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USCIS Changes H-1B Cap Registration Lottery Selection Process to Be Beneficiary-Centric

In a new final rule USCIS is changing the process it selects H-1B cap registrants during the annual “cap” lottery selection process.    Starting with this year, the new process will be based on “beneficiary-centric” selection which means that [...]

By |2024-02-01T10:13:10-05:00February 1st, 2024|Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert|

USCIS Increases Filing Fees Starting April 1, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security has just released the final rule that significantly changes the USCIS fee schedule, including adding new fees, establishing multiple fees for nonimmigrant worker petitions and increasing the premium processing time limit. The rule and the new fees [...]

By |2024-02-13T11:34:12-05:00January 31st, 2024|Articles, Employers, Fees, H-1B, I-485, News, News Alert|

How to File an H-1B Cap Petition When the Current Degree is Still Underway?

As the H-1B cap filing season is well underway and as the first filing day of March 1st is approaching fast, a common question by H-1B employers or H-1B candidates is whether an H-1B cap petition can (or should) be filed when the foreign national employee is still completing their degree program.   This is very [...]

By |2024-01-25T11:46:25-05:00January 24th, 2024|Articles, F-1, H-1B, News, News Alert|

What To Do If My I-485 Green Card is Approved (in Error) When My Priority Date is Not Current?

One of the happiest moments for an I-485 Adjustment of Status applicant is the day their employment-based I-485 is approved and their green card is ordered for production in mailing.   However, [...]

By |2024-01-07T15:50:50-05:00January 7th, 2024|AOS, Articles, I-290B, I-485, News, News Alert|

USCIS Increases I-907 Premium Processing Filing Fee Starting February 26, 2024

The Department of Homeland Security has announced an inflation-based increase of the I-907 premium processing filing fee starting February 26, 2024.    The most common $2,500 premium processing filing fee goes up to $2,805 with an average increase of [...]

By |2024-02-22T11:31:50-05:00January 4th, 2024|Articles, Fees, H-1B, News, News Alert|

New Details: Stateside Visa Renewal Pilot Begins on January 29, 2024

Earlier this afternoon the Department of State (DOS) shared the Federal Register notice with details of the highly-anticipated stateside visa renewal pilot program which will begin on January 29, 2024 and will end on April 1, 2024.     We [...]

By |2023-12-22T08:53:21-05:00December 20th, 2023|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Processing|

2024 H-1B Cap Season – Quota, Timeline, Requirements; Lottery Registration Window Opens March 6; Beneficiary-Centric Selection Process Announced

The new H-1B work visa “cap” season is set to begin by using the same lottery process introduced and used over the past four years. The lottery registration window will open on [...]

By |2024-03-21T20:02:22-04:00December 15th, 2023|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert|

FY2024 H-1B Cap Update: Cap Reached and Closed After Two Lottery Rounds

USCIS has announced that they have reached the H-1B cap limit for fiscal year 2024 (FY 2024).  This means that they will not be conducting additional lottery rounds of selection after the initial two rounds.  This also means [...]

By |2023-12-14T09:51:19-05:00December 14th, 2023|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

January 2024 Visa Bulletin – Significant Cutoff Date Forward Movement and Recovery

The U.S. State Department has released the January 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year.  The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant (although not full) recovery among [...]

By |2023-12-14T10:03:59-05:00December 11th, 2023|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Can I Travel Abroad While My I-485 Application is Pending? Risks and Considerations to Avoid Abandonment.

For applicants with pending I-485 applications, understanding the rules and requirements of international travel is essential in order to avoid denial due to abandonment.   This article discusses the rules and requirements that must be [...]

By |2024-01-29T16:52:34-05:00December 10th, 2023|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Travel|

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