For artists, musicians, performers, designers, and other creative professionals, the O-1 visa is often the golden ticket to working in the United States. Known as the “extraordinary ability” visa, it allows talented individuals to pursue their craft in the U.S. while contributing to the country’s vibrant cultural landscape. But what many don’t realize is that [...]
When submitting any application, petition, or request to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the requestor’s signature is crucial. A valid signature confirms that the applicant or petitioner knows, has reviewed, and approves the document’s content, [...]
USCIS has announced that they have reached the H-1B cap limit for fiscal year 2026 (FY 2026) after the initial (and only) selection round. This means that, for the first time ever, they will not be conducting additional [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the July 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the slowing forward movement (compared to last month) in almost all employment-based [...]
Many of our readers know that the H-1B visa is a critical and very common work visa used routinely by U.S. employers to hire skilled foreign nationals. The H-1B visa has an annual cap for first-time [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the June 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is that there is (finally!) some forward movement [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the May 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of pretty much any movement across the [...]
USCIS has announced that they have received and selected sufficient number of H-1B “cap” registrations for the available 85,000 H-1B work visas. As a result, the H-1B cap registration selection period has been completed and all selected registrants have [...]
On March 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) titled “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration.” Under the new rule, starting April 11, 2025, non-U.S. citizens staying in [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the April 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the continuing minor (1-1.5 months) forward movement in Final Action dates for [...]
