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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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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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DHS Adjusting Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Fees
May 29th, 2019
DHS issued a final rule which will increase fees for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), effective 06/24/2019. It adjusts fees for school certification petitions and applications for nonimmigrants seeking to obtain F visas (academic stud…
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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 Secretary on Entry of Lawful Permanent Residents
February 9th, 2017
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, John Kelly, released a statement on the entry of Lawful Permanent Residents into the United States. On January 29, 2017, he said the following: “In applying the provisions of the president…
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Executive Order Breaking Updates on Implementation
February 4th, 2017
President Trump signed an Executive Order on January 27, 2017 regarding visas, screening procedures, and refugees. His Executive Order is called “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” Among other thin…
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