Posted on February 26, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that it will resume premium processing on February 19, 2019, for all H‑1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. For pending H‑1Bs that have been transferred, a premium processing request must be submitted to the service center now handling the petition.
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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 January 7, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS published a proposed rule earlier this month that would require petitioners planning to file H‑1B cap-subject petitions to register electronically ahead of the annual H-1B lottery
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Posted on December 24, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The American Immigration Council filed a lawsuit on behalf of a U.S. company, challenging USCIS’s denial of an H‑1B extension petition for a Computer Systems Analyst on the grounds that it is “not a specialty occupation.” The case is co-counseled with Frederikson & Byron, P.A., as part of the Council’s efforts to encourage federal court challenges to arbitrary decisions.
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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 October 15, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS issued a reminder that F-1 students who have an H-1B petition that remains pending on October 1, 2018, risk accruing unlawful presence if they continue to work on or after October 1, 2018, unless otherwise authorized to continue employment, as their “cap-gap” work authorization is only valid through September 30, 2018. See AILA’s practice pointer on this topic for more information.
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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 May 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Plaintiff companies filed a motion in a New Jersey district court for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction challenging USCIS’s policy memo on contracts and ititeraries requirements for H-1B petitions involving third party worksites and the special eligibility requirements for job contractors participating as employers in the H-1B program.
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Posted on April 16, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS received 190,098 new H-1B cap-subject petitions for FY2019, down from approximately 199,000 petitions in FY2018. “For the past six years, the H-1B cap has been reached within the first week of April and for the past six years, we have missed out on thousands of opportunities to build American businesses, foster innovation, and increase our shared prosperity.
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Posted on April 11, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that the agency had already received more than enough applications to reach the annual cap of 85,000 new H-1B visas within the first five business days of the FY2019 H-1B filing season.
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