The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has submitted a proposed rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (a division of the Office of Management and Budget) that would
Continue Reading DHS Submits H-1B Weighted Selection Rule for Federal Review: Implications for Employers and Foreign Workers
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
Greenberg Traurig Immigration & Compliance Practice Shareholders Dillon R. Colucci and Agnes Cha Rudinsky will present a webinar on the recently-concluded H-1B visa cap season May 4 at 2 p.m.
Continue Reading May 4 WEBINAR | The FY2024 H-1B Cap Season Post-Mortem: Cycle Analysis and Review of What May Come Next
On March 27, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it received enough electronic registrations to meet the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 H-1B numerical allocations and that the
Continue Reading USCIS Completes Initial H-1B Lottery – Takeaways and Next Steps
In March 2023, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced the “H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act.” This proposed legislation, which has gone through various iterations since
Continue Reading Proposed Changes to H-1B and L-1 Visa Programs
On June 17, 2020, United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued Policy Memorandum (PM-602-0114) rescinding the following Policy Memoranda, which was the basis of many challenges and denials against
Continue Reading Rescission of USCIS Policy Memoranda in Favor of H-1B Petitioners in the IT Third Party Placement Industry
Effective immediately, USCIS has resumed premium processing for all H-1B petitions. The resumption applies to new petitions as well as those that are currently pending with USCIS. This means that,
Continue Reading USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for all H-1B petitions
On Nov. 30, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security issued the notice of proposed rulemaking to amend its H-1B cap-subject lottery process. On Jan. 31, 2019, USCIS will publish
Continue Reading DHS Publishes Final Rule for H-1B Lottery
On June 20, the USCIS Ombudsman office held a teleconference on H-1B petition processing to discuss various topics, including premium processing. Premium processing for H-1B petitions had been suspended in
Continue Reading USCIS to Resume Premium Processing for Certain Cap-Exempt Institutions