What new immigration law?
In the past few weeks, I have received many calls from people asking whether they can apply for the ‘new law’. I find myself wondering what they are referring to-[…]
Author: Tahmina Watson
FY 2014- H1b Cap Met- Now It Is a Lottery!
Today, USCIS finally released news about H1b petitions received on Monday and during the week. They have received more petitions than visas available. The USCIS will now conduct a lottery[…]
SIFF Movie on Immigration & Deportation
AILA Washington and One America joined forces to bring a movie ‘Tony and Janine’s American Wedding: A Deportation Love Story” to the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) yesterday. The event[…]
A Possible New Work Visa Category- W Visa
The alphabet soup that the US visa system is, still has a few unused letters. The Senate is hoping to use up one of the remaining letters. W. A possible[…]
Top Articles on www.ILW.com!
You may recall that we were recently invited to contribute to one of America’s most prestigious immigration websites- www.ILW.com. Here are the links (link 1 and link 2) as a[…]
Canada launches its very own Startup Visa Act today!
My readers may recall that I revealed what makes me very envious these days- that is the Start-Up Visa Act by Canada. Today is the day the Canadian Start-Up Visa[…]
Clock is ticking fast on H1b Quota!
Today, the USCIS will start accepting new H1b petitions for fiscal year 2014. It is very likely that the visa numbers will run out in the first 3-5 days. In[…]
Tahmina in Washington Women Lawyers Newsletter
Washington Women Lawyers publishes a newsletter which is circulated to all its several hundred members. In its Winter/Spring 2013 edition newsletter, WWL reports on various matters including the recent workshop[…]
Tahmina in AILA VOICE
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) publishes a monthly magazine named VOICE which is distributed to its 12,000 or so members. In the March-April 2013 edition, Tahmina is mentioned. See[…]
USCIS confirms paper I-94 will still be required
Today, in a press release, USCIS confirms that paper I-94s will still be required for immigration benefits. Please see below press release copied from USCIS for ease of reference. We[…]