As part of our Spotlight series, we invited Shannon Donnelly, a partner in our Washington, DC office who works with clients on a wide range of complex global immigration and mobility issues, to discuss the proposed H1B...more
President Donald Trump on June 22 issued an amendment to the Presidential Proclamation previously released in April, which suspended the admission of immigrant aliens to the United States. The amendment limits entry into the...more
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on December 6 that it completed testing of the new electronic registration system, and will be implementing the system in the upcoming fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap...more
Now is the time for employers to begin assessing their FY2021 H-1B needs. Employers should review the immigration status of their current and potential foreign national employees and identify any individuals for whom H-1B...more
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 11 enjoined and halted enforcement of the new public charge rule that was due to become effective October 15, 2019. The court not only enjoined the US...more
Now is the time for employers to assess their FY2020 H-1B needs and start preparing their petitions for submission on April 1. It is very likely that the cap for H-1B petitions will be reached in early April of this year, so...more