20 May
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the agency has completed the initial data entry for all FY-2020 H-1B petitions selected under both the FY-2020 H-1B Master’s and Regular Cap quotas, and the agency will now begin returning those petitions which were not selected in the lottery. Rejected […]
24 Apr
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued the Monthly Visa Bulletin for May 2019, reflecting slight forward progress for EB-1 for all chargeability areas except China & India, EB-2 for China & India, EB-3 and Other Workers China, India, & the Philippines, and EB-5 China & Vietnam. The remainder of the priority […]
18 Apr
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Class A Ports of Entry along the U.S. – Canada border and in Preflight Inspection at International Airports in Canada have “original jurisdiction” to adjudicate L-1 petitions presented by Canadian citizens when seeking admission to the United States in L-1 status. Until […]
On Thursday, April 11th, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency received enough FY-2020 H-1B petitions to fully exhaust the FY-2020 H-1B Master’s Cap. The USCIS had previously announced that the Regular H-1B Cap was reached on April 5th. USCIS received a total of 201,011 H-1B petitions […]
