Counselors and Attorneys at Law
USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions projected as needed to reach the congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap for fiscal year 2020. USCIS will next determine if we have received a sufficient number of petitions to meet the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced
USCIS will resume premium processing on Tuesday, March 12, for all H-1B petitions. If you received a request for evidence (RFE) for a pending petition, you should include the RFE response with the premium processing request. When an H-1B petitioner properly requests the agency’s premium
On Feb. 20, 2019, the US Asylum Office granted asylum to a Lin & Valdez client represented by Attorney Stewart Lin. The asylum was granted after an interview lasted for almost 4 hours. With the approval, our client is allowed to stay in the US to have a new
On Feb. 13, 2019 the Department of Labor certified a PERM labor certification we filed for our client. This labor certification application was filed by an energy company for the position of mechanical engineer. This case was filed on Oct. 24, 2018 and approved outright without being audited
On Feb. 9, 2019, the USCIS consulate in Mexico approved an E-1 visa application we filed for our client. Our client in this case operates a business in the US with over 50% of its business from trading between the US and Mexico. With the approval, our client has come to the US to operate
On Jan. 14, 2019, the USCIS consulate in Tokyo, Japan approved an E-2 visa application we filed for our client. Our client in this case invested E-2 qualified amount in a beauty business in the US. Through our careful representation and presentation of his case to the consulate, the interview
The USCIS has revised Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status and will publish the revised form on our website on March 11, 2019. Starting on March 11, 2019. USCIS will only accept the revised Form I-539 with an edition date of 02/04/19, and will
On Nov. 23, 2018 the USCIS approved an L-1A for green card EB-1(C) application we filed for our client. Our client in this case is a affiliate company of a foreign conglomerate which came to the US to expand its business in the dining business. The application
On Jan. 23, 2019, the USCIS approved another E-2 application we filed for a Lin & Valdez LLP client. It should be noted that the application was filed under regular processing received by the USCIS on Oct. 25, 2018. The E-2 business in this application
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that applicants who have a pending affirmative asylum application with USCIS can now check the status of their applications online at uscis.gov/casestatus. Only asylum applicants with an application pending with USCIS will be able to use this