Regular Petitions Subject to Cap As of April 9, 2009, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have received approximately 42, 000 H-1B nonimmigrant petitions counting toward the congressionally mandated 65,000 cap. The USCIS has indicated that they will continue to accept H-1B petitions subject to the cap. Advanced…
Many employers have been questioning whether the regulation governing the “lottery” system will apply to this year’s H-1B cap. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has provided that the lottery will apply this year. In accordance with the regulation, the USCIS randomly selects the number of petition’s necessary…
Employers who are filing H-1B cap exempt visa petitions including extension petitions must file those petitions with the California Service Center (CSC). Additionally, please note that any H-1B cap exempt and extension petitions mistakenly sent to the Vermont Service Center (VSC) will be REJECTED. H-1B “Cap EXEMPT” petitions include petitions…
H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Petitions should be filed on April 1, 2009 for Fiscal Year 2010, which begins on October 1, 2009 and ends September 30, 2010. In recent years, the H-1B cap has been exceeded on the first day, April 1st. H-1B nonimmigrant visas are for professional foreign workers with…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting new H-1B visa petitions for professionals that count against the FY2010 cap on April 1, 2009. These professionals will be eligible to begin H-1B employment on October 1, 2009. Employers looking to hire new H-1B professionals are urged to begin…
The U.S. immigration system is constantly changing. At a recent stakeholders meeting, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced several upcoming changes to the Labor Certification and Labor Condition Application process. Expect More PERM Audits The DOL announced that with Backlog Elimination Centers (BECs) closing, the DOL will now be…
As I had recently mentioned in another one of my other recent blog postings, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) had reported that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) was going to resume premium processing of I-140 applications for certain individuals. Today, the USCIS released an update and fact…
The H-1B , is an employment based non-immigrant visa, that enables United States employers to seek highly skilled foreigner workers from around the world to increase productivity and develop new innovations within their fields which ultimately helps the U.S. economy. In return, the U.S. remains at the forefront of technology…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 10, 2008 nearly 163,000 H-1B petitions received during the filing period on April 1 to April 7, 2008. More than 31,200 of those petitions were for the advanced degree exemption. On April 14, 2008 USCIS conducted the computer-generated random selection processes…