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US Department of State Releases May 2025 Visa Bulletin

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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications chart in May 2025. The Final Action Dates chart shows no movement except for a...more

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Reminder: 14-Year-Olds Must Comply with Alien Registration Requirements Within 30 Days of Their Birthday

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On April 11, 2025, the Alien Registration Requirement established by President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, went into effect. One of the most frequently overlooked...more

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Employers: Start Preparing for the Fiscal Year 2026 H-1B Filing Season

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Each January, US Citizenship and Immigration Services releases dates for the H-1B cap registration processes, with registration typically opening in early March. While awaiting USCIS’s announcement detailing this year’s...more

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USCIS to Expand Existing Online Filing Capabilities

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In a Public Engagement Announcement posted last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced expansions of its existing online filing capabilities. Specifically, starting in February 2024, USCIS will...more

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USCIS Increases Premium Processing Fees

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will increase premium processing fees for a number of immigration benefit applications due to inflation. The fee increases, outlined below, will take effect on February 26,...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Stateside Visa Renewal to Begin January 29, 2024

As anticipated, on December 21, 2023, the Department of State (DOS) published the Federal Register notice announcing its stateside visa renewal pilot program for H-1B visa holders. The notice outlines the program requirements...more

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April 2023 Department of State Visa Bulletin Shows Further Retrogression, Anticipates Further Delays

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs has released the Visa Bulletin for April 2023. The new Visa Bulletin reflects an ongoing trend of backlogs and slowdowns in the visa process, in stark contrast to the...more

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USCIS Confirms It Will Accept Employment-Based I-485 Applications Based on March 2023 Visa Bulletin’s ‘Dates for Filing’ Chart

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that it will accept employment-based I-485, adjustment of status applications, based on the U.S. Department of State’s monthly Visa Bulletin’s “Dates for Filing”...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

FY 2024 H-1B Cap Registration Dates Announced

USCIS announced that the initial electronic registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap season will run from noon Eastern on March 1 through noon Eastern on March 17, 2023....more

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Updates to Immigration Adjustment of Status Filing in 2023

People always say that a new year brings new adventures, new hope and new resolutions. In the immigration world, a new year can bring us a new version of immigration forms, new filing requirements and even more. In January...more

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Time for Employers to Decide Who They Are Sponsoring for H-1B’s - Update

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It’s that time of year again when employers have to decide who they are sponsoring for an H-1B visa. What to Know - - The lottery registration period will be from noon EST on March 1, 2022 to noon EST on March 18, 2022,...more

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March 2019 Special Immigration Alert #2

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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

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

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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

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USCIS Introduces Redesigned I-485 Application Forms

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On June 26, 2017, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) introduced a redesigned version of Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. This form is used in the final stage of the...more

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It’s Time to Prepare H-1B Visa Petitions for Fiscal Year 2016

This alert is a reminder of the rapidly approaching April 1, 2015 deadline for the filing of H-1B visa petitions for Fiscal Year 2016. Petitions for the new fiscal year, which starts on October 1, 2015, will be accepted by...more

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