On January 28, 2022, USCIS announced the dates for the upcoming H-1B cap registration window and selection process. Selection will be via random lottery, as in prior years. (USCIS has abandoned its plans for a wage-based selection process.)In its announcement USCIS...
11/12/2021 Update: On November 12, 2021, USCIS released a confirming policy memo and corresponding policy manual changes that, in addition to the H-4 and L-2 changes discussed below, also includes automatic extensions of work authorization for E spouses (including...
Last updated: 10/15/2021The New York Times reported on October 15, 2021 that the Biden Administration will lift the geographic COVID-related travel bans (covering Schengen, U.K., Ireland, Iran, South Africa, Brazil, China, and India) on November 8, 2021, for...
On July 29, 2021, USCIS announced that it ran a second H-1B lottery on 2021 (FY 2022) registrations. Attorney accounts were locked for several hours but we are now able to access accounts and will be notifying clients of additional selections and next steps for...
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 30, 2021 that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory H-1B visa “cap” for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The USCIS announcement states:We randomly selected from...
Last updated: 02/05/2021On February 4, 2021, USCIS announced that the upcoming H-1B cap registration selection process will be via random lottery, as in prior years. USCIS had previously announced a wage-based selection process. Today’s announcement stated that “to...
On October 28, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would change the way cap-subject H-1B petitions are processed. The announced change would, in years when demand for new H-1B visas exceeds the annual...
As we mentioned in our prior post, on September 30, 2020, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 11, 2020, and the president signed it into law. The continuing resolution contains certain changes to USCIS’s Premium Processing...
On September 30, 2020, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 11, 2020, and the president is expected to sign it into law. The continuing resolution contains certain changes to USCIS’s Premium Processing Service or “PPS,”...
