USCIS Confirms Receipt of Nearly 500,000 H-1B Cap Registrations for Fiscal Year 2023
Quick Takeaways Almost 60% increase in Registrations received in March 2021 Selection rate approximately 26%...
Loosening of Restrictions for E-3 Visa Holders on the Horizon
Quick Takeaways Australian Citizens to be permitted to travel using valid E-3 Visa and Form I-797 Approval Notices,...
USCIS Modernization Efforts Move DACA Renewals Online
USCIS announced that current DACA recipients may now file online for renewal of their Form I-821D, Consideration of...
USCIS Policy to Limit Interviews for Conditional Permanent Residents
USCIS announced that USCIS officers are now instructed to waive interviews for Conditional Permanent Residents (CPRs)...
USCIS Is Disposing of E-Verify Records More than 10 Years Old
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the custodian of most immigration records. Among these are...
USCIS’ Revocation of Foreign National’s Case Subject to Review
Green and Spiegel Attorneys, Stephen Antwine and Brian Halliday, earned a significant litigation victory in the...
USCIS Can’t Duck ‘Embarrassing’ Revoked Green Card Suit
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services can't sweep aside a Russian worker's "embarrassing" allegations of illegally...
Cap Relief has Arrived for the H-2B Program
The Departments of Homeland Security and Labor announced yesterday, March 31, 2022, that they would make an additional...
NEXUS & FAST Enrollment Centers to Reopen in U.S. on April 19
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.
H-1B Initial Electronic Registration Selection Process Completed
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.
E and L Spouses Receive New Codes on their I94s
The United States grants nonimmigrant visas (“NIV”) to Treaty Traders and Investors and Intracompany Transferees. Those persons are permitted to work in the United States and, beginning November 12, 2021, their spouses were entitled to work as well. Learn more in this blog.
COVID-19 Form I-9 Flexibilities Will End on May 1, 2022
During the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic (“Pandemic”), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) treated List B identity documents which were set to expire on or after March 1, 2020, and not otherwise extended by the issuing authority, as if the employee presented a valid receipt for an acceptable document for Form I-9 purposes. This effectively permitted employers to postpone documenting a valid List B document until DHS terminated the exception, at the end of the Pandemic. Learn more in this blog.