Recent content by ImmigAttyLana

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? NY My uncle and a business partner put down a security deposit on the rental of an art studio (check given to landlord's real estate agent). When they received the rental agreement, the terms were not favorable and they decided they did not want...

DV-2010 Diversity Visa Lottery Program. Applications for the 2010 Diversity Visa Lottery Program will be accepted from October 2, 2008, to December 1, 2008. Entries for the DV-2010 Diversity Visa lottery must be submitted electronically between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4)...

What is the name of your state? CA If you are interested in submitting an entry for the DV-2009 green card lottery or know anyone who may be interested in submitting an entry, please note that the entry period is between noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on October 3, 2007 and Noon Eastern...

The USCIS has announced today that the USCIS filing fee increase will go into effect on July 30, 2007. The increase will be significant in many cases and, therefore, I would urge all those members who are in the process of getting their petitions/applications ready for filing do so as soon as...

USCIS announced on June 1, 2006, that it had received sufficient H-1B petitions to fulfill the fiscal 2007 quota as of May 26, 2006. Any cap-subject petitions received after that date will be returned. Petitions received on that date will be subject to a "random selection process." The notice...

U.S. Senate Committee On The Judiciary Approves Raising H-1B Cap Tuesday, October 25, 2005 The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary has approved the proposal to increase the annual cap of H-1B visas from the current 65,000 to 95,000, as well as a re-issue of unused immigrant work visas or...

The USCIS has just announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2006. USCIS has determined that the "final receipt date" is August 10, 2005. Any petitions received on that date will be subject to the random selection...

Filing for the additional 20,000 H-1B visas for the current fiscal year will start shortly. Under the regulation, which is slated for publication on May 5, 2005, with an effective date five business days later, only graduates of U.S. master's or higher programs will be eligible. All filings...

What is the name of your state? CA An email is being sent to some people purporting to be from "dvlottery.state.gov", telling people that are "one of the lucky winners" of the DV2004 visa lottery, and requesting that they send $349.67 in "clearance/acceptance fees". These emails are fakes, and...