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New Registration Fee for H-1B Petitioners
September 4th, 2019
On January 31, 2019, DHS published a rule which requires petitioners to electronically register with USCIS prior to filing H-1B cap-subject petitions. Yesterday, September 3, 2019, DHS announced a proposal to impose a $10 fee for each electronic regi…
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Proposed H-1B Registration Fee Regulation Pending Review at OMB
June 26th, 2019
On May 22, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its Spring 2019 Fall Unified Agenda of Regulatory and De-regulatory Actions. This list is a public overview of anticipated federal regulatory actions. It is important to note that t…
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USCIS Starts Premium Processing for H-1B Petitions Today
June 10th, 2019
Today, June 10, 2019, USCIS will begin premium processing for the remaining fiscal year 2020 H-1B cap-subject petitions. Starting today, petitioners may file the request for premium processing, or the Form I-907, with the USCIS service center that is…
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Texas Service Center to Accept Form I-129 for H-1B Petitions
May 22nd, 2019
On May 20, 2019, the USCIS Texas Service Center will begin processing the Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, for certain H-1B cap-exempt petitions requesting: A change in previously approved employment A change of employer Concurrent emp…
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USCIS Completes Data Entry of FY2020 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions
May 20th, 2019
On May 17, 2019, USCIS finished entering the data of FY2020 cap-subject petitions selected in the lottery. The lottery is a computer-generated, random selection process and includes petitions under the advanced degree exemption. As they have done in…
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USCIS Reaches FY2020 H-1B Master's Cap
April 17th, 2019
On April 5, 2019, USCIS announced that they had reached the 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap for FY2020. On April 10, 2019, they reached the 20,000 H-1B advanced degree exemption, or master’s cap. USCIS received 201,011 H-1B petitions during the fi…
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USCIS Reaches FY2020 H-1B Regular Cap
April 8th, 2019
USCIS announced last week that they received all of the H-1B petitions that they needed to reach the 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap for fiscal year 2020. They will next determine if they have enough petitions to meet the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced…
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New Two-Phased Approach for H-1B Premium Processing
April 8th, 2019
A Two-Phased Approach On May 20, 2019, USCIS will start premium processing for FY2020 cap-subject H-1B petitions that are requesting a change of status on Form I-129 and that filed Form I-907, the request for premium processing service, with the H-1B…
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DOL Reminder About H-1B Notice Requirement by Electronic Posting
March 28th, 2019
On March 15, 2019, the Department of Labor issued a Field Assistance Bulletin that explains obligations of H-1B petitioners when using electronic posting. Background Employers that aim to employ H-1B non-immigrant workers, or H-1B petitioners must co…
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Avoiding Delays with LCA Business Verification
March 25th, 2019
AILA‘s Department of Labor (DOL) Liason Committee provided suggestions for avoiding delays when seeking certification of the ETA Form 9035, or the Labor Condition Application (LCA). What is the LCA? The Labor Condition Application is the form t…
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