14 Apr
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for May 2015, announcing a cut-off date for the EB-5 (Investor) category for applicants born in China. Additionally, visa availability under the EB-3 category for applicants born in the Philippines retrogresses dramatically, with a new cut-off date of July […]
THE BASTILLE KITCHEN is the kind of destination restaurant that stamps a redeveloped neighborhood as a success. The Innovation District bistro, owned in part by renowned restaurateur and nightclub czar Seth Greenberg, draws such bold-faced names as Derek Jeter and Scott Brown and adds an air of panache to the renovated […]
By Mike Lillis and Cristina Marcos Officials at the southern border are bracing for another wave of child immigrants in the coming months, though they anticipate a much lower crest than last year. Migration analysts project that almost 40,000 unaccompanied children will try to cross into the United States from […]
13 Apr
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On April 13, 2015, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) announced that CIS received almost 233,000 FY-2016 H-1B petitions during the filing period from April 1-7, 2015. On April 13th, the CIS applied the required random selection process (“lottery”) to select petitions under both the Master’s cap (20,000 cases) and […]
