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Alert: FY2020 H-1B Cap Demand Very Strong; Random Lottery Completed

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that they have completed the intake and processing of all of the fiscal year (FY2020) H-1B cap petitions.    According to USCIS, there were over 201,011 H-1B cap petitions filed during the April [...]

By |2019-04-25T12:52:21-04:00April 25th, 2019|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

May 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 India and China Unchanged and Future Does not Look Promising; Slow Movement Elsewhere

The U.S. State Department has just released the May 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin [...]

By |2019-04-14T21:30:42-04:00April 14th, 2019|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Alert: FY2020 H-1B Cap Reached on April 5th

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 [...]

By |2019-04-11T12:31:58-04:00April 11th, 2019|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert|

Premium Processing Allowed for Certain H-1B Cap Cases; What are the Anticipated Cap Timelines?

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 [...]

By |2019-03-21T11:55:20-04:00March 21st, 2019|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

April 2019 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 India and China Unchanged; Slow Movement Elsewhere

The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the extremely slow forward movement [...]

By |2019-03-14T08:56:07-04:00March 14th, 2019|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Premium Processing Reinstated for All H-1B Petitions

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 [...]

By |2019-03-14T08:52:14-04:00March 14th, 2019|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

Last Call for H-1B Cap: Very Short and Busy H-1B Cap Filing Season Expected – April 1-5 (Five Business Days); H-1B Lottery Likely

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 [...]

By |2019-03-07T11:10:07-05:00March 7th, 2019|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

Premium Processing Reinstated for H-1B Petitions Filed On or Before December 21, 2018

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 [...]

By |2019-02-18T21:33:36-05:00February 18th, 2019|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

March 2019 Visa Bulletin – Slow Forward Movement Across Almost All Employment-based Categories

The U.S. State Department has just released the March 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the extremely slow forward movement [...]

By |2019-02-15T10:47:14-05:00February 15th, 2019|Articles, EB-3, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS Makes Substantial Changes to I-539 Application Process Starting March 11, 2019

USCIS has announced that it is making changes to Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status and that the new revised form will be the only version allowed starting March 11, 2019.  Unfortunately,  USCIS has also indicated that the form itself will only be available on USCIS website on March 11, 2019 - the same [...]

By |2023-09-26T11:20:55-04:00February 14th, 2019|Articles, Fees, News, News Alert, Policy|

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