U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that applicants can now complete and file Form N-600, Application for Certificate of Citizenship, and Form N-600K, Application for Citizenship and Issuance of Certificate Under Section 322 …
Read MoreToday USCIS resumed premium processing for fiscal year 2019 H-1B cap petitions. Premium processing remains suspended for H-1B changes of employer, amendments and non-cap subject changes of status.
Read MoreToday the Office of Management and Budget approved the H-1B preregistration requirement. We expect that the final H-1B rule will be published in the Federal Register sometime this week.
Read MoreToday 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. …
Read MoreIf 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 …
Read MoreOn 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 …
Read MoreIn 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 …
Read MorePlease find here an interesting article on USA Today.
Read MoreForeign 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 …
Read MoreIt’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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