Posted on January 7, 2019 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOL announced that the iCERT system is experiencing an outage due to the unprecedented demand for H‑2B certifications received within the first five minutes of the semi-annual H‑2B certification process, which opened on January 1, 2019, at 12:00 am (ET). DOL stated it is working diligently to resolve the issue and will give at least 24 hours’ notice before the iCERT system is reopened. DOL will provide another update tomorrow
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Posted on December 24, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS announced that it reached the H‑2B cap for the first half of FY2019. December 6, 2018, was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H‑2B petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2019.
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Posted on November 29, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
USCIS updated its H‑2B cap count for FY2019, stating that it has received 23,503 beneficiaries towards the 33,000 cap for the first half of FY2019, with 20,155 approved and 3,348 beneficiaries pending.
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Posted on November 29, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOL published a proposed rule for the H-2A visa program and, jointly with DHS, a proposed rule for the H-2B visa program to modernize recruitment requirements for both programs by replacing the currently required newspaper advertisements with electronic advertisements.
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Posted on June 12, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
H-2B visas available under the FY2018 supplemental cap, following yesterday’s announcement from USCIS that it will conduct a lottery to randomly select the number of petitions required to meet the increased FY2018 cap from H-2B cap-subject petitions received between May 31 and June 6, 2018 is already exhausted12:55 AM
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Posted on June 6, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) published Form ETA-9142-B-CAA and its instructions in support of the DHS/DOL temporary rule increasing the FY2018 numerical limitation for the H-2B program, which was published today and is effective immediately
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Posted on January 31, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOL published notice in the Federal Register on a change to the Office of Foreign Labor Certification’s (OFLC) process for issuing final H-2B labor certification decisions for applications with a start date of need between April 1 and September 30, 2018.
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Posted on January 31, 2018 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOL published notice in the Federal Register on a change to the Office of Foreign Labor Certification’s (OFLC) process for issuing final H-2B labor certification decisions for applications with a start date of need between April 1 and September 30, 2018.
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Posted on October 30, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Along with: In an effort to help mitigate delays associated with connecting State Workforce Agency (SWA) documentation to the employer’s pending H-2A or H-2B application and provide employers with better customer service, DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced an update to its iCERT System to allow authorized SWA staff to electronically upload supporting documentation and other information directly to the employer’s pending application for immediate review by the assigned Chicago National Processing Center (CNPC) analyst. Initially, OFLC will be implementing this update in 33 states, with the goal of nationwide implementation by September 30, 2018
In an effort to help mitigate delays associated with connecting State Workforce Agency (SWA) documentation to the employer’s pending H-2A or H-2B application and provide employers with better customer service, DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced an update to its iCERT System to allow authorized SWA staff to electronically upload supporting documentation and other information directly to the employer’s pending application for immediate review by the assigned Chicago National Processing Center (CNPC) analyst. Initially, OFLC will be implementing this update in 33 states, with the goal of nationwide implementation by September 30, 2018.
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Posted on October 30, 2017 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
along with: In an effort to help mitigate delays associated with connecting State Workforce Agency (SWA) documentation to the employer’s pending H-2A or H-2B application and provide employers with better customer service, DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced an update to its iCERT System to allow authorized SWA staff to electronically upload supporting documentation and other information directly to the employer’s pending application for immediate review by the assigned Chicago National Processing Center (CNPC) analyst. Initially, OFLC will be implementing this update in 33 states, with the goal of nationwide implementation by September 30, 2018.
In an effort to help mitigate delays associated with connecting State Workforce Agency (SWA) documentation to the employer’s pending H-2A or H-2B application and provide employers with better customer service, DOL’s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced an update to its iCERT System to allow authorized SWA staff to electronically upload supporting documentation and other information directly to the employer’s pending application for immediate review by the assigned Chicago National Processing Center (CNPC) analyst. Initially, OFLC will be implementing this update in 33 states, with the goal of nationwide implementation by September 30, 2018.
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