopass has been phased out at almost all USCIS locations across the country. If you were to go to the page that USCIS directs you to …
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The USCIS Medical Exam procedure changed in 2018 In October 2018, the Department of Homeland Security put out new guidance for the USCIS medical exam, also known as "Form I-693 Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record." As of the November 1, 2018 update the I-693 form can only be signed 60 days before the underlying I-485 family-based or employer-based adjustment of status …
The I-130 and I-485 one step deserves a checklist The I-130/485 one step application deserves one because it is so complicated, and as far as affirmative immigration petitions and applications go, the I-130/485 one step is the most form-intensive application there is. Or at least it feels like it is, because the number of forms you have to file at one time is so high. (For those of you …
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I-751 Removal of Conditions Interview Will No Longer be Waived by USCIS The new I-751 Removal of Conditions interview requirements are going to change the green card process for spouses of U.S. citizens for at least as long as the Trump administration is around. We made a video about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoNOWeVSt5Y The new I-751 Removal of Conditions interview requirements are …
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