The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Oct. 20 seeking to stop the Trump Administration’s $100,000 H-1B Visa
Continue Reading National Business Group Challenges $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee in CourtToday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published an updated version of the Form I-9. The revised Form I-9 has an edition date of 1/20/2025 and an expiration date of 5/31/2027.
Continue Reading I-9 Alert! New Form I-9
Beginning Wednesday, November 1, 2023, U.S. employers may only use the 08/01/2023 edition of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. USCIS announced a new Form I-9 in July 2023 which
Continue Reading I-9 Alert! Tick-Tock: Employers Must Use the New Form I-9 by November 1st!Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced employers will have 30 days to achieve I-9 compliance with the Form I-9 requirements after the COVID-19 temporary flexibilities sunset on July 31, 2023.
Continue Reading I-9 Alert! End of COVID-19 Flexibilities
At the start of each year, we kick off H-1B Cap Season by working with U.S. employers to prepare for registration in the upcoming lottery.
U.S. employers interested in sponsoring
Continue Reading It’s That Time of Year Again: Make Your Plans for the H-1B LotteryToday, ICE announced an extension of the temporary COVID-19 flexibilities for completion of the Form I-9, initially announced in March 2020 and extended multiple times throughout the pandemic. Due to
Continue Reading ICE Extends Temporary COVID-19 Flexibility for Form I-9 through July 31, 2023USCIS reports the FY 2023 H-1B cap electronic registration process yielded 483,927 H-1B registrations, an increase of approximately 57% compared with FY 2022 which saw 308,613 H-1B cap registrations. For
Continue Reading USCIS Reveals FY 2023 H-1B Cap Registration Statistics
After months of uncertainty, the EB-5 Regional Center Program will be revived through passage of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 as part of the overall Omnibus Spending
Continue Reading Alert! EB-5 Regional Center Program Reauthorization
In response to the ongoing attack on Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the designation of Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, to
Continue Reading DHS Designation of Ukraine for TPS