USCIS’s FY 2022 H-1B Cap Electronic Registration Completed -
On March 30, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) completed the initial selection of H-1B cap-subject registrations for fiscal year (“FY”)...more
USCIS’s FY 2022 H-1B Cap Electronic Registration Begins Beginning 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT) on March 9, 2021, until 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT) on March 25, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will...more
3/12/2021
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E-3 ,
Foreign Workers ,
Form I-9 ,
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Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
USCIS ,
Venezuela ,
Visas
Lawsuits Filed in California and DC Federal Courts Challenge New DOL and USCIS H-1B Regulations -
In October 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) each published...more
USCIS and DOL Will Implement Changes to H-1B Regulations
That Will Likely Be Subject to Legal Challenge -
On September 3, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) submitted an interim final rule (“IFR”)...more
10/9/2020
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H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immigration Reform ,
USCIS ,
Visa Caps ,
Visas
USCIS Resumes Premium Processing -
USCIS has announced here that beginning the month of June 2020, it will again start accepting certain petitions for premium processing. Premium processing was indefinitely suspended as...more
6/3/2020
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Form I-9 ,
H-1B ,
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I-140 ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
L-1 ,
O-1 Aliens of Extraordinary Ability ,
OPT ,
STEM ,
USCIS ,
Visas
USCIS Officially Releases Regulations Regarding
Its H-1B Electronic Registration Tool for the FY 2021 H-1B Cap -
On January 9, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) officially released regulations to...more
USCIS Announces Implementation of Its H-1B Electronic Registration Tool -
After several months of vetting public commentary, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will roll out its H-1B electronic...more
12/19/2019
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Electronic Filing ,
Employment Eligibility Verification ,
F-1 Visa ,
Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) ,
Form I-9 ,
Green Cards ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Registration Requirement ,
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USCIS ,
Visas
USCIS Will Accept Only New Employment-Based and Adjustment of
Status Application Forms as of October 15, 2019 -
On October 8, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that will no longer accept...more
10/11/2019
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Comment Period ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Form I-129 ,
H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
I-485 Applications ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
L-1 Visas ,
Lawful Permanent Residents ,
New Guidance ,
OPT ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Registration Requirement ,
SEVP ,
STEM ,
USCIS ,
Visa Caps ,
Visas
On March 19, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it will accept premium processing requests (i.e., Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service) for fiscal year (“FY”) 2020 H-1B cap...more
Fiscal Year 2020 H-1B Cap Petition Filings Are Not Eligible for Premium Processing -
On March 12, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) opened premium processing eligibility for all H-1B petitions...more
On March 11, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it will open premium processing for all H-1B petitions beginning March 12, 2019. As a result of this announcement, even H-1B petitions...more
USCIS Will Reinstate Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions Filed on December 21, 2018, or Earlier -
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) officially announced that it will resume accepting premium...more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has officially announced that as of Monday, January 28, 2019, it will begin accepting premium processing for Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap cases pending adjudication. These H-1B...more
On August 28, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it would suspend premium processing for most H-1B petitions filed (i.e., petitions that USCIS receives) on or after September 11, 2018,...more
On March 20, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it was temporarily suspending premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed in this year’s H-1B cap. This suspension applies to both the...more
The 2018 H-1B Cap Has Been Reached -
On April 7, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that it had reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year 2018 (“FY18”). This...more