H-1B visa

Time to start processing H-1B cap petitions. It’s already February 2020 and it’s almost time to start processing H-1B cap petitions for your employees and prospective employees. The H-1B cap applies to all employees you currently employ in F-1 OPT or J-1 status or prospective employees you wish to sponsor, here or from abroad. The

What is the H-1B Visa – What You Need to Know In this age of rapid economic growth and demand from companies for technology and other workers which outpaces the supply, many U.S. companies rely on foreign-born employees to cover their hiring needs. Recruiting and retaining the best possible talent from around the world is

H-1B Electronic Registration Process has been Formally Announced by USCIS As confirmed by USCIS in the Final Rule from January 31, 2019, a Federal Register notice has been published formally announcing  the implementation of registration process for fiscal year 2021 H-1B.  What this implies is that the season for this new electronic filling will commence

USCIS Extends & Expands Suspension of H-1B Visa Premium Processing From September 11, 2018, the USCIS will suspend premium processing for cap-subject H-1B petitions for an additional 5 months.  Furthermore, the temporary suspension – announced back in March – will be expanded to include all H-1B petitions filed at the Vermont and California Service Centers

Best Lawyers in America Best Lawyers in America One more consecutive year, we are very happy to share that Karen Weinstock, our managing attorney has been again listed by Best Lawyers®. This is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, and a partner of U.S. News & World Report. This is a great recognition

Keep Hurting Families The zero-tolerance policy implemented by Donald Trump´s Administration keeps hurting families. U.S. government deported at least 463 parents who were separated from their children at the border between the months of May and June. This number is not final, more people could be affected. Most of these parents have been sent back

USCIS Policy Change USCIS Policy Change In their new guidance, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will now start deportation proceedings for thousands of applicants who are denied an immigration benefit. This policy change is a clear sign of a change in the way that USCIS operates. Just as a refresher, USCIS is to administer

USCIS Policy Change Interview with Dr. James Triana Dr. James Triana contacted us to have an interview with attorney Karen Weinstock about immigration issues and the current situation. He provides national immigration psychological assessments in immigration issues like asylum, domestic violence, and family-based situations. Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! Facebook Twitter Reddit Linkedin Whatsapp

All Cap-Subject petitions All cap subject petitions have been selected for Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B. USCIS will return the ones that were not selected. One more year, the number of applications received exceeded significantly the number of visas granted. This creates issues for companies trying to increase their business and grow in the American market,

H-1B petitions filed H-1B petitions filed One week ago, on April 11, USCIS announced that they used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2019. This year, USCIS received 190,098 H-1B petitions.

Skilled immigration We thought that President Trump had moved on from the immigration issue based on the battle over tariffs. He is busy with that now. But that doesn’t mean that Trump has no effect on immigration. Through a combination of executive actions and rhetoric, the president is deterring the kind of immigrants that the