The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced new initiatives on August 2, 2011 that would allow entrepreneurs to pursue a green card under the employment based second preference category (EB2). The new policy also clarified that entrepreneurs may qualify for National Interest Waiver (NIW) and H-1B, including an example showing when a sole … Read more
This seemingly easy task took me literally two hours to figure out: Back up an Android phone’s contacts to a gmail account. My phone is an LG Optimus T – very nice phone in my opinion – but its user manual doesn’t even talk about this. There are numerous discussions on Android forums, unfortunately none … Read more
Google officially launched its new and expanded sitelinks yesterday, often referred to as mega sitelinks by Webmasters: That brings us to today’s launch. Sitelinks will now be full-size links with a URL and one line of snippet text—similar to regular results—making it even easier to find the section of the site you want. We’re also … Read more
Today I finally added a few social buttons to some of our pages at immigrationroad.com. Although I’m not a heavy user of social networks myself, I believe many of our visitors are. These buttons should make it easier if they wish to share our website with friends. We don’t advertise, so word of mouth has … Read more
Well, so far I’ve made only one prediction on future visa bulletins, and failed. So I told myself to forget about the idea and just focus on something I know better, like predicting when an I-485 will be approved (jk). But people keep asking questions. They are apparently not satisfied with the official DOS predictions … Read more
The official July 2011 visa bulletin was released today with great news for applicants in the Employment-Based Second Preference categories. Both EB2-China and EB2-India advanced nearly five months to reach a cutoff date of March 8, 2007. This is the first time for either category’s cut-off date to cross into 2007 since, well, the July … Read more
USCIS is strongly encouraging eligible permanent residents to become U.S. citizens. In less than a month, USCIS posted six entries (out of a total of eight) on their blog to promote citizenship and naturalization: June 1: Visit our Citizenship Resource Center May 27: One Woman’s Path to Citizenship: Bangladesh to the United States May 25: … Read more
You are at a football game, the American flag is going up, everyone around you is standing up, with their right hand on the heart and singing the national anthem. Or, you’re at your kid’s school, watching 500 schools children and their parents loudly reciting the pledge of allegiance. You certainly don’t want to be … Read more
With summer just around the corner, it is worth a post to remind everyone that leaving a child inside a hot car can be deadly. Last year at least 49 children died of heatstroke while trapped in a vehicle. According to a recent article from AAA, on a 90-degree day, the temperature inside a vehicle … Read more
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released an report on total illegal alien apprehensions by fiscal year, border (Southern, Northern, and Coastal), and border sections (major border cities and regions). What is interesting is that the total number of arrests dropped significantly from 2005 to 2010: The sharp decline in apprehensions of illegal immigrants is … Read more
