Congrats to all of our H-1B nonimmigrant professionals on their selection in the Lottery!! For others, we are pleased to work to find alternatives to the H-1B and to patiently wait to see if more Lotteries will be run before March 2023. Stay tuned for more business immigration law updates from Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak...
Category: H-1B Visa
USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B Cap
USCIS announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through noon Eastern on March 18, 2022. During this period, prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to complete and submit their registrations using USCIS online H-1B registration system.
USCIS will...
USCIS UPDATE: FY 2023 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period Opens on March 1
The threshold question for an H-1B nonimmigrant work visa is whether the intending H-1B nonimmigrant has the equivalence of a U.S. Bachelor’s Degree in a specific field. Most of the prospective H-1B employees and H-1B employers begin with either of the following two thoughts: “I would like to work in the U.S. using an...
The Power of Litigation to Correct Immigration Policy: DHS Withdraws H-1B Selection Final Rule
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Dec 6, 2019, announced a requirement for employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption, to first electronically register and pay the associated $10.00 H-1B registration fee before filing a petition. USCIS will open an initial registration period for a minimum...
USCIS MAY REOPEN H-1B PETITIONS DENIED UNDER THREE RESCINDED POLICY MEMOS
The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a final rule delaying the effective date of the Final Rule, Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States, published on January 14, 2021, 86 FR 3608, for a period of 60 days. The Department has...
USCIS ANNOUNCES: FY 2022 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period Opens on March 9
Today, the USCIS announced that the initial registration period for the FY2022 H-1B Cap Lottery will open at 12:00 noon (ET) on March 9th and run through 12:00 noon (ET) on March 25th. During this time, prospective H-1B employers and H-1B beneficiaries can submit their registrations for the H-1B Lottery. As we say here...
Webinar: H-1B 2021 – Updates & Filing Process (View Recording)
USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2021.
USCIS have completed sending non-selection notifications to registrants’ online accounts. The status for registrations properly submitted for...
USCIS Provides H-1B Authorized-to-Work Population Estimate
U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) is rescinding two policy memoranda regarding the adjudication of certain petitions for H-1B nonimmigrant classification.
Learn more here: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2020/PM-602-0114_ITServeMemo.pdf
USCIS-ITServe Settlement Overturns 10 Years Of H-1B Visa Policies [Forbes]
• Foreign nationals on H-1B visas make it more likely U.S. workers will be employed, have better wage growth and other benefits, writes Stuart Anderson.
• Madeline Zavodny, an economic professor at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, led a study on behalf of the National Foundation for American Policy, and...
USCIS: Initial H-1B Electronic Registration Period Closes March 20
USCIS has received enough electronic registrations during the initial period to reach the FY 2021 H-1B numerical allocations (H-1B cap). USCIS randomly selected from among the registrations properly submitted. USCIS intend to notify petitioners with selected registrations no later than March 31, 2020, that they are eligible to file an H-1B cap-subject petition for...