Author: lfsuser
April 12, 2019
USCIS Completes H-1B Cap Lottery
Please be advised that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed the H-1B lottery and randomly selected 65,000 petitions to meet the H-1B regular cap and an additional 20,000 petitions to meet the U.S. master’s cap. USCIS announced that on April 10, 2019...
read moreMarch 20, 2019
USCIS Announces H-1B Cap Lottery Updates for Fiscal Year 2020
On March 19, 2019, USCIS announced that it will accept H-1B Cap petitions for Premium Processing under a “two-phased approach.” First, cap petitions requesting a change of status will be permitted to file an I-907, Request for Premium Processing concurrently with the H-1B Cap...
read moreMarch 19, 2019
ADHS Has Opened One Slot for the FY-2019 J-1 Waiver Program
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) announced that it will accept applications for one remaining slot in the 2019 Conrad 30 J-1 waiver program, on a first-come, first-served basis. Conrad 30 J-1 waivers are for clinical physicians, as opposed to teaching or research...
read moreMarch 12, 2019
USCIS Resumes Premium Processing on All H-1B Petitions and Announces Procedural Changes for Form I-539 Filings
USCIS has resumed Premium Processing on all H-1B petitions as of today, March 12, 2019. For petitions that have received a Request for Evidence, a premium processing request should be filed with the response. For H-1B petitions that have been transferred to a different...
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