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September 18, 2017
USCIS will resume Premium Processing for H-1B visa petitions subject to the 2018 Fiscal Year cap
USCIS announced today that Premium Processing will resume for H-1B visa petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2018 cap. This includes the cap limit of 65,000 H-1B visas as well as 20,000 additional visas for workers with a U.S. master’s degree or higher. Premium...
read moreSeptember 18, 2017
Diversity Visa Lottery Registration Will Open On October 3, 2017
Each year the U.S. Department of State conducts a “lottery” of qualified applicants from under-represented countries, selecting 50,000 individuals who may then immigrate to the U.S. and receive their “green cards.” The applicants must register online and meet the following basic requirements: Must have...
read moreAugust 31, 2017
USCIS Expanding In-Person Interview Requirement to Employment-Based Adjustment Applicants
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced recently that they will begin expanding the in-person interview requirement to certain applicants seeking permanent resident status. Specifically, USCIS will now require in-person interviews for the beneficiaries of (1) adjustment of status applications based on employment and...
read moreAugust 28, 2017
Voice Your Organization’s Support for the H-1B Program
Recent pronouncements by the federal government and negative media stories have questioned the benefits of employment-based immigration and in particular the H-1B program. As you likely know, U.S. businesses use H-1B visas to gain access to sought-after skills of foreign professionals, many of whom...
read moreJuly 20, 2017
New I-9 Form Available as of 7/17/17, Becomes Mandatory on 9/18/2017
On July 17, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security released a new version of the I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification form. The I-9 form is used to verify identity and employment authorization of all employees hired by U.S. employers. The new version may be downloaded...
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