Citizenship and Immigration Canada have recently made some changes to the Pilot Project for Hiring Foreign Workers in Occupations that Require Lower Levels of Formal Training.  This program allows employers to obtain a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) for job offers that are lower skilled (NOC C or D) so that the employer may bring in [...]

USCIS announced on May 11, 2009 that it is still accepting H-1B Visa petitions towards the H-1B cap for FY2010. The Service has still not received enough H-1B petitions to meet the 65,000 cap. The H-1B visa is for professionals in specialty occupations who are seeking entrance to the United States to work in their [...]

Starting February of 2009, the Ontario Provincial Nominee Program was opened to all NOC O, A or B occupations as well as to an increased number of applicants. The program is now called Opportunities Ontario Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) and is open to: – skilled professional or trades applicants who possess an offer of employment [...]

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has just launched a special campaign to inform immigrants about how to protect themselves from dishonest and unethical immigration consultants and representatives. CIC has introduced a new online survey on the CIC website inviting people to provide their input to help the government in their efforts to prevent immigration fraud [...]

As of May 4, 2009, approximately 45,000 H-1B Visa cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS continues to accept advanced degree petitions stating that experience has shown that not all petitions received are approvable. If you are thinking of applying for an H-1B visa, now [...]

The Embassy in Mexico City and the U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez are currently in the process of re-opening consular operations on a rolling basis. According to the Consulate’s website, all immigrant visa appointments scheduled from Thursday, April 30th through Friday, May 15th have been rescheduled between June 5 and June 12. Applicants with [...]