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Lippes Mathias LLP

USCIS Proposed Rule to Modernize H-1B Program — Should Employers Be Happy or Worried?

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USCIS released a proposed rule that aims to update and modernize the H-1B program by publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend current regulations. The proposed rule covers a wide range of issues related to...more

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Highlights from USCIS’ Proposed Rule to “Modernize” H-1B Requirements

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled, “Modernizing H-1B Requirements, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting...more

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Immigration Officials Unveil Sweeping Proposed Changes to H-1B Visa Process: What Employers Need to Do to Prepare

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Federal immigration authorities have just published long-awaited revisions to the H-1B visa process intended to modernize that nonimmigrant category and tighten the annual lottery system that has long frustrated employers and...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Plan Now for H-1B CAP Registration

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will conduct its annual electronic registration process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap in March 2023. Employers should start planning for cap registration now by...more

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Proposed Regulations Released in Illinois for Recently Announced 2022 Adult-Use Dispensary License Lottery

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On March 15, 2022, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced another planned lottery process to occur later this year, whereby an additional 50 new adult use dispensary licenses would be issued through a new, simplified...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Business Immigration and the Biden Administration

The first two weeks of the Biden Administration have seen a flurry of activity indicating it will move away from the more restrictive immigration environment of the Trump era, including for employment-based immigration...more

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints

New DHS Proposed Regulations will Revise the H-1B Cap Lottery

On Monday, November 2, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed rule intended to change the H-1B lottery process and further restrict H-1B eligibility. The rule would replace the random lottery selection...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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Getting Ready for the FY2020 H-1B Season

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As 2018 draws to a close and much of the world is celebrating the holiday season, the immigration world is preparing to enter another H-1B lottery season. For an overview of the H-1B program and H-1B lottery, please see our...more

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Massive Changes To H-1B System Proposed For 2019

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently proposed a new rule that could dramatically change the way the H-1B application process works. The rule would establish an electronic pre-registration system and run the...more

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