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...
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”)...
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...
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC Citizens of countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) may come to the United States as visitors for business or pleasure without first obtaining visitors’ (B-1 or B-2) visas from U.S. Consulates. They may...
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC The U.S. Department of State recently notified J-1-sponsoring organizations that it intends to conduct field visits of companies hosting interns and trainees on J-1 (Exchange Visitor) visas. The State Department's Exchange...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has now fully implemented the automation of Form I-94 at all air and sea ports. On entering the United States a foreign national no longer receives a paper copy of Form I-94. Instead, they must visit the CBP website at www.cbp.gov/I94, enter their personal details, and print a copy of their I-94 there. CBP has advised doing this after each entry into the U.S., because their system does not currently store data on any entry other than the most recent one. It does not appear that CBP’s eventual expansion of I-94 data retention will encompass more than five years of entries in any case.
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC In January the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it would make copies of various documents submitted to it by employers available to the public in a searchable Labor Certification Registry (LCR). These include...
News Release from Jewell & Associates, PC Today USCIS announced that it received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions between April 1 and April 5. It was the first time the statutory H-1B cap of 85,000 (including 20,000 available under the advanced degree...
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) 2014. USCIS has also received more than 20,000...
