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  • Which Trusted Traveler Program is Right for You?

    If you’re a frequent traveler and are tired of waiting in seemingly endless lines at the airport or customs, Global Entry, NEXUS and TSA PreCheck are some options you may want to consider.  Global Entry Global Entry is a program created by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) that allows expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk […]

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  • O-1 Category for Physicians

    O-1 Category for Physicians The O-1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa available to foreign nationals who possess extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or to foreign nationals who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements.  […]

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  • Definition of Cap-Exempt H-1B

    The U.S. government has limited the issuance of new H-1B visas to 65,000 per fiscal year, also known as the “cap.”  Petitioning Employers may submit a new H-1B Petition on April 1st for employment to begin on October 1st.  Usually, the demand for new H-1B visas far exceeds 65,000 and the submitted Petitions are entered […]

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  • Employer Update: H-1B cap season for FY2012 begins April 1

    USCIS started accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2012 cap on April 1, 2011. Cases will be considered accepted on the date USCIS receives a properly filed petition for which the correct fee has been submitted; not the date that the petition is postmarked. The H-1B visa is a temporary worker’s visa […]
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  • Not All H-1B Petitions Are Subject to the Annual Numeric Cap

    Congress sets an annual cap on the number of H-1B visas which may be issued in a given fiscal year (October 1 – September 30).  In recent years, this number has been 65,000 – plus an additional 20,000 granted to qualified workers who have earned their Master’s Degree at a U.S. institute of higher learning. […]
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  • Case Study: Elderly Woman Turned Away at Border, Later Admitted

    Last week, Berardi Immigration Law represented an elderly Canadian woman who had been turned away at the Peace Bridge as a visitor.  The recent widow, who had wintered in Florida as a “snow-bird” with her U.S. citizen husband, was attempting to enter the U.S. in order to sell their belongings and settle her late husband’s […]
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  • Beyond the Border

    Earlier this month, Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) and Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) had two meetings in Niagara Falls, New York and Toronto, Ontario to discuss the joint U.S.-Canada declaration of a shared approach to security, also known as the Beyond the Border Action Plan. As a result of this plan, CBP and CBSA will […]
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  • Biometrics Based Alien Tracking System Coming Soon

    The Department of Homeland Security has announced its plan to finalize an alien exit tracking system based on biometrics data verification and will present it to Congress within weeks. While aliens entering the U.S. legally are tracked, a reliable exit system to verify who has left and when has been sought since before 9/11.  It is estimated […]
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  • Which Trusted Traveler Program is Right for You?

    If you’re a frequent traveler and are tired of waiting in seemingly endless lines at the airport or customs, Global Entry, NEXUS and TSA PreCheck are some options you may want to consider.  Global Entry Global Entry is a program created by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) that allows expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk […]

    Read More
  • O-1 Category for Physicians

    O-1 Category for Physicians The O-1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa available to foreign nationals who possess extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or to foreign nationals who has a demonstrated record of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry and has been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements.  […]

    Read More
  • Definition of Cap-Exempt H-1B

    The U.S. government has limited the issuance of new H-1B visas to 65,000 per fiscal year, also known as the “cap.”  Petitioning Employers may submit a new H-1B Petition on April 1st for employment to begin on October 1st.  Usually, the demand for new H-1B visas far exceeds 65,000 and the submitted Petitions are entered […]

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  • Employer Update: H-1B cap season for FY2012 begins April 1

    USCIS started accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2012 cap on April 1, 2011. Cases will be considered accepted on the date USCIS receives a properly filed petition for which the correct fee has been submitted; not the date that the petition is postmarked. The H-1B visa is a temporary worker’s visa […]
    Read More
  • Not All H-1B Petitions Are Subject to the Annual Numeric Cap

    Congress sets an annual cap on the number of H-1B visas which may be issued in a given fiscal year (October 1 – September 30).  In recent years, this number has been 65,000 – plus an additional 20,000 granted to qualified workers who have earned their Master’s Degree at a U.S. institute of higher learning. […]
    Read More
  • Case Study: Elderly Woman Turned Away at Border, Later Admitted

    Last week, Berardi Immigration Law represented an elderly Canadian woman who had been turned away at the Peace Bridge as a visitor.  The recent widow, who had wintered in Florida as a “snow-bird” with her U.S. citizen husband, was attempting to enter the U.S. in order to sell their belongings and settle her late husband’s […]
    Read More
  • Beyond the Border

    Earlier this month, Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) and Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) had two meetings in Niagara Falls, New York and Toronto, Ontario to discuss the joint U.S.-Canada declaration of a shared approach to security, also known as the Beyond the Border Action Plan. As a result of this plan, CBP and CBSA will […]
    Read More
  • Biometrics Based Alien Tracking System Coming Soon

    The Department of Homeland Security has announced its plan to finalize an alien exit tracking system based on biometrics data verification and will present it to Congress within weeks. While aliens entering the U.S. legally are tracked, a reliable exit system to verify who has left and when has been sought since before 9/11.  It is estimated […]
    Read More

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