The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the H-1B registration process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 has been successfully completed. Following a computer-generated, random selection of H-1B
Continue Reading USCIS Announces Completion of FY 2026 H-1B Registration Process: Filing Period Begins April 1, 2025
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun notifying petitioners of selected registrations for this year’s H-1B cap lottery. This marks a pivotal step in the FY 2026 H-1B visa
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Hosts Kate Kalmykov and Faraz Qaisrani delve into immigration directives, including increased visa scrutiny, changes to processing times, and new measures affecting business immigration. They address shifts in H-1B interpretation
Continue Reading Immigration Insights Episode 11 | Immigration Executive Actions and What This Means for Employers
As the new Trump administration takes shape, tech companies and foreign workers are keenly observing potential changes to the H-1B visa
Continue Reading What Might Happen with Business Immigration Under the New Trump Administration
On Dec. 2, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it received enough H-1B petitions to meet the 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa
Continue Reading USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap
Faraz Qaisrani ‡, associate in GT’s Immigration & Compliance Practice, is quoted in a Boston.com article titled “How to hire technology experts when talent is scarce.” The article
Continue Reading Faraz Qaisrani Quoted in Boston.com Article on Hiring Foreign Technology Workers
On July 30, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it would select additional H-1B cap “lottery” registrations to reach its fiscal year (FY) 2025 numerical quota. This second
Continue Reading USCIS Will Select Additional Registrations for FY 2025 H-1B Cap
On June 18, 2024, President Biden announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will implement new measures to ensure that U.S. citizens with noncitizen spouses and children can keep
Continue Reading Biden Administration Announces New Process to Promote the Unity and Stability of Families and Ease the Visa Process for U.S. College Graduates, Including Dreamers
The Foreign Labor Certification (FLC) Data Center houses the online wage library for prevailing wage determinations. A centralized database, the FLC Data Center collects and stores data on labor certifications
Continue Reading OFLC Wage Library Being Deprecated July 1
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced April 1, 2024, that they had received enough electronic registrations for unique beneficiaries during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year
Continue Reading USCIS Completes Initial FY 2025 H-1B Cap Lottery Selection