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USCIS Announces Resumption of Premium Processing
March 14th, 2019
On March 12, 2019, USCIS resumed premium processing for all H-1B petitions. Due to this resumption, clients that received RFEs (Requests for Evidence) for pending petitions can now utilize premium processing. RFE responses should include the request…
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USCIS Updates Filing Addresses for I-129 Petitions
March 13th, 2019
AILA issued a practice alert on March 11, 2019, to announce that USCIS updated the filing addresses for Form I-129 on February 28, 2019. What is the Form I-129? The Form I-129 is a petition for a nonimmigrant worker to come temporarily to the United…
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Proposed H-4 EAD Rescission Regulation Pending Review at OMB
March 2nd, 2019
Last week, on February 25, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a rule which extended qualification for employment authorization to some H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants seeking employment-based permanent resident statu…
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DHS Publishes Final Rule for H-1B Visa
February 5th, 2019
Last week, we published a blog post regarding the final rule announced by the Department of Homeland Security regarding H-1B visa petitions. This rule has now been published in the Federal Register and AILA has issued a practice alert with details ab…
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DHS Announces Final Rule for H-1B Visa
January 30th, 2019
What is the new rule? Today, the Department of Homeland Security posted a final rule that will alter regulations regarding H-1B petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption. This new rule reverses the order in which USCIS sel…
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Premium Processing for H-1B Visas
January 29th, 2019
Last year, USCIS temporarily suspended premium processing for certain categories of H-1B petitions including cap-subject petitions. USCIS announced last week that premium processing will resume today for all fiscal year 2019 H-1B cap petitions. This…
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H-1B FY2019 Cap Season-No Procedural Changes
January 26th, 2018
The American Immigration Lawyers Association(AILA) released a practice alert regarding the H-1B FY2019 Cap Season(AILA Doc. No. 18012505). It is confirmed by USCIS Service Center Operations Directorate (SCOPS) to AILA’s SCOPS Liaison Committee…
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Update on Reported Proposal to Change H-1B Extension Rules
January 10th, 2018
American Immigration Lawyers Association(AILA) released an updated practice alert on the Department of Homeland Security considering changes to H-1B extension rules. (AILA Doc. No. 18010437) According to a news update on January 8 from the McClatchy…
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Reported Proposal to Change H-1B Extension Rules
January 5th, 2018
American Immigration Lawyers Association(AILA) released a practice alert regarding the Department of Homeland Security reportedly considering changes to H-1B Extension Rules. AILA provided the following analysis on the reported proposal (AILA Doc. No…
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H-1B Statistics FY2007-FY2017
December 27th, 2017
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) released statistics on H-1B filings from FY2007 and FY2017 as of November 15, 2017, including the number of petitions by applications and approvals, country of birth, age, occupation, industry, annual…
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