News Updates - Watson Immigration Law

June 2012 Visa Bulletin Released

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

May 9, 2012: Earlier in the day, I posted the below note about the June 2012 visa bulletin. It appears the Department of State has removed the link for the[…]

FY2013 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 5/7/12)

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted May. 7, 2012)” May 4, 2012 H-1B Cap Count As of May 4, 2012, approximately 32,500 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally,[…]

FY2013 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 4/24/12)

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

Copied from AILA: Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted Apr. 24, 2012)” As of April 20, 2012, approximately 25,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally, USCIS has receipted 10,900[…]

China-Mainland Born and India EB-2 FY2012 Annual Limit Reached

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

The below post confirms that we will need to wait until October 2012 (fiscal year 2013 starts then) for any news on EB2 visa priority dates for India and China.[…]

FY2013 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 4/17/2012)

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted Apr. 17, 2012)” April 13, 2012 H-1B Cap Count As of April 13, 2012, approximately 20,600 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. Additionally, USCIS[…]

USCIS Entrepreneur in Residence- Update

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

The USCIS Entrepreneur in Residence program has a team in place now and USCIS has posted an update on the latest steps taken. I am indeed encouraged by every little[…]

India challenges U.S. immigration rules at WTO

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

Reuters reports on India filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization about rising immigration application fees in the US. Given the Indian clientele we serve, this is an interesting[…]

FY2013 H-1B Cap Count

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

(Copied from AILA below) Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted Apr. 9, 2012)” April 09, 2012 H-1B Cap Count As of April 9, 2012, approximately 17,400 H-1B cap-subject[…]

May 2012 Visa Bulletin Commentary

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Tahmina Watson

The May 2012 visa bulletin was released today. Here’s the pertinent information most of my readers are looking for: For all countries except India, China, Philippines, and Mexico: F2A preference has[…]