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 [...]
The Department of Homeland Security has announced that they are increasing the I-907 premium processing service filing fee to $1,410. The new premium processing filing fee increase will become effective for all requests mailed, postmarked or otherwise filed on [...]
USCIS has announced that effective September 11, 2018, they are temporarily suspending premium processing for most H-1B petitions until February 19, 2019. All H-1B new employment, transfers and amendments filed with the California or Vermont Service Centers are affected. Only H-1B [...]
Many of our readers are aware that as of April 6, 2018, USCIS had received a sufficient number of H-1B cap-subject petitions to fill the annual H-1B quota (total of 190,000 cap applications). As USCIS has been issuing receipt notices for the H-1B cap cases which are being selected for processing, we wanted to provide [...]
