Posted on March 2, 2020 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
On February 26, USCIS published an announcement that the cap on H-2B petitions for the second half of fiscal year 2020 has been met. Any petitions filed after February 18 with requested employment start dates before October 1, 2020 will be rejected.
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Posted on January 28, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that it will resume premium processing on Monday, January 28, 2019, for all FY2019 H‑1B cap petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption (the “master’s cap”). The previously announced temporary suspension of premium processing remains in effect for all other categories of H‑1B petitions to which it applied.
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Posted on December 3, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DHS announced a proposed rule that would create a registration requirement for cap-subject H‑1B petitions and change the rules so that the 65,000 “regular” lottery is run first, followed by the 20,000 “master’s” lottery.
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Posted on August 7, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that as of yesterday, July 30, 2018, it had returned all FY2019 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in the lottery.
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Posted on August 7, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
the White House is considering a second major reduction in the number of refugees accepted for resettlement in the United States. Last year, the Trump administration set the cap for refugee admissions at a historic low of 45,000. President Trump must officially set the cap by the start of FY2019, which begins on October 1, 2018
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Posted on April 9, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for FY2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). USCIS will reject and return filing fees for all unselected petitions
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Posted on April 9, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for FY2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). USCIS will reject and return filing fees for all unselected petitions.
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Posted on March 20, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for FY2017. March 13, 2017, was the final receipt date for new H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before October 1, 2017.
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Posted on October 27, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that it has received enough petitions to reach the numerical limit of 12,998 workers who may be issued CNMI-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) visas or otherwise provided with CW-1 status for FY2017. The final receipt date for CW-1 worker petitions requesting an employment start date before October 1, 2017, was October 14, 2016.
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Posted on October 17, 2016 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
As of May 2, 2016, USCIS had receipted 32,620 beneficiaries towards the 33,000 cap for the second half of FY2016. This count includes 26,426 approved and 6,194 pending beneficiaries.
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