Quick Takeaways This year’s H-1B Registration Period will open at 12PM EST on March 6, 2024 and close at 12PM
February 5, 2024
Quick Takeaways This year’s H-1B Registration Period will open at 12PM EST on March 6, 2024 and close at 12PM
Quick Takeaways Effective Date: All fee adjustments, excluding previously-announced updates to Premium Processing, will take effect on April 1, 2024.
Quick Takeaways 12.3% Increase will take effect February 26, 2024, and in response to inflation between June 2021 and June
Quick Takeaways The pilot program will only be available to certain H-1B Visas between January 29 – April 1, 2024
Quick Takeaways Government shutdown averted, for now… Start of the Federal Government’s Fiscal Year means visa numbers are reset. Pilot
Due to the ongoing violence in Israel, Gaza, and Southern Lebanon/Syria, the U.S. Embassy in Israel announced today that it
Key Takeaways Shutdown will begin on October 1, 2023 without congressional agreement to continue funding the Federal Government. Essential and
Quick Takeaways New Form I-9 and Alternative Procedure for remote document verification available as of August 1, 2023, old version
Quick Takeaways Fee of $1,750.00 will guarantee a decision for I-539 Applicant (and co-Applicants) within 30 days. Available for pending
On May 1, 2023, the Biden Administration announced that starting 12:00AM EST on May 12, 2023, international travelers arriving by
Quick Takeaways Nearly 800,000 Registrations submitted in this year’s lottery, approximately 110,000 selected. Less than 50% of Registrations – approximately
Pilot program for H-1B and L-1 to launch later this year, with hopes to expand thereafter. Will only include visa
Quick Takeaways Starting January 25, 2023, USCIS will once again adjudicate H-4/L-2 EADs and Changes/Extensions of Status filed at the
On January 12, 2023, USCIS announced several exciting updates to its ongoing expansion of Premium Processing. These updates will impact
Quick Takeaways Almost 60% increase in Registrations received in March 2021 Selection rate approximately 26% Approximately one-third of Registrations submitted
Quick Takeaways Australian Citizens to be permitted to travel using valid E-3 Visa and Form I-797 Approval Notices, even if
On March 31, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) announced the long-awaited reopening of U.S. NEXUS and U.S./Canada FAST Enrollment Centers in the United States. As of April 5, 2022, qualified new applicants for NEXUS – available for pre-screened Canadian Citizens entering the United States – and FAST – designed for truckers traveling between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada – may schedule an interview in the United States. And so long as they are otherwise eligible to enter the United States, they could appear at a reopened Enrollment Center as soon as April 19, 2022. Learn more in this blog.
As our Australian clients are acutely aware, between limited, expensive, and frequently-cancelled-flights to the financial and psychological toll of a
On November 19, 2021, USCIS conducted a third round of selections for Registrations submitted for the Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B
In a reversal from USCIS’ usual opaqueness on the H-1B Cap Process, the Service recently offered insights into exactly how