News & Analysis as of September 18, 2024

H-1B1

+ Follow

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status. less -

Looking for an Alternative to the H-1B Visa Lottery? Consider These 8 Options for Employing Foreign Nationals

Fisher Phillips on 6/13/2024

Missing out on the H-1B visa lottery can be disheartening, but it’s not necessarily the end of the road. If you employ foreign nationals, the good news is that you can explore certain short-term, long-term, and even some...more

Immigration Update: Processing Delays and Tech Layoffs Add Complications for Employers

Fisher Phillips on 1/25/2023

Employers know that U.S. immigration laws are complex, and the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) long processing delays – coupled with recent layoffs in the tech industry – have further complicated matters by adding new fact...more

Alternative Strategies for Rejected FY19 H-1B’s

Foster Garvey PC on 5/22/2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has started returning H-1B petitions to employers whose cases were not selected in the recent H-1B lottery selection process. The USCIS reported that a total of 195,000 H-1B...more

Expansive New Rule for Certain Employment-Based Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visa Programs

FordHarrison on 1/18/2017

Effective yesterday, January 17, 2017, a new USCIS rule seeks to improve multiple employment-based temporary nonimmigrant and immigrant visa (“green card”) programs. The new regulations are designed to help U.S. employers...more

When Rolling the Dice Didn’t Lead to Success: Visa Options After the H-1B Cap Lottery

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/23/2016

Employers seek predictability when hiring employees. You don’t need to be a mathematician (although that might help qualify you as an outstanding researcher) to know that the odds of being selected in U.S. Citizenship and...more

H-1B Filing Season Is Here

Morgan Lewis on 1/9/2016

Now is the time for employers to assess their FY2017 H-1B needs and to start preparing their petitions for submission on April 1. On April 1, 2016, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting...more

6 Results

View per page

Page: of 1