28 Jan
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency will resume premium processing today, Monday, January 28, 2019, for all fiscal year 2019 (FY-2019) H-1B Cap petitions. This includes both Regular Cap and Master’s Cap petitions that were filed in April 2018 under the FY-2019 H-1B lottery. For petitions […]
21 Jan
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
Employers should assess their need for cap-subject H-1B visas and begin preparation of H-1B petitions now, in advance of the filing receipt deadline for the first week of April, April 1-5. In less than three months, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) will begin accepting new H-1B petitions filed under […]
18 Jan
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates
Click here to view 2019 February Visa Bulletin. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for February 2019, showing minor forward progress in EB-1 for all chargeability areas as well as EB-2 for China and India, EB-3 and Other Workers China, India, and the Philippines, and […]
Almost 43,000 immigration court hearings have been canceled as a result of the partial government shutdown, freezing an already heavily backlogged system, according to a report by researchers tracking immigration data. Another 20,000 hearings will be canceled for every additional week the government is not operating. The report by the […]
