For employers planning to sponsor candidates in this year’s H-1B visa lottery, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced it is retaining the same electronic registration process for the H-1B visa cap...more
Just how much impact is the global pandemic having on foreign national workers and business immigration? Matt Hoyt addresses this question and gives us a breakdown of which foreign national workers are most at risk and how...more
9/1/2020
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On Dec. 6, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will implement a new preregistration process for the H-1B visa cap lottery in 2020....more
After some earlier versions that encountered significant resistance and judicial challenge, President Donald Trump issued a Proclamation on Sept. 24 that restricts travel to the United States by nationals of eight countries –...more
10/18/2017
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published its long-awaited “High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers” regulation today, Nov. 18, 2016. This regulation was proposed on Dec. 31, 2015. It will become...more
Lottery mania has been sweeping the nation as Powerball winnings exceeded $1 billion for the first time. For highly skilled foreign nationals and the employers who desire to employ them, a different kind of lottery mania is...more
On March 8, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Federal Register notice announcing that Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification has been revised. The newly revised Form I-9 makes several...more