by admin | Oct 8, 2020 | General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have published two new interim rules, changing wage requirements for employment-based visas as well as regulatory criteria for adjudicating H-1B petitions. The first (wage requirements) will be...
by admin | Oct 2, 2020 | General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Visas
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) will begin accepting online registrations for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Diversity Visa lottery beginning on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at noon Eastern and ending on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at noon Eastern. The Diversity Visa...
by admin | Oct 2, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
On September 30, 2020 the President signed H.R. 8337, the Continuing Appropriations Act 2021 and Other Extensions Act, part of which seeks to address USCIS’s budget shortfall. Part of the act addresses Premium Processing fees. Note that while the law takes effect...
by admin | Sep 25, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Visas
As a result of COVID-19 and the closings of U.S. embassies and USCIS for long periods of time, the USCIS and DOS approved far fewer permanent residence applications (“Green Cards”) in FY2020. As a result, the start of the new fiscal year, FY2021, has heralded a unique...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
On Friday, September 18, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that a lower court did not have the authority to enjoin the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from enforcing its public charge rule during the COVID-19 pandemic. This ruling is...
by admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that is seeking to make a restructuring to the wage level system to establish prevailing wage minimums in the H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 and PERM programs. The regulation is expected to...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
Beginning on October 2, 2020, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will implement a new fee schedule as well as changes to several key employment-based immigration forms and changes to the timeframe for premium processing service. New Fees...
by admin | Sep 4, 2020 | Bulletin, Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its September 2020 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, there was no advancement for all chargeability areas for EB-2, and EB-3. EB-1-Worldwide: Priority dates are current, except: China: Priority date of March...
by admin | Aug 28, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will avert a furlough of more than 13,000 employees through September 30, 2020. The agency claims that spending cuts as well as an increase in revenues will allow USCIS to maintain its...
by admin | Aug 21, 2020 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The production of certain Employment Authorization Documents (Form I-766, EAD) is delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, USCIS has confirmed that employees may use Form I-797, Notice of Action with a notice date on or after December 1, 2019 through and...
