2 Nov
by Foster LLP, on News
By Miriam Jordan The terrorist attack in New York quickly turned into a debate over immigration policy after President Trump revealed Wednesday that Sayfullo Saipov, the man accused of killing eight people, had benefited from an obscure program known as the diversity visa lottery. Mr. Trump’s comment — and his […]
On April 17, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) announced that the CIS received 199,000 FY-2017 H-1B petitions during the filing period from April 3 – 7, 2017. On April 11th, the CIS applied the required computer-generated random selection process (“lottery”) to select petitions under both the Master’s cap […]
14 Jul
by Foster, on News
By LIZ ROBBINS For New York immigrant families just scraping by, the $680 it costs to apply for United States citizenship may be too much of an obstacle. Enter a new kind of lottery, one with a potential lifetime payoff. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, plans to announce on […]
13 Apr
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On April 13, 2015, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) announced that CIS received almost 233,000 FY-2016 H-1B petitions during the filing period from April 1-7, 2015. On April 13th, the CIS applied the required random selection process (“lottery”) to select petitions under both the Master’s cap (20,000 cases) and […]
