USCIS has announced that the FY 2025 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Selection process is complete. Registrants can review their organizational accounts via myUSCIS to view the status of each registered…
USCIS has announced that they will extend the FY 2025 H-1B Cap Registration period through noon, March 25, 2024. This extension from March 22 to noon Eastern on March 25,…
With less than a 20% chance of being selected in the H-1B lottery, employers should plan now for employees not selected in the H-1B lottery. The annual quotas for cap-subject…
The registration period for the H-1B Cap Lottery FY 2025 will run from March 6, 2024, to March 22, 2024. During this timeframe, only employers or their representatives can register…
In preparation for the FY2025 H-1B cap registration, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has introduced a final rule incorporating certain fraud-protection measures designed to ensure fairness in FY2025…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced plans to release several enhancements to legal representatives’ and employers’ existing or new H-1B registration accounts that would include permitting online…
The cost of expedited case processing (“Premium Processing”) will increase for cases postmarked (or filed online, as available) on or after February 26, 2024 from $2,500 to $2,805, $1,500 to…
The Department of State (DOS) has announced a pilot program for the renewal of eligible H-1B nonimmigrant visas issued by Mission Canada or Mission India from within the U.S. In 2004, domestic renewal of non-diplomatic nonimmigrant visas was…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they have received a sufficient number of petitions to meet the congressionally mandated quotas for H-1B visas. Specifically, they have reached the regular cap of 65,000 H-1B visas and the master’s cap of 20,000 H-1B visas for individuals with advanced U.S. degrees for fiscal year 2024.
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