Immigration Updates

If Congress is unable to agree on the budget by September 30 at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time, the U.S. federal government is expected to “shut down” on October 1, 2023. Various government departments and agencies are involved in handling U.S. immigration matters, and each would be impacted to a […]

On September 21, India announced a suspension of new visa services in Canada, which affects all Canadian citizens seeking to apply for a new Indian visa, even if they are currently located outside of Canada. The visa suspension comes amid an escalating diplomatic dispute between the two countries.  The new […]

                    The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for September 2023 revealing modest forward movement in a few categories, but most categories remain unchanged. As explained in the prior month’s Visa Bulletin Immigration Update, the Final […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that they will be selecting additional H-1B registrations that were submitted in March 2023 for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B lottery. Foster attorneys have been notified that certain previously unselected H-1B registrations will be eligible for submission once USCIS has completed this […]