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USCIS Proposes to Increase Fees
November 11th, 2019
USCIS announced on November 8, 2019 that DHS will publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to adjust the USCIS Immigration Examinations Fee Account (IEFA) fee schedule. The proposal would increase fees by an average of 21 percent. USCIS last updated i…
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USCIS Implements $10 Fee for H-1B Registration
November 8th, 2019
On January 31, 2019, USCIS issued a final rule which made substantial changes to the H-1B visa lottery process. The rule added an electronic registration component for petitioners submitting H-1B cap-subject petitions. It also changed the order in wh…
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H-1B Registration Updates
November 6th, 2019
On January 31, 2019, USCIS issued a final rule which made substantial changes to the H-1B visa lottery process. The rule added an electronic registration component for petitioners submitting H-1B cap-subject petitions. It also changed the order in wh…
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Check-in with DOS's Charlie Oppenheim
October 28th, 2019
AILA’s Department of State (DOS) Liaison Committee checks in each month with Charlie Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at DOS for updates about Visa Bulletin progress. Oppenheim also provides analysis of current tr…
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Categories: Visa Bulletin
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Injunction Issued Restraining DHS
October 21st, 2019
On October 11, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a national injunction, which restrained DHS and USCIS from implementing the DHS Public Charge Final Rule. The Court also prevented the government from implement…
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November 2019 Visa Bulletin
October 21st, 2019
November Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the November 2019 Visa Bulletin. Understanding the Visa Backlogs There are a limited number of employment-based immigrant visas (“green cards”) available…
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Check-in with DOS's Charlie Oppenheim
September 23rd, 2019
AILA’s Department of State (DOS) Liaison Committee checks in each month with Charlie Oppenheim, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at DOS for updates about Visa Bulletin progress. Oppenheim also provides analysis of current tr…
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October 2019 Visa Bulletin
September 20th, 2019
October Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the October 2019 Visa Bulletin. Understanding the Visa Backlogs There are a limited number of employment-based immigrant visas (“green cards”) available ea…
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Schedule for Filing LCAs in FLAG System
September 9th, 2019
Last week, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced a schedule for the electronic filing of Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system. The FLAG system is the new electronic filing sys…
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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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