Business Immigration

New DHS Employment Regulations Could Be a Boon for Non-Profit School Districts Seeking Exemption from Annual H-1B Cap

The new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final regulations, “Retention of EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Improvements Affecting…

8 years ago

USCIS receives 236,000 H-1B Cap Subject Petitions for Fiscal Year 2017

Today the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it received more than 236,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions for Fiscal…

9 years ago

USCIS Reaches H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2017

On April 7, 2016, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it received sufficient H-1B petitions to meet…

9 years ago

New Regulations Published for J-1 Exchange Teachers

The United States Department of State has issued a final rule change, effective February 29, 2016, which codifies new regulations…

9 years ago

Employers! It’s time to consider H-1B Cap Subject petitions again…

The H-1B nonimmigrant visa is an employer sponsored temporary work visa for foreign national professional workers in specialty occupations in…

9 years ago

The New Visa Bulletin Explained

On September 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced an important…

10 years ago

USCIS Issues Final Guidance on When to File an Amended or New H-1B Petition after Simeio Decision

By Zuzana Geremes, Paralegal On April 9, 2015, USCIS published a draft guidance based on its Administrative Appeal Office’s precedent…

10 years ago

233,000 H-1B Petitions Filed under Cap for Fiscal Year 2016!

U.S. employers of all sizes use the H-1B visa program to employ foreign workers in professional level occupations that require…

10 years ago

For H-1B Employers, Change of Employee Work Site Location May Require Amended H-1B Petition

On April 9, 2015, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) issued an important decision that will…

10 years ago

H-1B Cap Reached for Fiscal Year 2016

On April 7, 2014, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that the H-1B cap for Fiscal Year 2016…

10 years ago

DHS updates guidelines for L-1B specialized knowledge

Over the past decade L-1B specialized knowledge petitions for foreign national employees have slowly become the bane of multinational companies’…

10 years ago

The Often Overlooked Q-1 International Cultural Exchange Visa

In the world of temporary employment visas, the Q-1 Visa is often overlooked as a good solution for businesses in…

10 years ago