Navigating Complex U.S. Immigration Laws
Following up on its November announcement, last week USCIS issued a Final Rule to change the way cap-subject H-1B petitions are selected.
The Final Rule (which is unchanged from the…
Continue Reading Get Ready for H-1B Cap Season, With or Without Changes
On November 2, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) announcing its plan to drastically change the way USCIS selects the H-1B Cap registrations…
Continue Reading Selection in the H-1B Cap Lottery if the Proposed New Process Takes Effect?
From the Public Engagement Division of USCIS: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced on 12/6/19 the requirement for employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the…
Continue Reading H-1B Electronic Registration Process for Next Fiscal Year Cap Season will open 03/01/20
On March 3, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions starting on April 3, 2017 until further notice.…
Continue Reading No PP for H-1B Cap Petitions: USCIS Suspends Premium Processing for ALL H-1B Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 20, 2016 that that for two weeks after premium processing resumes for H-1B cap-subject petitions (scheduled to start on May 12,…
Continue Reading FY2017 H-1B Cap: USCIS Temporarily Suspends Use of Pre-Paid Mailers for Certain H-1B Cap Subject Petitions
For FY 2017, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received approximately 236,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions—which is more than last year by about 3,000 petitions. Because the number of available…
Continue Reading FY 2017 H-1B Cap: What are the Odds?
America’s traditional view on immigration has been: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” As we head into the fall presidential elections, we’re now…
Continue Reading The visa gold rush is on: Pittsburgh companies can’t get enough skilled workers because of our crazy work-visa system
As many are aware, the filing period for H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2016 numerical cap begins in about two weeks, on April 1, 2015. United States Citizenship…
Continue Reading H-1B Cap Subject Visas: MUST FILE BETWEEN APRIL 1 & 7; PP Tolled until ~5/11/2015
You’ve likely been flooded with information regarding H-1B season from multiple sources. Yesterday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) issued its own information(http://www.uscis.gov/news/uscis-will-accept-h-1b-petitions-fiscal-year-2016-beginning-april-1-2015) regarding Fiscal Year 2016…
Continue Reading FY2016 H-1B Cap: USCIS Issues Helpful Information
With no relief in sight for an increase in the limited number of H-1B spots that will be available in Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 2016) nor likely implementation of other…
Continue Reading ‘Tis the Season…or at least time to prepare for the Season—FY 2016 H-1B Cap Season, that is. Are you ready?
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