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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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Check-in with DOS's Charlie Oppenheim
June 4th, 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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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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Categories: H-1B
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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Categories: H-1B
USCIS Updates Fee Payment System
May 3rd, 2019
On February 25, 2019, USCIS announced that they expanded the fee payment system used in some field offices to 16 additional offices. These offices are in: Albuquerque, New Mexico Buffalo, New York Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Columbus, Ohio El Pa…
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Categories: Immigration News
Changes in USCIS Applicant Support Services
April 9th, 2019
On February 14, 2019, the CIS Ombudsman Office held a teleconference pertaining to changes in the USCIS applicant support services. The initiative to change the way USCIS provides support services to applicants is called the Information Services Mode…
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Categories: Immigration News
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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Check-in with DOS's Charlie Oppenheim
March 27th, 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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April 2019 Visa Bulletin
March 18th, 2019
April Visa Bulletin Available U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released the April 2019 Visa Bulletin. Understanding the Visa Backlogs A limited number of employment-based immigrant visas (“green cards”) are available each year, a…
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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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