The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), from March 11, 2024 to September 10, 2025. DHS has also redesignated Venezuela for TPS from October 3, 2023 to April 2, 2025. The registration period…
Employers have just a few more weeks to file petitions for foreign nationals selected in the second FY 2024 H-1B cap lottery. USCIS must receive all cap petitions by October 31, 2023. The issue The second filing period for the Fiscal Year…
President Biden has signed a short-term spending bill that will fund the federal government – including immigration operations – through November 17, 2023. The issue A continuing resolution passed by Congress and signed by President Biden late Saturday will fund…
Effective immediately, USCIS is increasing the maximum validity period of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) in several work authorization categories to five years, from a maximum of one or two years under its prior policy. The new five-year maximum validity will…
A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services proposed rule that would amend several aspects of the H-1B program has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review. The rule is expected to amend the definition of the employer-employee…
As of August 31, 2023, the Department of Labor (DOL) was conducting analyst review for PERM applications filed in October 2022 or earlier, and processing audited cases with priority dates of June 2022 or earlier. DOL is working on standard…
In October, the EB-1 Final Action Date will advance by five years for India, to January 1, 2017, and by just two weeks for China, to February 15, 2022, while the EB-1 category for all other countries will become current…
With labor actions on the rise – including a possible autoworkers strike in the coming days – all employers of foreign workers need to be aware of their obligations and the impact to their nonimmigrant workforce during a labor strike…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended and redesignated South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), from November 4, 2023 through May 3, 2025. The initial registration period for new TPS applicants will run from September 6, 2023 through…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended and redesignated Ukraine and Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), from October 20, 2023 to April 19, 2025. The registration period for new TPS applicants will run from August 21, 2023 to…