Premium processing for some I140s
Potential good news for those who’re labor certified but approaching the end of their 6 year quota for H1B visas. Starting today (June 16th 2008), USCIS has announced plans for premium processing for I140 (permanent work permit). [USCIS]
The I140 will be processed within 15 days for a fee of $1000.
Desis held in immigration scam
7 desis in NJ linked with an IT company have been held on charges of running an immigration scam. [ET]
New Jersey-based Nilesh Dasondi has been charged with using his CyGate Software and Consulting company to petition for fraudulent work visas and green cards on behalf of people for a fee.
Newsday reported that the three Long Islanders — Kishor Parikh, 42, Devang Patel, 31, and Chetan Trivedi, 40 — made monthly payments totalling between $70,000 and $100,000 to Dasondi between 2004 and 2007 in return for false pay stubs, pay checks and health insurance payments submitted to the government as “proof” of their employment as computer experts.
The three Long Islanders had no technical skills, and Parikh and Patel ran greeting cards and gift items stores, the paper said.
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