Immigration News

February 01, 2024

USCIS Publishes Rule Regarding Fee Adjustments

On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule regarding fee changes.  New fees and the final rule will go into effect on April 1, 2024. USCIS claims the extra funds will be used to match the agency’s...

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January 31, 2024

H-1B Cap Lottery Season is Underway

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule in the H-1B electronic registration process on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. The final rule will include certain provisions to combat the potential for fraud during the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B cap lottery process, by...

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January 05, 2024

Stateside Visa Processing is Back, Here’s What You Need to Know

Throughout 2023, the Department of State (DOS) provided notice that the agency was preparing to implement a pilot program to reintroduce stateside visa processing. Stateside visa processing allows foreign nationals to submit a passport for U.S. visa stamping from within the U.S., without having...

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December 28, 2023

USCIS Announces Inflation Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced yesterday, December 27, 2023, a final rule that will increase the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, to adjust for inflation. The fee change will go into effect on February 26, 2024. You may only...

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December 13, 2023

USCIS Announces That the H-1B Fiscal Year 2024 Cap Has Been Met

Today, December 13, 2023, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency has received sufficient H-1B petitions to reach the 65,000 “regular cap” and the 20,000 “master’s cap” for fiscal year 2024. Accordingly, USCIS issued “Non-Selection Notices” to each registrant who was...

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