DHS Delaying Implementation of New H-1B Cap Visa Selection Rule Based on Wage Levels
The Department of Homeland Security has provided an update regarding the new H-1B Cap regulation that would have changed the H-1B lottery...
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tish716
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
FY2022 H-1B Cap Season Changes
On January 8th, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security finalized a regulation that would change the H-1B Visa Cap Lottery process this...
tish716
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
New DOL Rule Increasing Prevailing Wages
This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new regulation increasing prevailing wages for H-1B, E-3, and H-1B1 nonimmigrant cases...
tish716
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
USCIS Settlement Offers Relief to H-1B Employers
Following the March 10, 2020, decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in ITSERVE Alliance, Inc. v. Cissna, USCIS...
tish716
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
USCIS to Resume Premium Processing in June
Effective June 1, 2020, USCIS will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service for all eligible Form I-140 petitions....
tish716
- Mar 23, 2020
- 1 min
USCIS to Accept Copies of Signatures & Suspension of All Premium Processing
Due to COVID-19, the USCIS has announced that they will temporarily accept copies of signatures on all petition forms, instead of...
tish716
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
Court Invalidates USCIS H-1B Visa Policies that Adversely Impacted IT Consulting Companies
In the recently decided case, ITServe Alliance v. L. Francis Cissna, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia invalidated the...
tish716
- Mar 13, 2020
- 1 min
US Consulates/Embassies in India Cancelling Visa Appointments as of 3/16/2020
The US Consulates/Embassies in India are reporting that, "U.S. Mission India posts, in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, are...
tish716
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min
New Form I-9 must be used by May 1, 2020 at the latest
The USCIS released a new I-9 Form (the 10/21/19 version) that companies should start using by May 1, 2020 at the latest. The new I-9 Form...
tish716
- Dec 16, 2019
- 2 min
The USCIS will implement the H-1B ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION PROCESS for the FY 2021 H-1B Cap
If a US company intends to employ a foreign national (“an H-1B beneficiary”) who has not previously been counted against the H-1B Cap in...
tish716
- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
USCIS EB-5 Modernization Regulation to Take Effect on November 21, 2019
The USCIS EB-5 Modernization Regulation will take effect on November 21, 2019. The new regulation will change the investor immigrant visa...
tish716
- Nov 5, 2019
- 1 min
Decision to Implement the H-1B Cap Registration System Expected at End of 2019
USCIS Director, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, recently indicated that the USCIS will decide by the end of 2019, whether to implement its new...
tish716
- Oct 7, 2019
- 1 min
DHS to Seek to Rescind H-4 EAD Program in Spring 2020
Implementation of the rule rescinding EAD work authorization for H-4 nonimmigrants has been delayed. DHS provided an updated timeline in...