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Tocci, Goss & Lee is a Human Resource law firm providing a full array of services to regional, national, and international concerns in both immigration and employment law. Our employment group counsels and represents employers in all aspects of compliance and litigation. Our immigration law practice assists America’s best businesses recruit and retain the most talented foreign professionals and skilled workers. The immigration group also represents families seeking to immigrate to the United States.
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News

  Green Card is green again!  more...

  Over 50,000 H-1B Cap Numbers Remain Available   more...

  DHS Proposes Fee Increases  more...

  Visa Waiver Program Travelers Require ESTA Authorization  more...

  FY2011 H-1B Cap Numbers Remain Available  more...

  H-1B Annual Cap FY2011  more...

  Worldwide Deployment of the DS-160 by April 30, 2010  more...

  H-2A and H-2B Country List for 2010  more...

  USCIS Site Visits to H-1B Employers  more...

  DHS Committed to E-Verify Implementation  more...

  GREEN CARD PRODUCTION DELAYS  more...

  EVerify DELAYED Again  more...

  E-VERIFY delayed for 3rd time until June 30, 2009  more...

  H-1B Cap Not Reached as of April 8, 2009  more...

  March 20, 2009 DOL PERM Processing Update   more...

  DOL PERM processing update  more...

  Effective March 2, 2009, Premium Processing for I-140's Expanded  more...

  E-Verify Implementation for Federal Contractors Delayed Again Until May 21, 2009  more...

  NEW I-9 FORM DELAYED AGAIN UNTIL APRIL 3, 2009  more...

  On February 5, 2009, Attorney Matthew Lee served as an expert panelist for the audio seminar entitled "H-2Bs: New Developments and How to Deal with Them."   more...

  H-2B Cap Reached, First Half FY 2009  more...

  New Travel Document Requirements for Entering US  more...

  Required Use of ESTA for Visa Waiver Program travelers  more...

  Associate Attorney Amanda B. Shipley is Associate Editor of The International Adoption Sourcebook, published by AILA publications.   more...

  On October 17, 2008 President Bush announced that the U.S. will expand the Visa Wavier Program to include citizens of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and South Korea.  more...

  H-2B VISA SEMINAR: A recognized national expert on the H-2B Non-agricultural “seasonal and peak need” visa category, Managing Partner Matthew Lee, will again lead the annual H-2B Visa Update on October 24, 2008 sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and the Massachusetts Restaurant Association.   more...

  On October 16, 2008, USCIS published the final rule increasing the Trade-NAFTA (TN) Professional Workers admission period for Canadians and Mexicans from one year to three years.   more...

  Green Card is green again!   more...

  H-2A and H-2B Country List for 2010  more...
Processing Times

 USCIS Vermont Service Center is currently processing applications for Extensions of H-1B Status in two months and for Change of Status to H-1B in two months.

 USCIS California Service Center is currently processing applications for Extensions of H-1B Status in two months and for Change of Status to H-1B in two months.

 USCIS is currently processing I-140 Immigrant (Alien Worker) Petitions in four months for EB-1, in four months for EB-2, and in four months for EB-3.

 USCIS Texas Service Center is currently issuing Approval Notices for Permanent Resident Applications (I-485) in four months.

 PERM Processing: DOL is conducting final review of applications with a priority date of December 2009 or earlier. Audits: July 2008. Standard appeals: February 2008. Government error appeals: current. However, our office is currently receiving certified PERM applications in five to ten months.

Processing Times listed here are based on information received from the American Immigration Lawyers Association as well as our own experience. They are regularly updated. Please remember that CIS and DOL processing times are subject to drastic changes depending on Government resources and priorities. Please contact us for processing times for your regional CIS Service Center and State Employment Agency.
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