On November 1, 2011, Gibney Partner, Stephen Maltby, will address an audience of international business leaders in London at a conference hosted by BritishAmerican Business in association with Magrath LLP. The conference will include prominent speakers from the U.K. Border Agency (UKBA), Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and the U.S. Embassy. Mr. Maltby will speak on U.S. Immigration Policy in the 21st Century.
Other topics will include:
This month, Gibney Partners, Brian Brokate and Frederick Anthony, joined delegates from around the world at the IGAL annual meeting in Chandigarh, India. With delegates from 48 countries and six continents , IGAL’s mission is to provide a global forum for the professional exchange of ideas, firm management, and social interaction and to reduce the obstacles of doing business in a foreign environment from afar.
SS Sodhi, the former...
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the November 2011 Visa Bulletin. Priority cut-off dates for the most common employment-based categories are provided below.
All foreign nationals: Current
“Current” means that immigrant visa numbers are immediately available for all priority dates within the designated preference category.
Worldwide:...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, October 04, 2011 at 2:15 pm, Deborah Davy and Minal Shah, Senior Counsel in Gibney’s Immigration Practice Group are leading a panel discussion entitled, “Expanding Business to New Territories and Securing the Best Talent Internationally.” Hosted by Women in Technology International (WITI), this year’s conference is being held in San Jose, California from October 2 to October 4, 2011.
The panel addresses overcoming obstacles to...
Read MoreAs of September 9, 2011, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that approximately 32,200 H-1B petitions have been filed under the 65,000 H-1B Regular Cap and approximately 16,700 H-1B petitions have been filed under the 20,000 H-1B Master’s exemption for fiscal year 2012 (October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012).
Once the cap has been reached, USCIS will stop accepting new H-1B petitions for fiscal year...
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