The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that, as of Friday, April 5th, they have received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the annual H-1B cap for the 2020 fiscal year (FY2020). According to USCIS, they have received more [...]
USCIS has announced that they will allow premium processing for new FY2020 H-1B cap cases to be filed on April 1, 2019; however, this will be done in a two-phased approach. H-1B cap petitions requesting [...]
USCIS has announced that starting March 12, 2019, they will accept requests for premium processing “upgrades” for all H-1B petitions. This includes upgrades for pending H-1B petitions and premium processing requests as part of new petitions. USCIS will announce soon whether they [...]
As we are going into the peak of the H-1B cap season, our office receives many inquiries about the duration of the H-1B filing season this year [...]
USCIS has announced that starting February 19, 2019, they will accept requests for premium processing “upgrades” for pending H-1B petitions which were filed on or before December 21, 2018. As a result, at this time, the only [...]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) has finalized and published the final rule which seeks to amend in substantial ways the way the annual H-1B “cap” work visa applications and lottery are being filed and how the U.S. master’s degree applications are being allocated under the H-1B cap lottery. It is important to note that the [...]
USCIS has announced that starting January 29, 2019, they will accept requests for premium processing "upgrades" for pending H-1B cap cases which were filed in April 2018. This reinstatement of premium processing applies only to "regular" and "master's" cap cases which are still pending at this time. Premium processing remains available for H-1B extensions with [...]
On April 1, 2019 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start accepting applications for one of the most popular U.S. work visas, H-1B, for fiscal year (FY) 2020. Our [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) has published a proposed rule which seeks to amend in substantial ways the way the annual H-1B “cap” work visa applications and lottery are being filed and how the U.S. master’s degree applications are being allocated under the H-1B cap lottery. Please note that this is a proposed [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Ombudsman Office is organizing a listening session regarding the suspension of premium processing for most H-1B petitions. The goal of this session is to hear from the public how the H-1B premium processing suspension [...]
