Today DHS published a notice identifying 84 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A program and 81 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2B program for the coming year. …
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If Congress and the President cannot come to an agreement on a spending bill or continuing resolution by midnight December 21, 2018, approximately 25 percent of government functions will shut down. Impacted would be the Department …
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On December 3, 2018, DHS published a notice of proposed rulemaking to make significant changes to the H-1B allocation process, the H-1B lottery. Under the proposed rule, U.S. employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions would …
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In 2019, the USCIS plans to expand its Information Services Modernization Program throughout the US. This expansion will end self-scheduled InfoPass appointments and directs applicants to use the USCIS website to view general how-to information, access …
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Please find here an interesting article on USA Today.
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Foreign nationals often ask me if, or most often just assume, that they can be employed by an employer abroad while physically present in the U.S. without a specific work authorization. Since Congress has never …
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It’s time again for the Department of State’s annual green card lottery which issues 50,000 green cards to persons from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S. This year’s registration it is …
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Please find here an interesting article on NBC News.
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F-1 students with cap-gap work authorization who have an H-1B petition that remains pending on Oct. 1, 2018 are no longer authorized to work as of October 1, 2018 as the “cap-gap” work authorization is …
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The Department of State has just released the October 2018 Visa Bulletin which determines visa availability. Here is a brief summary: There is still a worldwide EB-1 backlog for the employment-based, first-preference (“EB-1”) category, and a Final Action …
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