H-1B UPDATE: NEW REGISTRATION PROCESS
Date: 12/09/2019
On December 6, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a requirement for employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, to first electronically register and pay the associated $10 H-1B registration fee before...
USCIS Update on H-1B Cap Electronic Registration System.
Date: 10/09/2019
Earlier this year, USCIS published a final rule amending regulations governing H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those that may be eligible for the advanced degree exemption. The final rule reverses the order by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B petitions...
USCIS PROPOSES MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUESTS FOR ASYLUM APPLICATS
Date: 09/09/2019
On September 6, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposed regulation to improve the process for granting or denying an initial application for employment authorization documents (EADs) by reforming the current 30-day timeline pertaining to pending asylum...
NEW RULEMAKING BRINGS SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE EB-5 INVESTOR VISA GREEN CARD PROGRAM
Date: 07/25/2019
On July 24, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a FINAL rule that will make significant changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program; the rule will go into effect on Nov. 21, 2019. This is noted to be the first significant revision to the program’s regulations...
ASYLUM: SAFE THIRD COUNTRY OPTION
Date: 07/17/2019
On July 15, 2019, the Trump Administration issued new proposed regulations limiting the Safe Third Country rule that will have a significant impact on asylum claims for those entering the United States through the U.S.-Mexico Border. The Safe Third Country rule already limits asylum-seekers from...
USCIS Completes Data Entry of Fiscal Year 2020 H-1B Cap Subject Petitions
Date: 05/17/2019
USCIS has completed data entry for all fiscal year 2020 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in our computer-generated random selection process, including those selected under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. As in previous years, we will now begin returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that...
USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2020 and Reaches the Advanced Degree Exemption Cap
Date: 04/12/2019
On April 10, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated regular cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption for fiscal year (FY) 2020. After completing the random selection process for the regular cap, USCIS also...
H-1B NONIMMIGRANT WORK VISA UPDATE: With a Looming Cloud of Anticipated Investigations, Audits and Site Visits, the USCIS Reaches FY 2020 H-1B Cap.
Date: 04/08/2019
USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions projected as needed to reach the congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap for fiscal year 2020. USCIS will next determine if we have received a sufficient number of petitions to meet the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree...
USCIS Strengthens Guidance on Spousal Petitions Involving Minors
Date: 02/21/2019
Guidance Clarifies Agency Requirements for Petition WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it is publishing guidance for its officers to consider when adjudicating spousal petitions involving minors.
The guidance, published as an update to the...
EB-5 Class Action Member Identification Notice
Date: 02/13/2019
On Nov. 30, 2018, in Zhang v. USCIS , No. 15-cv-995, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia certified a class that includes any individual with a Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, that was or will be denied on the sole basis of investing loan proceeds that were...
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