Immigration

Given the recent months-long closure of USCIS offices due to COVID-19 and potential furloughs of USCIS employees at the end of the month, processing delays are naturally expected. But what about petitions and applications that were filed long before COVID-19 that have been pending a few months or maybe even […]

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for April 2023 revealing movement in only one of the commonly-used categories of Dates for Filing and in several categories of Final Action Dates. The movement in Final Action Dates is both forward and backward.  Dates for Filing […]

On Monday, March 27, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency had completed the random numeric selection process (lottery) for allocating H-1B numbers among the properly submitted registrations under both the H-1B Regular Cap and H-1B U.S. Master’s Cap.  USCIS has also now completed the process […]

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon ET on March 1, 2023, and run through noon ET on March 17, 2023. Once the registration period has closed, USCIS will apply random numeric […]

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for March 2023, revealing movement in only three of the most used categories of Final Action Dates. Dates for Filing and Final Action Dates remain current in the EB-1 category for all countries of birth except China and India, […]