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H-1B Cap update – USCIS reports 236,000 H-1B petitions received

Apr 13, 2016

News Release from Jewell Stewart & Pratt PC Today USCIS announced that it received over 236,000 H-1B petitions in the filing period that began on April 1. On April 9 USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select...

H-1B Cap reached, lottery triggered

Apr 7, 2016

News Release from Jewell Stewart & Pratt PC U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2017. USCIS has also received more than 20,000...

USCIS suspends premium processing for H-1B petitions where extension of stay is requested

May 29, 2015

News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC As of May 26, 2015 USCIS has temporarily suspended premium processing for all H-1B petitions where a request for extension of stay is requested. This is to allow USCIS to implement the Employment Authorization for Certain...

UPDATE: USCIS publishes information regarding H-4 EAD procedure

May 22, 2015

News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC We previously posted here about USCIS's announcement that, starting May 26, 2015, it would begin accepting applications for employment authorization from certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants who are in the...

H-1B Cap update – USCIS reports 233,000 H-1B petitions received

Apr 13, 2015

News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC On April 7 USCIS announced that it received approximately 233,000 H-1B petitions in the filing period that began on April 1. Today USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to...

Certain H-4 spouses to be eligible to apply for employment authorization starting May 26, 2015

Feb 24, 2015

USCIS announced that, starting Tuesday, May 26, 2015, it will accept applications for employment authorization from certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants in the employment-based lawful permanent residence (green card) process. An H-4 spouse of an H-1B nonimmigrant will be eligible to apply for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) if the H-1B nonimmigrant:

Is the beneficiary of an approved Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker; or

Has been granted an H-1B extension beyond the six-year limit under sections 106(a) and (b) of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (AC-21), as amended. Sections 106(a) and (b) of AC21 refer to H-1B extensions based on the filing of a PERM or I-140 at least one year before the end of the H-1B nonimmigrant’s six-year limit, where no final decision to deny the PERM, I-140, or permanent residence has been made.

DHS to propose allowing work authorization for spouses of certain H-1B workers, and more

May 6, 2014

News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will publish a proposed rule that would: Allow work authorization for H-4 spouses of certain H-1B workers in the permanent residence (green card) process based on...

H-1B Cap update – USCIS reports 172,500 H-1B petitions received

Apr 11, 2014

News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC Today USCIS announced that it received approximately 172,500 H-1B petitions in the filing period that began on April 1. On April 10 USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”)...

H-1B Cap reached, lottery triggered

Apr 7, 2014

News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2015. USCIS has also received more than 20,000...