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It’s Almost Time for the H-1B Lottery Again!
It is that time of the year where we reach out to our clients to find out if there are any employees that might need a new H-1B visa for the next fiscal year (2023), which begins on October 1,...
Moving Worksite Locations Impacts your H-1B Petition and PERM Process
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the lives of many, the trend in working remotely or moving locations entirely has also continued. Employees working in the United States on an H-1B visa or those with a pending PERM process...
Which Categories of Employment Based Visas Allow Spouses to Work
There are many types of employment-based visas. These visas allow principal applicant to legally work in the United States, with some exceptions only for the petitioning employer. The H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 visas allow a non-citizen to be employed in...
Plan B: What to do if your H-1B was not selected in the lottery?
As of March 27, 2021, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced which individuals were selected towards the Fiscal Year 2022 H-1B lottery. It is unclear whether the selections will continue through March 31, 2021. Immigration law sets...
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....
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...
H-1B Cap Lottery Process Replaced with a Salary-Based Process
Today, the Department of Homeland Security will publish a rule to replace the current H-1B lottery system for disbursing the 65,000 regular cap slots and 20,000 U.S. Master’s degree slots with a system based on wage levels assigned by the...
