Immigration Updates

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 […]

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for September 2022 revealing no movement on both the “Dates for Filing” and “Final Action Dates” charts for most categories. Only the EB-5 Unreserved category for individuals born in China (PRC) showed any movement, and that movement was only slightly […]

The Social Security Administration has announced that it will resume normal E-Verify operations starting July 15, 2022.   In March 2020, E‑Verify had temporarily extended the timeframe for an employee to take action to resolve a Social Security Administration (SSA) Tentative Nonconfirmation (mismatch). Employees whose E‑Verify cases are referred to the SSA […]