Immigration News

USCIS Announces Implementation of H-1B Electronic Registration Process for Fiscal Year 2021 Cap Season

In an attempt to reduce paperwork, data exchange, and provide overall cost savings to petitioning employers, the USCIS has announced that the implementation of the proposed new H-1B Lottery registration...

Premium Processing Fee to Increase on December 2, 2019

Beginning on December 2, 2019, the premium processing fee for certain employment-based petitions will increase from the current fee of $1,410 to $1,440 for Form I-129, Petition for a Non-immigrant...

New Cap Lottery Selection Rule Means Better Chances for U.S. Master’s Degree Beneficiaries in the 2019 H1-B Visa Lottery

Instead of first conducting the U.S. master’s degree lottery and then adding any remaining U.S. master’s degree beneficiaries into the “regular” lottery, the Department of Homeland Security will now: *First,...

New Policy Memorandum By U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

WASHINGTON: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today posted a policy memorandum changing how the agency will calculate unlawful presence for students and exchange visitors in F, J, and M...

EB-5 VISA INVESTORS FROM CHINA AND VIETNAM MUST WAIT ALMOST 4 YEARS AFTER FULLY INVESTING IN EB-5 PROJECTS TO RECEIVE CONDITIONAL GREEN CARDS

According to the May 2018 Visa Bulletin, it will now take almost 4 years for EB-5 visas to be available for investors from China and Vietnam. The current priority date...

US suspends expedited processing of H-1B visas

By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN)The US is temporarily suspending expedited processing of H-1B visas, eliminating the option of shorter wait times for the program that helps highly skilled foreigners work...