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Tech Layoffs in U.S. Send Foreign Workers Scrambling to Find New Jobs

Please find here an interesting article in the New York Times.

The Fiscal Year 2024 U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery Is Now Open

What is the Diversity Visa Lottery? The Diversity Immigrant Visa program—a.k.a. the green card lottery—is a government lottery program for obtaining U.S. Permanent Residence (green card). The program makes 50,000 visas available every year to …

USCIS To Implement Premium Processing Expansion for Certain Previously Filed EB-1 and EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions

USCIS announced that, beginning August 1, 2022, the agency will accept premium processing requests for pending Form I-140 petitions under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification if received on or before July 1, 2021, …

Tech urges DHS to let foreign-born workers’ kids stay in U.S. past 21

Find here an interesting article on Axios.com.

USCIS to Implement Premium Processing for Certain Previously Filed EB-1 and EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions

This expansion only applies to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under an E13 multinational executive and manager classification or E21 classification as a member of professions with advanced degrees or exceptional ability seeking a …

Premium Processing to be extended to a number of additional visa and green card categories

USCIS announced an expected phased roll out of adding more visa and green card categories for premium processing starting June 1, 2022. Specific dates will be announced. In addition to the currently eligible visa categories …

H-1B Lottery Registration

Starting on March 1, 2022 until March 18, 2022, employers may register to enter the H-1B visa lottery. The H-1B visa is available to U.S. employers wishing to hire a foreign employee in a specialty …

USCIS Withdraws H-1B CAP Wage-Based Selection Rule

The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn its H-1B Selection Final Rule as of December 21, 2021. The Rule was vacated by a US District Court in September 2021, and pursuant to that order, the …

USCIS Settlement Is Good News For L-1 And H-1B Visa Spouses

Please find here an interesting article on Forbes.

Department of Homeland Security scraps Trump-era plans to collect more biometric data from immigrants

Please read here an interesting article on CBS.News.