On November 19, 2021, USCIS announced that it had just completed a third round of H-1B visa lottery selection for Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B Cap Registrants. This is the first time since the new online H-1B registration system started that a third round of selection...
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IMMIGRATION NEWS: Court Strikes Down Trump’s Attempts to Change H-1B & Other Programs
On December 1, 2020, Northern District of California Judge Jeffrey White granted summary judgement in favor of the plaintiffs, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, top universities and other groups, in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's attempt to...
Availability of Employment-Based Table B for October 2020 Visa Bulletin
On September 24, 2020, the Department of State released its Visa Bulletin for the month of October 2020. This is great news for many petitioners who are waiting for their priority dates to be current to proceed with their applications for green cards. “Table B – Dates...
Impact of October 2020 U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
There are limits on the number of foreign nationals who can complete the U.S. permanent resident process each year. Due to these limits, a backlog (or line) of people who are waiting to finish the permanent resident process has developed. Each month, the U.S....
Immigration News: Public Charge Rule Update from USCIS
On September 22, 2020, USCIS updated its website to indicate that it is moving forward with implementing the Public Charge Rule. Following the September 11, 2020 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit—which allowed USCIS to proceed with...
No furlough for USCIS, but future remains in doubt
Around the world, nations have been blocking entry from visitors from other countries as the COVID-19 pandemic shows few signs of decline. The U.S. has been no different and has been forced into scaling back not only vacation visits from foreign travelers but...
Immigration News: USCIS Delays Furloughs Until November 2020
On August 25, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they would be suspending furloughs of 13,400 employees until at least November 2020. It was discovered that USCIS had $800 million in additional revenue that would allow them to...
Lack of Funding Pushing USCIS to Potentially Furlough 13,400 Employees This Year
Near the beginning of July 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began issuing notices to 13,400 of its employees stating that they could be furloughed for a period between 30 and 90 days, starting as early as August 3, 2020. The issuance of these...
USCIS Operations and the Corona Virus (COVID-19) – As of the Evening of March 17, 2020
USCIS provides official updates regarding operations and COVID-19 here: https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-response-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 As of March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has suspended routine in-person services until at least...