Reminder: New Filing Fees Effective November 23rd

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Oct 28, 2010 in General, News | 0 comments We would like to remind our clients and others that the new USCIS fee schedule goes into effect Nov. 23, 2010.  Applications or petitions postmarked or otherwise filed on or after this date must include the new fee, or they will be rejected by USCIS. The new fee schedule increases application and petition fees by an average of about 10 percent but does not increase the naturalization application...
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Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program Now Open

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Oct 12, 2010 in DV Lottery, General, News | 8 comments The Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) program is a U.S. Congressionally-mandated lottery program for receiving U.S. Permanent Resident Status (green card).  It is administered on an annual basis, and makes available 50,000 permanent residency visas to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.  Currently, Africa and Europe receive about 80% of the visas in the...
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USCIS Announces Final Rule Adjusting Immigration Filing Fees

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Sep 24, 2010 in General, Immigration Reform, News | 0 comments U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule adjusting fees for immigration applications and petitions.  This rule will increase overall fees by a weighted average of about 10 percent but will not increase the fee for the naturalization application. The rule will also reduce fees for six individual applications and petitions and will expand the availability of fee...
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Latest Bashyam Spiro Immigration Newsletter

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Aug 18, 2010 in General, News | 0 comments Want to read our latest Immigration News Update?  This latest update contains information on our upcoming webinars, the H-1B fee hike, filing location changes for certain applications, and much more. To read our newsletter, please click HERE.
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Are you an EB-5 Entrepreneur? New Filing Location for I-526 Petitions

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Aug 9, 2010 in EB-5 Investors, News | 0 comments U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new filing location for individuals filing an Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur (Form I-526). The new form version, which is dated 4/21/10, requires petitioners to file at the USCIS Lockbox rather than at a Service Center. Beginning Aug. 3, 2010, regardless of the location of the new commercial enterprise, petitioners...
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