EB backlogs have long wait times for applicants around the world. Applicants from India and China, in particular, may have been caught in a decades-long wait. While you’re waiting for your priority date to become current, it is important that you maintain nonimmigrant...
The Filing Window for Registrations Selected in the 2nd H1B Lottery ends Nov 3 USCIS recently determined that additional registrations we needed to reach the FY 2022 numerical allocations. On July 28, USCIS selected previously submitted electronic registrations using...
In recent years, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented a program whereby a randomized lottery determines which applicants will be eligible for H1B cap petitions. The initial selection process for fiscal year 2022 has now come to an end....
Most people seeking an employment-based visa have to follow similar steps in the application process. The first step is labor certification. The second step, in most cases, is filing the I-140 petition. You may make it through the labor certification phase without a...
Consular sections will resume providing all routine visa services as it is safe to do so in that location using a tiered approach to triage immigrant visa applications based on the category of immigrant visa as they resume and expand processing.
The FY 2022 H1B Cap Has Been Reached USCIS has received enough electronic registrations during the initial FY 2022 H1B Cap registration period to reach the FY 2022 H1B Cap numerical allocations including the master's cap exemption. USCIS randomly selected from among...
The 2022 H1B Cap Registration Period Has Ended! USCIS will conduct computer-generated random selection, aka Lottery, to select regular quota filing registrants, then the master’s quota filing registrants. USCIS will notify employers by March 31 and let them know...
The Biden administration has delayed a controversial Trump-era rule that would raise mandatory minimum wages for foreign workers with the H-1B visa. It was scheduled to go into effect on March 15, but implementation is now extended to May 14. The Trump administration...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced it may reopen and/or reconsider adverse decisions on Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, made based on three rescinded policy memos. A petitioner may request that USCIS reopen and/or reconsider adverse decisions based on the three rescinded policy memos by properly filing Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, accompanied by the appropriate fee.
USCIS is no Longer Applying the Public Charge Rule Applicants and petitioners should not provide information or evidence related solely to the Public Charge Final Rule. Applicants for adjustment of status should not submit Form I-944, Declaration of Self Sufficiency,...
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