Immigration reform- Blue Card Status
There will be a new immigration status- Blue Card Status for those in the agricultural industry. The bill states someone who performed agricultural employment inthe United States for not fewer than[…]
Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Immigration reform includes E3 visa reform!
The E3 visa is for Australian citizens only at the moment. Comprehensive immigration reform amends the Act to include Ireland now. In other words, once the bill is enacted, citizens[…]
Startup Visa Provisions under Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill 2013!
The comprehensive immigration reform bill 2013 finally provides the long and anxiously awaited Startup Visa Act provisions. Titled – Investing in New Venture, Entrepreneurial Startups and Technologies, the provisions include[…]
Immigration reform includes- “buy a house- get a US residence visa!”
In all the discussions of immigration reform, I don’t think much mention was made of this provision- the JOLT Act – (Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act. of 2013). Some[…]
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill is Here!
On Tuesday April 16, 2013, Senator Schumer’s office released the much anticipated and already much debated comprehensive immigration reform bill. Here is a link. It may not be easy or quick[…]
Immigration reform – family-based immigration law changes
The outline of comprehensive immigration reform includes some drastic changes to the current family-based immigration system. The new system will have two family-based preference categories (instead of the current 4).[…]
Zuckerberg fights the new bill’s H1b provisions
The outline of the immigration reform bill has some very stringent and onerous terms for H1b petitions. See my earliest post today. The requirements include advertising the job for 30[…]
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill 2013 highlights
An outline of the long awaited comprehensive immigration reform bill was leaked today (though, news sources say bill was revealed-not sure about that). Here is a link to a 19[…]
Reuters reports on details of Immigration reform bill for undocumented people
A few moment ago, Reuters published an article Senators unveil bipartisan immigration bill under which some terms have been unveiled for how undocumented people will have their path to citizenship. 1. Must[…]
comprehensive immigration reform bill announcement delayed
The Gang of Eight senators were set to make the long awaited announcement of the immigration reform bill tomorrow at 11am. However, due to the tragic events today at the[…]