USCIS Will No Longer Accept H-1Bs Without Certified LCAs

In November of last year and in February of this year, we wrote about a temporary change USCIS made with respect to H-1B petitions filed without certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs).   The reason for this temporary change in policy was to accommodate LCAs which have been delayed past the 7-day LCA processing window.   Pursuant to the temporary policy, H-1Bs could be filed with evidence of filed LCA which shows that the LCA has been pending for more than 7 business days.

USCIS has refused to expand the temporary policy and as a result, effective March 10, 2010, USCIS will no longer accept H-1B petitions filed without a certified LCA.    All H-1Bs filed on or after March 10, 2010, must be accompanied by a certified LCA or will be rejected.

By | Last Updated: March 12th, 2010| Categories: Articles, DOL, H-1B, News|

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Dimo Michailov
Dimo has over 15 years of experience in US immigration including employment-based immigration benefits, corporate compliance and family based immigration. He represents corporate and individual clients in a wide range of cross-border immigration matters including mobility of key foreign executives and managers, specialized knowledge workers, and foreign nationals with extraordinary ability.

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