H-1B

Our office was retained to work on an H-1B extension for a physician from Syria.  His H-1B was filed May 29, 2007 and we received approval on June 1st using the premium processing service.

We have received another H-1B approval notice for new employment starting October 1, 2007. Client is an Indian national sponsored for position as auditor for several hotels who have reached an agreement in collectively utilizing his service. As client is in India, consular processing will be initiated to ensure his authorized arrival in the United States.

Chinese biological technician with PhD degree wished to change employer and work for a not-for-profit organization. He had previously been on H-1B status. Our law office filed cap exempt H-1B and H-4 petitions for client under premium processing and 3-year approval was received in 6 days.

Indian information engineer was considering changing employer while he was on H-1B status. Our office was retained to assist him in H-1B transfer to a major financial institution. After receiving the appropriate paperwork from the new prospective employer, we submitted the application immediately. Premium processing request was later filed to ensure that he can start employment expeditiously. Client already received his H-1B approval notice valid for one year.

H-1B and H-4 extension for Indonesian client and spouse have just been approved. Client works as market analyst for an enterprise in Texas. As they are EB3 category and quota is closed for them, they now have their H-1B and H-4 status extended until 2010.

Congratulations to our UK client; we have just received his H-1B approval notice for new employment under the 2008 master cap. Client currently holds OPT and F-1 status and he will be able to start work as director of global operations for his petitioner in Arizona from October 1st, 2007.

Another approval for new H-1B for master’s degree has been received in our office; it was submitted on March 30 to reach USCIS on the first possible day. Client is an Indian national who obtained his MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cleveland State University and was employed by a robot manufacturing company in Ohio after graduation. Congratulations to our client who has just begun his journey to US permanent residency.

Client from Singapore was only able to request 1-year H-1B extension until this year when we received his I-140 approval notice. USCIS guidelines allow 3-year extensions for H-1B holders who have approved I-140 but cannot adjust status because of unavailability of visa numbers. Client works as Market Research Project Manager and Analyst for an enterprise in Toledo, Ohio. Regular processing; it was approved in two months with validity until April of 2010.

Canadian medical technologist’s H-1B visa was going to expire in February 2007. Based on §104(c) of the “American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act” signed by former President Clinton, we requested 3-year extension as client has I-140 immigrant petition filed on his behalf and quota is closed for his EB3 category. Extension with validity until February 2010 was granted in two months under regular processing.

Two Bulgaria clients’ three-year H-1B visas, which we obtained for them in 2004, needed to be renewed. Their employer, a 20 million-dollar hotel business in New Jersey wished to continue to hire them as Auditor. Our law firm prepared and submitted two H-1B extension applications through regular processing. The petitions have been approved and clients’ H-1B validity extended until 2010.

Chinese client has I-140 approved for EB2 accountant manager and second H-1B will expire in May 2007. Our firm started working on her second H-1B extension in January to ensure timely renewal. This second extension, which is her third H-1B, has been approved in two months under regular processing.

Russian client is employed in H-1B status as analyst by a billion-dollar corporation in Ohio. As his H-1B was going to expire in February 2007, we filed I-140 premium processing in January to enable him to request a three-year extension. Three-year extension was granted in two months through regular processing.

Our office today received 5 H-1B and H-1B extension approvals. An Ohio health center with a gross annual income of over $10 million has been hiring an Indian physician on H-1B visa. In December 2006 it was time to file the 3-year extension. Under regular processing, extension approval, valid until 2010, was received in March 2007. Three derivative H-4 extension approvals were received along with the principal applicant’s H-1B approval.

Mr. H from China has approved I-140, immigrant petition for alien worker, and is currently waiting for EB-2 quota to open. His initial computer specialist H-1B expired in March 2007, so his employer-his I-140 and first H-1B sponsor-filed second H-B to extend his H-1B status for another three years. Approval was obtained in two months under regular processing. Our law firm worked on all of client’s immigration matters.

A foreign technician came to our office to file for H-1B in the beginning of March, 2007. As his employer is a non-profit organization thus cap-exempt, he is eligible to file before April 1st. We obtained his credentials evaluation because he holds a degree from his home country India and submitted the application one week after. Employer was willing to pay $1,000 for premium processing. Therefore, our office obtained a three-year H-1B approval for our client within a month after he contacted us.

Indian client retained our office to file H-1B new employment because he was going to change employer. We filed it through regular processing and one month later, client decided to do premium processing to get an expeditious approval. And approval notice was received two weeks after the premium processing request was submitted. We are currently working on client’s PERM application.

Another Indian client who works as analyst for a financial institution filed for H-1B extension through our law firm, and we filed it the same day client contacted us. I-907 premium processing request was included and two-year approval was received after 10 days of filing. Our client highly commanded our work efficiency.

UK client has I-140 filed but pending, and his 3-year H-1B as manager of an IT company was expiring in January 2007. We therefore filed and requested one-year H-1B extension for him and it was approved in two months through regular processing.

Medical center in Ohio sponsored a Canadian citizen for a position as psychiatrist. Two-year extension approval was received in less than two weeks from Vermont service center. For new employment H-1B filings, our office is all ready to file as soon as April 1st arrives so that our clients will not miss it.
 
Indian internal medicine physician’s H-1B extension was prepared and filed by our office through premium processing. H-1B approval was granted in 3 days and his wife’s H-4 extension was therefore also approved in 3 days. Their extension is valid for one year as doctor’s I-140 was only recently filed (also through our office).

After Ms. Wang from China obtained her Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, she was offered a position as research analyst by a university in Ohio. In order for her to work for the university, the university retained our law office to file H-1B on her behalf. As the petitioner is a higher education institution, we filed her H-1B in February 2007. We received the 3-year H-1B approval in the beginning of March, along with her dependent’s 3-year H-4 approval.

Client is a Canadian Citizen but was stopped at the border and refused the entry into the U.S. in early December 2006. Our office carefully studied the case, and based on the nature of his travel and the desire of the U.S. sponsor, we prepared a detailed and convincing package for the client. And in the same month, client received a 3 year R -1 visa at the border.

Client is married to an H-1B status wife and was deported a few months ago pursuant to a voluntary departure, that has been stayed. This was the issue. He has gone through the Asylum, to the BIA, to the 6^th Circuit until his case got denied. We were asked to get him back on an H4 despite all the immigration issues that he has encountered. When he went back to Indonesia, we prepared an H-4 packet for him explaining why he is eligible i.e. that he left pursuant to a voluntary departure and he did not overstay. Due to the complicity of the case, the packet was prepared with several documents over the past 5 years, citations of laws, judge’s decisions, airline tickets, and other forms. The US Embassy in Indonesia communicated with our office several times to ask for more evidence and each time we were able to provide documents and appropriate arguments to prove that the client is eligible for an H-4, right down to the BIA and 6^th Circuit’s language regarding the stay of the voluntary departure and its application upon the issuance of the mandate. A month before Christmas, with the client’s wife hoping that she’ll see his husband for the holidays, his H-4 got approved. JP worked on the case.

On October 12, 2006 our office filed H-1B extension without change for our client from India. At the same time we filed I-539 to extend his wife and two children’s status. Our client is a senior accountant with a major corporation in WA. We filed premium processing request to ensure a fast approval. Like we expected, on October 23, we received approval notices for our client’s H-1B and for his family’s I-539, all of which are approved for 3 years, until November 2009. The whole process took less than 1 week.

In August 2006 our law firm filed I-129 petition for a medical doctor from New Zealand for concurrent employment. Prior to that time we had filed H-1B petition for our client who was sponsored by a different employer and it was approved for two years, until December 2007. The new H-1B petition for concurrent employment was approved without any difficulty in October and it is valid until the same time as in the prior petition (December 2007).

CL got a job offer from a research institution and asked our office to file a concurrent H-1B as soon as possible since he had to start working immediately. Our office filed H-1B on his behalf on August 18, 2006 and had his case approved on October 3, 2006.

In August 2006 our law firm filed H-1B for our client from Zimbabwe while we undertook the I-140 process. Client is a network and date analyst working for a transportation authority in Cleveland, Ohio. In order to get a fast approval, we filed premium processing request. The application was received on August 31 and was approved on October 4, in just a little over a month. Our client’s H-1B status is extended until September 2009.

In April 2006 we filed H-1B petition for our client who was in South Korea and requested consular processing. After it was approved, on August 21^st 2006 our office filed an H-1B Amendment petition for a client from South Korea . He is a purchase price specialist and he works for a sports products corporation in Ohio. One month later it was already approved and the approval is good until 10/2009.

On August 22, 2006 our law firm filed I-539 to extend our client’s H-4 status. Client is from Beijing, China and her husband, a research scientist for whom we have secured I-140 approval, is currently in H-1B status. On October 10 we received an approval for the I-539 application, which extended our client’s H-4 status until February 2007.

Our client is an automation engineer from Latvia and was petitioned by a tool company for the automotive industry in Ohio. We filed I-129 Petition for Non-immigrant Worker for our client by cable request on May 24, 2006. On September 15 our office already received an approval notice for our client who can now work legally for his petitioner until September 2009.

Our client came from India and he worked as engineer CAD for an employer in VA. This employer petitioned H-1B for him, which was approved from October, 2004 to September, 2007. However, he later decided to work for a different employer in Ohio as electrical engineer. Therefore, he retained our office to file H-1B for him so that he could work for the new employer. H-1B petition with change of employer was received by California Service Center on August 2, 2006, along with the I-539 application to extend his wife’s H-4 status. On September 14, both applications were already approved and we FedEx’ed the approval to our client as soon as we received the approval notices. Our client can now work for his new employer until August, 2009.

On June 14 2006 our office filed H-1B extension with change for a client from Poland. Client has a MA in music and is an instructor petitioned by an academy in Ohio. At the same time, we filed I-539 to extend his dependents’ status. On August 22 2006 our office received approval notices for all three applications. Congratulations-our client and his family can now work and live in the United States legally until June 2007.

On August 9 2006 we filed H-1B extension for a client from South Africa and I-539 extension for his wife and two children. Client works for the finance industry and was petitioned by an accounting firm in Ohio. On August 21 we received together both the receipt notice and approval notice. Congratulations! Our client can now work in the United States until at least November 2009.

On August 2, 2006 our law firm filed I-129 and I-539 for our client and his wife. Our client is a physician from India filing for H-1B and we also filed for H-4 dependent status for his wife. Client’s H1B was approved on August 21 and it was good for one year. Wife’s H4 was approved a month later, which is also valid until July 2007.

Our office filed H-1B visa petition for a client after we successfully secured a J-1 waiver for him. On April 14 I-129 was filed and it was approved in just 2 months, on June 17, 2006. Client is MD from Romania and was petitioned by a hospital in Iowa state. Our client was allowed to work until July 1 2006. We then filed H-1B extension for our client on May 12 2006 and again it was approved and our client can now work legally until July 2009.

On August 2^nd, 2006 our office filed an H-1B extension beyond the normal 6-year maximum period for a client from India. A RFE was issued and we appropriately and timely responded. We therefore received an approval on August 21, 2006. The whole process took less than 3 weeks.

On April 21 2006 we filed H-1B extension application for a client from India. Client is a design engineer holding OPT status after acquiring his Master of Science degree from a major university in Wisconsin and was sponsored by a manufacturer in NY. Extension was granted on August 18, 2006, permitting client to work until September 2009.

Our law firm was retained to file H-1B for a client from Secunderabad, India. Client is an engineer sponsored by a water treatment corporation in PA. Our application for client was received by Texas Service Center on May 4, 2006 and an approval notice was sent to our office on August 2, 2006. Congratulations! Our client now can work legally in the United States for 3 years, until 2009.

On July 11, 2006 our law firm filed H-1B for a client from Japan. She works for a medical group in Oregon as an orthodontist and has a Master’s degree from one of the best universities in Ohio. As the petition was sent with premium processing request, it was approved on July 18, in only ONE week. Our client can now work until July 2009.

We had a client from Canada who successfully waived the foreign residence requirement for J-1 visitors. Our office filed H-1B premium processing petition for client on June 21 2006 and approval was granted on July 12, 2006, in just 3 weeks. Client is a physician. We also successfully changed client’s wife’s status to that of an H-1B dependent.

On June 12, 2006 we filed H-1B premium processing request for an India client. Client is a medical doctor residing in Texas. H-1B application reached CIS on June 16 and it was approved on July 7. Wife’s application to change status was also approved on the same day. Congratulations to our client and his family!

In June 2003 our office filed an H-1B petition for an Indian client. Our client came here on F-1 visa in 2000. A software corporation in Ohio who was employing him in the position of software engineer. H-1B was received by Nebraska Service Center on June 24, 2003 and was approved two and a half months later. The approval enabled him to work for three years, until June 2006. In May 2006 our office filed H-1B extension without change for our client. Again, it was approved in one month and a half. This extension will enable our client to work for another three years, until June 2009.

Our client is from Alexandria, Egypt. He is a neurologist and came to the US on J-1 visa. Our office successfully secured a J-1 waiver based on request from an interested US agency in June 2003. We later filed H-1B petition for him on July 9 and it was approved on July 11, in just two days. This approval was valid through August 2006. In May 2006 we filed H-1B extension and again it was approved in July. Our client can now work for another 3 years, until September 2009.

Our client was able to waive the 2-year foreign residence request after our firm successfully filed the waiver application. H-1B premium processing for client was received by Vermont Service Center on June 13 2006 and it was approved after just 6 days, on June 19, 2006. Client is a medical doctor from Romania.

After attaining his BS in computer science from China, our client came to the US on H-1B to join his wife who was studying here. In addition to a Bachelor’s degree, our client also had ten years of experience in database and system administration. The business offering communications solutions in California was very satisfied with our client’s performance so our law firm was retained to file H-1B extension for him. At the same time, we filed change of status for his wife. Both applications were filed on May 1, 2006 with California Service Center and both were approved on August 3, in just 3 months. Our client can now work legally until April, 2009.

Our Pilipino client from Bayday province attained her BS in computer engineering from a university in the Philippines. Her credentials are evaluated to be equivalent of 4-year degree from an institution of higher education in the US. A software solutions company in Ohio wanted to employ her as system analyst so they retained our law firm to file H-1B for her. She had worked for 4 years for the software company’s business partners located in the same position located in her home country. We filed I-129 on August 18, 2003. Since it was filed with premium processing request, it was approved in 8 days on August 26. This approval enabled our client to work for two years, until October 2005. In September 2005 we filed H-1B extension without change. In January 2006 it was again approved for 3 years, until October 2008.

On November 2 2005 our office filed H-1B for a client from Seoul, South Korea . Client is a medical doctor who first came to the US on F-1 visa. On December 27 2005 our office received approval notice for client. Client was granted permission to work legally in the United States until February 2009.

On May 11 2005 our law firm filed I-129 for a national of China. Client is an engineer petitioned by a tool company in Ohio. Client also received his MS from Wayne State University. On June 20 2005, I-129 was approved which allowed our client to work until June 2008, accompanied by an approval notice to extend his wife’s status until the same time.

On March 24 2004 we filed I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status for a client from Bialystok, Poland. Client first came to the US in March 2003 on a B-2 visa and wished to change his status to that of a student. On October 14 2004 we received an approval notice which allowed client to stay for duration of stay.

On June 14 2004 our firm filed H-1B petition for a client whose immigrant petition was pending. In 3 months we received an approval notice giving our client permission to work legally in the United States for 3 years, until July 2006.

Back on October 1^st 2003 our office filed H-1B for a client from Romania. Our client is a systems administrator and was petitioned by a management corporation in Brecksville, Ohio. On October 6th 2003, H-1B petition was already approved. It only took us 5 days to get the approval which is valid for 3 years, until October 15 2006. We are currently in the process of obtaining of securing an extension for our client.