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Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

USCIS Announces Registration Period for FY 2024 H-1B Cap Season

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap season lottery will open at 12pm EST on March 1, 2023, and will run through 12pm EST on...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

USCIS Announces Rules for H-1B Lottery

Key points - H-1B lottery will be open from March 1 until March 18, 2022. There will be no changes from last year’s lottery rules...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

USCIS Completes Lottery Selection Process for H-1B FY2022 Cap

On March 30, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided the following updates on the H-1B cap registration process...more

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Biden Revokes Immigrant Visa Ban

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President Joe Biden has revoked the immigrant visa ban because he believes it did not advance the interests of the United States, but instead harmed United States industries, families, and diversity immigrant visa lottery...more

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USCIS Announces H-1B Registration Period for March 2021 H-1B Cap

On Friday, February 5, 2021, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the online registration period for H-1B quota selection for Fiscal Year 2022 will begin on March 9 at 12:00 pm (noon) eastern...more

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Midnight Regulations Spell Trouble for Nonimmigrant Workers & Their Employers

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On January 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the Modification of H-1B Cap Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions Rule. Should it be implemented,...more

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DHS Issues Final Rule to Modify H-1B Lottery and Prioritize Higher Salaries

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On January 8th, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security published a final rule which will modify the H-1B lottery system. The final rule will prioritize H-1B petitions that offer Level IV wages based on the Department of...more

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How Employers Can Prepare for the Upcoming H-1B Lottery

On March 1, 2021, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will open up the electronic registration process for cab-subject H-1B petitions, including those filed for the advanced degree exemption. The...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Law Brief: H-1B Visas – New Process and New (Upcoming) Deadlines

Immigration partner Roxanne Levine joined Litigation partner and host Rich Schoenstein to discuss the new filing process for H-1B visas, which provide a nonimmigrant temporary visa category for certain foreign nationals that...more

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Seyfarth Policy Matters Newsletter - August 2020

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23 State AGs Coordinate to Sweep Shaky Legal Footing of Immigration Executive Orders.  As we at the PMN summarized here, and as Seyfarth explored here, on April 23, President Trump issued an Executive Proclamation banning...more

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H-1B Lottery Changes Officially Coming in 2020

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As 2019 draws to a close and millions of people contemplate their resolutions for the new year, USCIS made good on their promise (discussed in our prior article) and announced the implementation of a new H-1B filing process...more

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DHS Finalizes Changes to H-1B Lottery, but Delays New H-1B Prefiling Registration System Till 2020

• DHS has announced that it has finalized the previously proposed rule governing the H-1B lottery. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2019. • DHS will reverse the order of the H-1B lottery...more

Burr & Forman

DHS Issues Final H-1B Lottery Rule

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In early January, the Burr & Forman, LLP immigration team outlined a major change to the H-1B visa lottery system proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) (DHS Proposes Major Lottery Changes Ahead of H-1B...more

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Government Unveils Details For 2019 H-1B Lottery - A 5-Step Plan To Successfully Navigate This Year’s Lottery

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The federal government just published its final rule amending the regulations that will govern petitions filed under the H-1B work visa lottery. Although the final rule is effective April 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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

• 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

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H-1B Visa Filing Deadline: April 1, 2018

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New H-1B visa petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which begins Oct. 1, 2018, will be accepted for filing starting on April 1, 2018, which means employers should have their H-1B visa petitions ready to be sent to U.S....more

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Strong Demand Expected for FY2019 H-1B Filings: Employers Should Plan Now

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U.S. employers who sponsor foreign workers for temporary H-1B work visas should start preparing now for the upcoming H-1B cap filing season commencing this year on Monday, April 2, 2018. Employers should start identifying...more

Burr & Forman

The RAISE Act – Legal Immigration Faces Challenges

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In early August, President Trump voiced support for a bill introduced earlier this year by Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA) to effectively overhaul the current immigration system. The Reforming American...more

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Time to Plan for Fiscal Year 2018 H-1B Cap Season

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H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2018 cap (FY 2018) must be received by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) during the first five days of April 2017. As April 1 falls on a Saturday in 2017, employers...more

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USCIS Reaches FY 2017 H-1B Cap

As of April 7, 2016, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the H-1B quota or “cap” limitation for fiscal year (FY) 2017. USCIS has not yet confirmed the total number of petitions received...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

FY 2017 H-1B Cap Reached

On April 7, 2016, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2017. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under...more

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Dealing with Rejection: Options for Applicants Not Selected in the FY2016 H-1B Lottery

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)’s announcement last month that it received nearly 233,000 H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2016 beginning October 1, 2015—a record total, and a 35% increase over last...more

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