U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on July 1, 2009 that it is issuing 652 Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to business owners in order to review I-9 records that contain information regarding an employee's right to work legally in the U.S. Here is the entire blog post by Josie Gonzalez, Gonzalez & Harris, titled Employers Beware: ICE Commences Nation-wide Audit of Business Immigration Records.
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In recent years, the entire annual quota of 65,000 H-1Bs has been exceeded on the first available filing date, April 1st. We do not expect any significant changes in 2009.
As a result of this 65,000 limit or CAP, no one can be guaranteed of visa availability. With well over 100,000 applicants, the government was forced to conduct a lottery. Many first day applicants were unfortunately rejected in the visa lottery that followed.
Leblang and Solano arranges for all filings to arrive at the USCIS offices on April 1, thereby assuring that all of our applicants have a fair chance in the visa lottery. In addition, our many years of H-1 experience and quality control means that our cases are quickly fed into the government’s database. This has helped to boost our acceptance rate well in excess of the expected mathematical average.
For that small percentage that does get caught in the CAP, Leblang and Solano will assume part of the expense by refunding half of the attorney fees charged and all of the USCIS filing fees. We stand ready to assist your business, large or small, with H-1 and other visa filings.
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