15 Apr
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
The U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) recently published Monthly Visa Bulletin for May 2016 reports little or no advancement to the “final action cutoff date” for applicants in most employment-based categories experiencing a backlog. The largest progression in the “final action cutoff date” was by over three (3) months for […]
15 Apr
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On April 12, 2016, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) announced that CIS received over 236,000 FY-2017 H-1B petitions during the filing period from April 1-7, 2016. On April 9th, the CIS applied the required random selection process (“lottery”) to select petitions under both the Master’s cap (20,000 cases) and […]
On April 7, 2016, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) announced that the CIS had received enough H-1B petitions to exhaust the 85,000 H-1B quota (which includes 20,000 set aside for U.S. advance degree holders) for Fiscal Year 2017 (October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017). No new cap-subject H-1B […]
30 Mar
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) has announced that the Vermont Service Center will be transferring some L-1 petitions, L-2 extension applications, and L-2 employment authorization applications to the California Service Center. The Vermont Service Center is also transferring some H-1B petitions and H-4 dependent applications and H-4 EAD applications […]
