Archive for the ‘Form I-129’ Category

USCIS’ Memo on Numerical Limitation Exemption for H Nonimmigrants in CNMI and Guam

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have published a memorandum regarding the numerical limitation exemption for temporary workers in H nonimmigrant classifications employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam. The memorandum provides guidance for processing and adjudicating Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker filed ...

USCIS to Issue Revised Approval Notices

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have alerted customers of certain Notices of Approval (Forms I-797) issued to between January 20, and 27, 2010, with incorrect or missing information. The issuance of these incorrect approval notices impacted Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker (Form I-129) and Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status ...

USCIS Gives Opportunity to Employers of Denied Form I-129 in Healthcare

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Providing opportunity to employers whose Form I-129, H-1B petitions for health care workers were denied prior to May 20, 2009, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a following update. It states, if the Form I-129 was denied solely on the basis that the beneficiary did not possess ...

New Form I-129 for H-2A and H-2B Petitioners

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

The USCIS states that from now on petitioners of H-2A agricultural temporary workers and H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker are required to use new Form I-129 “Non-Immigrant Worker’s Petition.” The final rules for above two categories were published in December 2008 with effective dates of January 17 and 18, 2009 respectively. ...