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USCIS Clarifies H-1B Master’s Cap Degree Must be Obtained While University is Accredited

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has issued a memorandum adopting the AAO decision in Matter of A-T-, Inc. and establishing policy guidance which will apply to and bind all USCIS adjudicators.    USCIS clarifies that [...]

By |2017-06-01T12:31:01-04:00June 1st, 2017|AAO, Articles, F-1, H-1B, News, News Alert, Policy|

USCIS Issues a Multitude of RFEs on Pending I-485 Applications – Mid-2017 Edition

Many of our clients and readers are already aware of the move by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) to issue what are hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, of very similar, if not identical, requests for evidence [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:46:57-04:00May 18th, 2017|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert|

June 2017 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 China and EB-1 India Cutoff Date Introduced

The U.S. State Department has just released the June 2017 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the FY2017 fiscal year.  The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is introduction of a cutoff date for EB-1 [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:46:57-04:00May 9th, 2017|Articles, EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS Completes Data Entry and Receipting of H-1B Cap Petitions for FY2018

Many of our readers are aware that as of April 7, 2017, USCIS had received a sufficient number of H-1B cap-subject petitions to fill the annual H-1B quota. As USCIS has been issuing receipt notices for the H-1B [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:46:57-04:00May 3rd, 2017|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert|

President Trump to Keep The NAFTA Treaty and TN Visas (For Now)

One of the top campaign promises of the Trump administration during the election season was to scrap the NAFTA treaty between the U.S, Canada and Mexico.    The NAFTA treaty is the source of TN visas for nationals [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:46:57-04:00April 27th, 2017|Articles, News, News Alert, TN|

Alert: FY2018 H-1B Cap Demand Very Strong; Random Lottery Just Completed

Our office just learned that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has completed the intake and processing of all of the fiscal year (FY2018) H-1B cap petitions.    According to USCIS, there were over 199,000 H-1B cap petitions filed [...]

By |2017-04-17T17:09:24-04:00April 17th, 2017|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert, USCIS|

May 2017 Visa Bulletin – No Movement in EB-2 India; EB China Downgrading Opportunity; EB-1 China/India and EB-2 ROW Cutoff Date Expected

The U.S. State Department has just released the May 2017 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the FY2017 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:46:57-04:00April 11th, 2017|Articles, EB-2, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Alert: FY2018 H-1B Cap Reached on April 7th

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that, as of Friday, April 7th, they have received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the annual H-1B cap for the 2018 fiscal year (FY2018).    According to USCIS, they have received more [...]

By |2017-04-11T17:20:44-04:00April 11th, 2017|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert|

April 2017 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 China Continues to Advance Significantly

The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2017 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2017 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant forward movement in EB-3 China which [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:46:58-04:00March 9th, 2017|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Very Short and Busy H-1B Cap Filing Season Expected: April 3rd to April 7th (Five Business Days); H-1B Lottery Likely; Last Call for H-1B

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 [...]

By |2017-05-20T21:46:58-04:00March 9th, 2017|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert|

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