House Passes Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act H.R. 1044

2019-07-11T16:28:35+00:00Jul 11, 2019|

On 7/10/19, the House passed H.R. 1044 by a vote of 365 to 65. If enacted, the bill would eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants from 7 percent to 15 percent. Read the pdf of the H.R. 1044 bill.

HandiCAPping Anyone? Making Sense of the H-1B Random Selection Process

2019-05-22T15:09:43+00:00May 22, 2019|

On May 17th, the USCIS announced it had completed data entry for all fiscal year 2020 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in the computer-generated random selection process, including those selected under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. Now, the Service will begin returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected. This process usually takes approximately 8-14 [...]

USCIS Completes Data Entry of FY2020 H‑1B Cap-Subject Petitions

2019-05-20T15:19:39+00:00May 20, 2019|

Today, USCIS announced that it had completed data entry for all FY2020 H‑1B cap-subject petitions selected in the computer-generated random selection process, including those selected under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. USCIS will now begin returning unselected petitions. Additionally, USCIS may transfer some Form I‑129 H‑1B cap-subject petitions between the Vermont and California Service Centers.

White House Issues Memo on Combating High Non-immigrant Overstay Rates

2019-04-26T17:44:28+00:00Apr 26, 2019|

The White House issued a memo on combating high non-immigrant visa overstay rates. Among other things, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the AG and Secretary of Homeland Security, shall provide recommendations of actions to take to reduce nonimmigrant overstay rates from certain countries. Clients should take particular note of the fact that [...]

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