WIL Attends One America Annual Event
On May 19th, 2012, One America, (former Hate Free Zone) held its annual dinner at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle. Some 700 people attended the special event. It was[…]
Category: News Updates
Start-Up False-Starts Legal Workshop- find us on Seattleindian.com
SeattleIndian.com, the premier directory/information source for the South Asian community in Seattle, has posted our forthcoming legal workshop “Start-up False Starts – the Top 10 Legal Missteps of Start-ups” on[…]
State Side Waiver Processing to Begin in June
The USCIS posted the below notice (copied from USCIS.gov). This is a very important update and procedural improvement. At this point, the new rule below applies only to people who[…]
May 18, 2012 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 5/22/12)
Copied from AILA: Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted May. 22, 2012)” May 18, 2012 H-1B Cap Count As of May 18, 2012, approximately 42,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions[…]
Start-Up Act 2.0 Introduced Today
The Start-Up Act 2.0 was introduced this morning with the hope that bipartisan support may enable it to pass through Congress. Built on the Jobs Act, it is hoped that[…]
Start-Up Act 2.0 To Be Introduced On May 22, 2012
On May 22, 2012 a new bill called The Start-Up Act 2.0 will be introduced in Congress. It will be built upon the Start-Up Act introduced by Sen. Moran and[…]
Set Back in Violence Against Women Act
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has been a powerful immigration tool to help vulnerable victims of domestic violence. Over the years, I have been able to assist many a[…]
FY2013 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 5/14/12)
Copied from AILA: Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040939 (posted May. 14, 2012)” May 11, 2012 H-1B Cap Count As of May 11, 2012, approximately 36,700 H-1B cap-subject petitions[…]
Sen. Moran Advocates for the Start-Up Act
On May 9th, Senator Moran urged the government to implement the Start-Up Act. Here is a video of his speech. Watson Immigration Law applauds the Senator for his on-going efforts[…]
June 2012 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The June 2012 visa bulletin was released yesterday but then removed from the DOS website. AILA was able to copy the bulletin before it was removed. Here are our usual[…]