This blog post explores the sudden increase in EB-1A profile builders and “specialists” and why using them could harm your petition and even lead to charges of misrepresentation and fraud. READ MORE
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2026/visa-bulletin-for-may-2026.html For Family-Sponsored Filings: For all family-sponsored preference categories, you must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for May 2026. For Employment-Based Preference Filings: For all employment-based preference categories, you must use the Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for May 2026. USCIS [...]
This is a candid conversation between an attorney from Kidambi & Associates and the HR Director of a mid-sized IT company who recently navigated their first H-1B cap season under the new weighted-selection rules. The HR Director has chosen to remain anonymous but was gracious enough to share their experience to help other HR teams [...]
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2026/visa-bulletin-for-april-2026.html For Family-Sponsored Filings: For all family-sponsored preference categories, you must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for April 2026. For Employment-Based Preference Filings: For all employment-based preference categories, you must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for April 2026. USCIS [...]
Please read this blog about changes to the H-1B CAP for FY2027. Every spring, the H-1B cap season quietly shapes the future of American innovation. Employers scramble to register. Talented professionals around the world hold their breath. And the United States decides, yet again, how open and inviting it wants to be to the world's [...]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2027 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 4 and run through noon Eastern on March 19, 2026. During this period, prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners and representatives must use a USCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically [...]
Release Date: January 14, 2026 New rule eliminates one-year foreign residency requirement for thousands of religious workers abroad WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued an interim final rule to religious organizations and their communities allowing thousands of religious workers—including priests, nuns, and rabbis—that previously were required to remain outside the United [...]
Release Date: January 14, 2026 New rule eliminates one-year foreign residency requirement for thousands of religious workers abroad WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued an interim final rule to religious organizations and their communities allowing thousands of religious workers—including priests, nuns, and rabbis—that previously were required to remain outside the United [...]
Here we provide an easy-to-understand article on the latest update to the H-1B $100,000 and fee and who may be exempt from paying it. Also covered are other aspects of the fee that remain unclear at this time. READ MORE
AILA Member Vaman Kidambi describes the September 30 decision by District Court Judge William Young protecting the free speech rights of international students and scholars under the Constitution, noting that the judge is a “gladiator of sorts for first amendment protections.” READ MORE