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January 31, 2024
Beata Leja

It’s Time for the H-1B Lottery & New Rule Promises to Improve Odds of Selection This Year!

It is that time of the year again where U.S. employers consider which of their current or prospective employees should be registered towards the FY2025 H-1B lottery occurring in March 2024. Unlike previous years, USCIS just announced a new beneficiary...

October 31, 2023
Amanda Rizzo

Is the H-1B Program About to Get Better? New Proposed Regulations Could Improve the Odds of Getting Selected in the Lottery.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed amendment to the H-1B regulations on October 23, 2023. The changes are meant to modernize and add flexibility to the H-1B program. Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the Secretary of Homeland Security, introduced...

July 27, 2023
Beata Leja

USCIS Announces Plans to Conduct 2nd H-1B Lottery!!

On July 27, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it plans to conduct a 2nd H-1B lottery this year. USCIS received a record 780,884 H-1B registrations this year, but concluded that more than half were submitted...

March 28, 2023
Beata Leja

USCIS Announces Selections for 1st Round of FY 2024 H-1B Lottery

On March 27, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had completed the selection process for the Fiscal Year 2024 H-1B cap lottery and that all employers for whom an H-1B was selected have been notified....

March 29, 2021
Beata Leja

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...

January 17, 2018
Beata Leja

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...

February 03, 2017
Beata Leja

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...

April 11, 2016
Beata Leja

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...

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