The annual quota of 85,000 new H-1B cap registrations was met in the initial registration period for employment in FY 2024, according to USCIS. The precise number of cap registrations has not yet been disclosed. The agency has completed the…
The USCIS deadline extension policy that has been in place in some form since March 2020 ends today. For USCIS notices dated after March 23, petitioners and applicants will no longer have an additional 60 days to respond and will…
In April, USCIS will return to accepting adjustment of status applications based on the Visa Bulletin Final Action Dates chart, rather than the more generous Dates for Filing chart that it had been using the past several months. Next month,…
If you are an F-1 student who has applied for or is working on optional practical training (OPT) or who will be the beneficiary of a petition to change status to H-1B in this year’s H-1B cap filing season, make…
The H-1B cap registration period for FY 2024 closed today at 5pm EDT. No further registrations are being accepted. In the coming days, USCIS is expected to conduct lotteries to select enough registrations to meet the FY 2024 quota of…
The registration deadline is being extended because of technical problems that affected the USCIS H-1B cap registration site late Thursday. Employers and their immigration counsel will have more time to submit registrations for the FY 2024 H-1B cap selection lotteries. …
Employers and their immigration counsel have until Friday, March 17 at noon ET to submit registrations for the FY 2024 H-1B cap lottery. Employers should work with their immigration counsel to complete their review and approval of draft registrations as…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended and redesignated Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), from March 18, 2023 to September 17, 2024. The registration period for new TPS applicants will run from March 13, 2023 to September 17,…
As of March 10, 2023 at 3pm ET, there is no longer a COVID test requirement for air travelers coming from mainland China, Hong Kong, or Macau, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nonimmigrants traveling…
As of March 9, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) was conducting analyst review for PERM applications filed in June 2022 or earlier, and processing audited cases with priority dates of March 2022 or earlier. DOL is working on standard…