by leslie Ditrani | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
H-1B News The H-1B lottery is complete. USCIS reports on April 10, a computer-generated random selection process was used to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated regular cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption for the fiscal...
by leslie Ditrani | Apr 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
TPS Update On March 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced that in compliance with a court ordered preliminary injunction, they are automatically extending through Jan. 2, 2020 certain documents for foreign nationals with TPS (Temporary Protected...
by leslie Ditrani | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Budget Deal Keeps Government Open & Trump Declares a State of EmergencyAfter weeks of negotiations, on Valentine’s Day, U.S. Congress passed a budget deal to fund the federal government through the end of September. President Trump signed the bill, but because it...
by leslie Ditrani | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Big Changes to the H-1B Process Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted the final rule that will significantly change the H-1B process. First, DHS will reverse the order by which H-1B petitions are selected under the regular cap and the advanced degree...
by leslie Ditrani | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
While the holidays are over and winter is settling in, things on the immigration front are heating up. The government is still in partial shutdown over funding for the border wall with no resolution in sight. Below you will find a summary of the various agencies that...
by leslie Ditrani | Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Proposed Rule for H-1B RegistrationOn December 3, 2018, USCIS announced possible changes to the H-1B process for the upcoming H-1B lottery. The proposed rule would impose a mandatory registration system for all employers, who would be required to electronically...
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