The Department of State (DOS) has issued its October 2023 Visa Bulletin. October 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year, so all the immigrant visa categories benefit from new visa numbers, and most immigrant visa applicants see progress in their place in line for permanent residence.
Read MoreThe re-registration period for existing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan has been extended from 60 days to 18 months.
Read MoreDHS has announced that it will extend and expand temporary protected status (TPS) for nationals of Ukraine and Sudan due to the ongoing conflict in both countries.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its September 2023 Visa Bulletin, which has little movement (if any) in the employment and family-based categories.
Read MoreAs a follow up to our previous update, USCIS has confirmed that it completed its second H-1B lottery on Monday, July 31, and has notified all employers whose registrations were selected.
Read MoreUSCIS announced this morning that it will select additional H-1B lottery registrations from the registrations that were not selected in March 2023 in order to meet the annual limit (“cap”) of H-1B visas allocated for this coming year.
Read MoreUSCIS has announced that it will release an updated version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, on August 1, 2023, which will be shorter and give employers that are enrolled in E-Verify the option to remotely examine the identity and employment authorization documents of their employees when completing the Form.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its August 2023 Visa Bulletin, which indicates movement (some forward and some significantly backward) across most employment and family-based categories.
Read MoreFor international students in F-1 status, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently added eight new fields of study to the list of STEM degrees that qualify for a two-year extension of work authorization.
Read MoreEarlier this week, a federal court ruled that the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) can require H-1B employers to file an amendment petition each time the H-1B worker changes their worksite outside of the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) listed in the previous H-1B petition.
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