UPDATE: Employers should be advised that USCIS has extended the H-1B CAP registration period for FY2025. The registration period was initially set to close at 12:00 pm EST on March 22, 2024, but has now been extended to 12:00...more
Employers with candidates who require initial H-1B employment authorization should plan to submit a registration for those candidates when the H-1B electronic registration period opens on March 6, 2024. The electronic...more
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a final rule adjusting the fees to file certain immigration applications with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). The new fees go into effect on April 1,...more
Employers seeking to sponsor candidates for initial H-1B sponsorship (commonly known as "H-1B CAP") should begin preparing for the H-1B electronic registration process. Although the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...more
Employers seeking to sponsor candidates for initial H-1B sponsorship should note that the H-1B electronic registration dates have been announced by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS has announced that...more
2/14/2022
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Immigration Procedures ,
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Visa Caps ,
Visas
Employers seeking to sponsor candidates for initial H-1B sponsorship (commonly known as "H-1B CAP") should begin preparing for the H-1B electronic registration process. Although the U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services...more
In Chamber of Commerce, et al., v. DHS, et al., the U.S. District Court in California has set aside an interim final rule significantly altering prevailing wages to be paid to certain temporary and permanent foreign workers...more
12/4/2020
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Immigration Procedures ,
Injunctions ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Notice and Comment ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
On January 31, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule making significant changes to the H-1B CAP lottery process. This rule added an electronic registration requirement for employers...more
1/17/2020
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H-1B ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Condition Applications ,
Lottery ,
OPT ,
Registration Requirement ,
USCIS ,
Visa Caps ,
Visas
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has completed data entry for all 2019 (Fiscal Year 2020) H-1B cap-subject petitions that were selected in the lottery process.
USCIS sends receipt...more
The H-1B program allows companies in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. H-1B specialty occupations are positions that require the theoretical and practical application of a body...more
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is extending its temporary suspension (which has been in effect since April 1, 2018) of premium processing for "cap-subject" H-1B petitions. This...more