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tish716
Feb 5, 20211 min read
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...
tish716
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20191 min read
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...
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