Election 2009 Updates

By CROW -
Election 2009 Updates ( Refresh Page for latest updates)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

FY2010 H1B quota

By CROW -
After many months of little or no movement, we are at last seeing an increasing number of new H1B petitions accepted by the USCIS under the fiscal year 2010 quota. As of November  27 th , the USCIS reported that they had received approximately 58,900 petitions. The annual quota limit is 65,000. The law provides special set asides of up to 6,800 numbers for petitions filed for citizens of Chile and Singapore, under special free trade agreements. Technically, this reduces the overall quota to 58,200. Most of the Chile/Singapore set asides, however, are returned to the main pool and used by "regular" H1B petitioners. Given that this is a relatively small number, however, it shouldn't delay by too long the date on which the quota is finally reached.   Given the increasing number of filings, and the new sense of urgency that will undoubtedly result in more speculative filings by people hoping to get in while visas are still available, we can expect to see the quota r...
Read more

Backlog for EB1, EB2 & EB3

By CROW -
  Following the release by the USCIS of their backlog statistics in September, many prospective immigrants began to reevaluate the idea of upgrading to higher preference classifications. Central to any such decision is the answer to the question "How long do I have to wait if I remain in my present classification?" The purpose of this article is to help applicants try and determine just how long that wait will be. Direct link http://imminfo.com/News/Newsletter/2009-12/just_how_bad_is_the_backlog.html The answer to that question, like most things, is complex. It depends on several factors that are unknown at this time. These include: ·          There is an unknown number of pending AOS cases that have not yet been classified or reviewed. ·          In the case of EB2, there is an unknown number of EB3 applicants who are actively in the process of upgrading to EB2. ·    ...
Read more

India's Reliance Industries and Reliance Petroleum

By CROW -
India's private oil and petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries Limited is set to fold its 70.38%-owned refining subsidiary Reliance Petroleum Limited into itself, after buying back US major Chevron's 5% stake in the latter.      The biggest merger so far in India's corporate history received the go-ahead from the boards of RIL and RPL on Monday and will be take effect retroactively from April 1, 2008. RIL Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani described the decision as "a significant step in our goal to be among the largest global corporations."      RIL, which is engaged in oil and gas exploration, refining and petrochemicals production, is India's largest private sector company. It ranks 103rd among the world's top 200 companies in terms of profits.      RPL was spun off from RIL in early 2006. It is currently in the final stages of commissioning a 580,000 b/d high-complexity refinery in a Special Economic Zone of Jamnagar in the western stat...
Read more