Matter of I-S-O-A-, Inc., ID# 13560 (AAO Mar. 9, 2016) - "[N]otwithstanding the regulation at 8 C.F.R. 204.5(m)(4) and (11) as currently written, in accordance with the Policy Memorandum, we find that the Petitioner has established that the Beneficiary had...
USCIS, Mar. 9, 2016 - "This policy memorandum (PM) designates the attached decision of the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) in Matter of H-V-P- as an Adopted Decision. Accordingly, this adopted decision establishes policy guidance that applies to and binds...
Matter of H-V-P-, ID# 16270 (AAO Feb. 9, 2016) - "The Petitioner, a physician, seeks an immigrant visa petition as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree as set forth in section 203(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8...
Matter of D-M-V-, ID# 15302 (AAO Jan. 28, 2016) - "The Applicant was found to be inadmissible to the United States pursuant to section 212(a)(2)(A)(i)(I) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(I), for having been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude...
Michelle S. Velasco, Nov. 10, 2015 - "Since writing last year on the challenges facing employers who wish to hire H-1B workers for uncommon specialty occupations, we have seen the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) present a novel way to...
USCIS, Nov. 4, 2015 - Initial Field Review of Appeals to the Administrative Appeals Office "This policy memorandum (PM) and accompanying revisions to the Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) provide guidance to employees of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
USCIS, Sept. 24, 2015 - "The AAO recently adopted a new decision format. You can now cite to our non-precedent decisions using a citation string located at the end of each decision. The citation string uses the initials of the involved party and an individual...
"The Petitioner, an individual, seeks classification as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree. See Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) § 203(b )(2), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b )(2). The Director, Texas Service Center, denied the immigrant visa...
Hats off to Michael Carlin for this Aug. 24, 2015 AAO victory!
"The greatest bane for green card aspirants with Indian degrees is the uncertainty that they will be recognized as single source degrees. If an Indian degree is recognized as the single source equivalent of a US four-year bachelor’s degree, it can provide...
Short fuse! Application window closes Friday, June 12, 2015. Job Title: APPEALS OFFICER Department: Department of Homeland Security Agency: Citizenship and Immigration Services Job Announcement Number:CIS-PJN-1422318-AAO SALARY RANGE: $107,325.00...
"In Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC, 26 I&N Dec. 542 (AAO 2015), the AAO affirmed the Service Center Director's decision and revoked the petition's approval. Among other things, the Director had concluded that changes in the beneficiary's...
Official Headnotes: (1) A change in the place of employment of a beneficiary to a geographical area requiring a corresponding Labor Condition Application for Nonimmigrant Workers (“LCA”) be certified to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with respect to...
Official Headnotes: (1) An alien who submits false documents representing a nonexistent or fictitious marriage, but who never either entered into or attempted or conspired to enter into a marriage, may intend to evade the immigration laws but is not, by such...
Official Headnotes: (1) The definition of “doing business” at 8 C.F.R. § 204.5(j)(2) (2014) contains no requirement that a petitioner for a multinational manager or executive must provide goods and or services to an unaffiliated third party. (2) A petitioner...