With the Trump administration pursuing an (at least temporarily blocked) freeze on federal funding, recipients of grants and other federal funds may be considering how to carry out force reductions
Continue Reading Must-Knows for Those Considering Layoffs if They Lose Federal FundingH-1B Temporary Workers
H-1B Lottery for FY 2025 Complete
USCIS recently announced that the agency received enough H-1B petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known…
Continue Reading H-1B Lottery for FY 2025 CompleteAlert – Second Lottery on FY 2025 Regular Cap H-1Bs
On July 30th, USCIS determined that not enough H-1B petition filings in the regular cap were submitted during the initial filing period from April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024.
Continue Reading Alert – Second Lottery on FY 2025 Regular Cap H-1BsStateside Pilot Program Will Issue H-1B Visa Stamps From Within the U.S.
On January 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) will begin accepting online H-1B visa stamp applications at this web address for a limited number of qualifying applicants to…
Continue Reading Stateside Pilot Program Will Issue H-1B Visa Stamps From Within the U.S.UPDATE: Stateside H-1B Visa Renewal Pilot Program Coming Soon
This post provides an update on the prospective resumption of stateside processing of H-1B visa renewal applications. …
Continue Reading UPDATE: Stateside H-1B Visa Renewal Pilot Program Coming Soon
Second H-1B Lottery selection round is now complete
Yesterday afternoon USCIS announced that the second round of the H-1B cap-subject lottery just recently announced is now complete.
All prospective petitioners from this round of selection have been notified…
Continue Reading Second H-1B Lottery selection round is now completeAlert – Second Lottery on FY 2024 Cap H-1Bs
In an announcement on July 27th, USCIS determined that not enough H-1B petition filings were submitted during the initial filing period from April 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023. USCIS…
Continue Reading Alert – Second Lottery on FY 2024 Cap H-1BsAlert – USCIS Announces FY2024 H-1B Registration Numbers
Today, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the number of FY2024 Cap H-1B Registrations received, with approximately 781,000 total. Of those registrations, 758,994 were found to be eligible…
Continue Reading Alert – USCIS Announces FY2024 H-1B Registration NumbersH-1B Cap Season: FY2024 Registration Dates and Information
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has officially announced the FY2024 H-1B Cap Registration dates. Below is a summary of some information that you should know:
- This year’s initial registration period
USCIS extends immigration related due dates for the FINAL time through 03/23/2023
On January 24, 2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced another extension of certain COVID-19-related flexibilities, now through March 23, 2023.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) originally implemented…
Continue Reading USCIS extends immigration related due dates for the FINAL time through 03/23/2023