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On December 28, 2022, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that new COVID-19 testing requirements will be implemented for inbound travelers from China, Hong Kong, and Macau to the United States. This new testing requirement is meant to slow the spread of COVID-19 due to a […]

As of December 12, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented a new extension of permanent resident card (“green card”) validity for lawful permanent residents in the United States who have applied for naturalization on or after December 12, 2022. This change comes after USCIS received many comments […]

Foster LLP Immigration Update © | December 22, 2022 January 2023 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 Retrogression with Almost No Other Movement The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for January 2023 revealing new backlogs in the EB-1 category for individuals born in China (PRC) and […]

On Tuesday, August 23, 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency had received enough H-1B petitions to meet both the H-1B Regular Cap (65,000) and H-1B U.S. Master’s Cap (20,000). USCIS received 483,927 H-1B registrations and initially selected 127,600 registrations to meet the FY 2023 numerical allocations. USCIS […]