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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

USCIS Proposed Rule to Modernize H-1B Program — Should Employers Be Happy or Worried?

Lippes Mathias LLP on 2/13/2024

USCIS released a proposed rule that aims to update and modernize the H-1B program by publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend current regulations. The proposed rule covers a wide range of issues related to...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Highlights from USCIS’ Proposed Rule to “Modernize” H-1B Requirements

Harris Beach PLLC on 11/13/2023

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled, “Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting...more

Executive Order: A Real Shift in Immigration and AI, or Just AI Creation?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 11/10/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order that sets a new course for the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Interestingly, this order is...more

DHS Proposes to Amend H-1B Program

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 10/26/2023

On October 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend its H-1B regulations. The proposal also includes provisions that would change the H-1B cap...more

DHS Proposes Rule to Modernize H-1B Program

Quarles & Brady LLP on 10/26/2023

The Department of Homeland Security has published a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM or the Rule) entitled “Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other...more

Immigration Officials Unveil Sweeping Proposed Changes to H-1B Visa Process: What Employers Need to Do to Prepare

Fisher Phillips on 10/25/2023

Federal immigration authorities have just published long-awaited revisions to the H-1B visa process intended to modernize that nonimmigrant category and tighten the annual lottery system that has long frustrated employers and...more

USCIS Proposes Historic Fee Increase for Immigration Applicants

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/1/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed historic increases to its fee schedule for immigration benefit applications. Under the proposed fee rule, the filing fee for common employment-based applications...more

Beltway Buzz - April 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/17/2023

POTUS Signs Bill Ending COVID-19 Emergency. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a congressional resolution officially ending the COVID-19 national emergency. The resolution was passed out of the U.S. House of...more

Plan Now for H-1B CAP Registration

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 1/13/2023

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will conduct its annual electronic registration process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap in March 2023. Employers should start planning for cap registration now by...more

USCIS Issues Proposed Rule to Adjust Certain Immigration and Naturalization Fees

Cozen O'Connor on 1/9/2023

OVERVIEW- •On January 3, 2023, USCIS published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust certain benefit request fees that haven’t changed since 2016. •Fee changes could dramatically increase both L-1 and H-1B...more

Beltway Buzz - August 2022 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/29/2022

DACA Regulations Finalized. On August 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a final rule to codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...more

Business Immigration and the Biden Administration

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 2/10/2021

The first two weeks of the Biden Administration have seen a flurry of activity indicating it will move away from the more restrictive immigration environment of the Trump era, including for employment-based immigration...more

New DHS Proposed Regulations will Revise the H-1B Cap Lottery

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints on 11/6/2020

On Monday, November 2, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule intended to change the H-1B lottery process and further restrict H-1B eligibility. The rule would replace the random lottery selection...more

H-1B and Employment Immigration Processes Under Attack

Dentons on 10/13/2020

In its continuing effort to limit legal immigration, the Trump Administration announced two rule changes last week to radically limit H-1Bs and the most common employment-based permanent residence process. The first rule...more

Proposed Fee Increase for Certain Visas Will Impact Immigration in 2020

Harris Beach PLLC on 12/30/2019

On November 14, 2019 the Trump Administration proposed increasing the cost of filing many types of non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications. The proposed rule to implement these fees increases is currently open for...more

Beltway Buzz - September 2019

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/9/2019

Scalia Officially Nominated. Although the Buzz mentioned the nomination of Eugene Scalia to be secretary of labor seven weeks ago, the management-side attorney wasn’t officially nominated until August 27, 2019. Will this...more

DHS Proposes Major Lottery Changes Ahead Of H-1B Filing Season

Burr & Forman on 1/9/2019

Every January, employers begin making preparing for the H-1B visa filing season so they will be ready for the H-1B cap filing deadline on April 1st. Filing H-1B petitions typically come with a degree of anxiety given the visa...more

Getting Ready for the FY2020 H-1B Season

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 12/19/2018

As 2018 draws to a close and much of the world is celebrating the holiday season, the immigration world is preparing to enter another H-1B lottery season. For an overview of the H-1B program and H-1B lottery, please see our...more

Massive Changes To H-1B System Proposed For 2019

Fisher Phillips on 12/18/2018

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently proposed a new rule that could dramatically change the way the H-1B application process works. The rule would establish an electronic pre-registration system and run the...more

DHS Proposes New H-1B Prefiling Registration System and Changes to H-1B Lottery

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/11/2018

• Prior to submitting petitions for H-1B visas, employers first will be required to register electronically with USCIS during a designated registration period. • DHS proposes to use a computer-generated process to select a...more

USCIS Aims to Increase the Number of U.S. Master’s Grads Through Proposed H1b Registration Rule

Butler Snow LLP on 12/6/2018

On Monday, December 3, 2018, the USCIS published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would require sponsoring employers seeking to file cap-subject H1b petitions to first electronically register with USCIS during a...more

Pre-Registration System For H-1B Cap Filings Is Proposed By USCIS

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/6/2018

For many years, on the first business day of April, 200,000 or more H-1B cap petitions were filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for approximately 85,000 available spots. H-1B petitions for individuals with...more

H-1B Cap Season: Important Proposed Changes

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/6/2018

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend USCIS Regulations relating to cap-subject H-1B petitions filed under both the regular cap and advanced degree...more

Preparing for the 2019 H-1B cap season

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 12/5/2018

On April 1, 2019, USCIS will begin accepting cap subject H-1B professional worker petitions for a start date of October 1, 2019 (FY2020). Due to the high demand for H-1B visas and newly proposed rulemaking for cap-subject...more

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