On Tuesday, March 29th, USCIS announced that they had received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2023 H-1B numerical allocations (H-1B cap), including the advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). The Lottery was conducted as a random selection of properly submitted registrations and the myUSCIS Portal has been updated. Learn more in this blog.
On Monday, February 28th, 2022 USCIS announced that it had received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach both the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for the fiscal year (FY) of 2022. Learn more in this blog.
On Wednesday, a California federal judge struck down a controversial Trump-era rule which aimed to change the H1-B lottery system
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 29, 2021 that it conducted a second round of H-1B registration selections
In a reversal from USCIS’ usual opaqueness on the H-1B Cap Process, the Service recently offered insights into exactly how
In November 2020, we reported on the Trump administration’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making, announcing a major change in the process
The Trump Administration has announced a major change in the process for filing cap subject H-1B petitions. The proposed rule would replace
Quick Takeaways: Selection process for Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B Cap completed USCIS will alert selected Registrations no later than March
Quick Takeaways: H-1B Premium Processing will not be available when filing period opens April 1, 2020 It should be available
Beginning June 10, 2019, USCIS will accept Premium Processing for all Petitions selected in this year’s H-1B Cap Lottery. Initially,
Effective March 12, 2019, USCIS will resume accepting Premium Processing for all H-1B Petitions. This move comes more than 6 months after USCIS initially
