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Department of State Provides Visa Priority Date Predictions in New Monthly Live Chat Series
On March 12, 2021, The Department of State announced that Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the U.S. Department of State (DOS), will host a monthly live chat where he will share his predictions on...
Working Remote and the Impact on Your H-1B
The H-1B work visa is a location specific non-immigrant visa. In a world that has increasingly necessitated remote work, this has presented many challenges to employers and employees alike. Both the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S....
Venezuelans Now Eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
On March 8, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security announced it was designating Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), effective March 9, 2021, and valid through September 9, 2022. In short, this means that most Venezuelans present in the United...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announces temporary guidelines for its enforcement and removal operations
On February 18, 2021 ICE implemented interim operating guidance that will temporarily govern its civil immigration enforcement and removal operations. Until Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas issues new enforcement guidelines, the interim guidelines will focus the agency’s civil immigration...
Biden’s Immigration Reform Bill Offers Many Promising Changes to the Undocumented and Those Immigrants Applying Based on Family, Employment or Humanitarian Grounds
At the end of last week, an immigration reform bill - “The U.S. Citizenship Act” of 2021 - was introduced in both chambers of Congress. The bill’s purpose is to “provide an earned path to citizenship, to address the root...
Free Consultations for Companies
We understand that navigating employment-based immigration issues can be daunting, and we are here to help companies and organizations explore possibilities, create solutions and answer questions. We offer free consultations to companies and organizations with questions related to any employment-based...
Employers Seeking to Register Employees for the FY 2022 H-1B Cap: Act Now!
With the H-1B Cap Registration Period quickly approaching, employers seeking to sponsor an individual for an H-1B visa for fiscal year 2022, should act now! Since the salary-based preference system for allocating H-1B cap cases has been delayed until Dec....
USCIS Delays Implementation of the Salary-Based Preference System for Allocating H-1B Cap Cases Until Dec. 31, 2021!!
On January 8, 2021, the Trump administration published a rule to replace the current H-1B lottery system, which allocates the 65,000 regular cap and 20,000 U.S. Master’s cap H-1B visas on a first-come basis, with a system that gives preference...
