Congratulations on Your Green Card Approval – Next Steps and Action Items
One of the most exiting moments for a green card applicant is receiving the "New Card Produced" status update or the actual I-485 approval notice or green card in the mail. Congratulations! This article contains additional steps and considerations for new green card holders, with focus on employment-based immigrants. Travel or Employment While Waiting for Green Card Production and [...]
FY2023 H-1B Cap Reached Without Subsequent Lottery Rounds and Selections
USCIS announced that as of August 23, 2022 they have reached the H-1B cap limit for fiscal year 2023 (FY 2023). This means that they will not be conducting additional lottery rounds of selection like they have been doing in past years; this also means that all H-1B cap registrants who were not selected under the first round are now [...]
June 2022 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 India Final Action Advances By One Year
The U.S. State Department has just released the June 2022 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement across most categories with only notable forward movement in EB-2 India Final Action dates. The significant forward movement in EB-2 India Final Action makes [...]
How to Handle I-140 Ability to Pay Cases (and RFEs)?
One of the key aspects of an I-140 immigrant petition is proving the employer’s ability to pay the offered wage not only as of the priority date (for most cases this is the date of filing of the PERM Labor Certification) but also until the beneficiary obtains permanent residence – a period that can span multiple years for some beneficiaries, [...]
April 2022 Visa Bulletin – Minor Forward Movement in EB-2 India
The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2022 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of movement across most categories with only notable slight forward movement in EB-2 India Final Action and Dates for Filing dates. […]
USCIS Restrictions on Multiple H-1B Cap Petitions for Same Beneficiary by Related Employers
Update: March 2024. Starting FY2025 H-1B cap season, USCIS will switch to beneficiary-centric selection process which will count each beneficiary only once for registration selection purposes. See more details about the new rule. Update: March 2022. Starting FY2023 H-1B cap season, USCIS requires H-1B registrant employers to make an additional attestation which reads, I further certify that this registration (or [...]