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Overcoming H-1B Requests for Evidence (RFEs) for a Level 1 Wage
In response to several policy announcements made by the Administration in early 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) increased its scrutiny of H-1B applications and began issuing significantly more Requests for Evidence (“RFE”), particularly for H-1B petitions that utilized...
Trump’s Executive Order to Buy American and Hire American Makes No Changes to H-1B Visa and Current Immigration Law
On April 18, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to promote the policy known as Buy American and Hire American. In President Trump’s words, the order established a government policy “to aggressively promote and use American-made goods and to...
USCIS Suspending Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions on April 3, 2017 for up to 6 Months
On March 3, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions, beginning on April 3, 2017, and that the suspension may last up to 6 months. What is...
Lottery for Initial H-1B Filings will begin on Monday, April 3!
The first day to file a “cap-subject” H-1B petition for the fiscal year (“FY”) is generally April 1. Since April 1 is on a Saturday this year, USCIS will begin accepting petitions on Monday, April 3. Due to the time...
U.S. Consulate in Toronto Suspends Third Country National Visa Processing For The Summer
The U.S. Consulate in Toronto recently announced it is suspending visa processing for third country nationals seeking visa appointments in Toronto during June, July and August of this year. The suspension primarily affects non-Canadians, many of whom are in H-1B...
H-1B Cap Selection Process for Fiscal Year 2017 Complete
USCIS announced on May 2, 2016, that it has completed data entry of all fiscal year 2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in the computer-generated random lottery process. USCIS will now begin returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected....
Premium Processing for H-1B Cap Cases Will Begin May 12, 2016
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting cap-subject H-1B petitions on April 1, 2016, and on April 7, it had already reached the cap for fiscal year 2017. USCIS has just announced that it will begin processing H-1B petitions...
H-1B Alternatives: What to do if your H-1B is not selected in the annual lottery this year
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced April 7 that the H-1B cap has been reached for fiscal year 2017. Although USCIS did not indicate how many H-1B petitions it had received, the number exceeds the total 85,000 available...
