Employment-based Immigration

USCIS Announces Implementation of H-1B Electronic Registration Process

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has formally announced that it will implement the new H-1B registration final…

5 years ago

USCIS Expects to Implement Pre-Registration Requirement for H-1B Lottery for Next Year, but No Formal Announcement Yet

On January 31, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule making significant changes to…

5 years ago

USCIS Proposes a Pre-Registration Period for the Cap-Subject H-1B Visa Program

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed a new rule making changes to the annual selection process for…

6 years ago

USCIS announces in-person interview requirements for employment-based lawful permanent residence applications, refugee/asylee relative petitions

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that starting on October 1, 2017, it will begin “phasing-in” mandatory…

7 years ago

USCIS to suspend Premium Processing of H-1B Petitions

 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that beginning April 3, 2017, it will temporarily suspend Premium Processing…

8 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

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

A good day’s work

Here at Kolko & Associates, we really love our job. Each of us truly love coming to work and we…

9 years ago

Important Considerations for Employers and Employees under new Visa Bulletin Framework

In September 2015 the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) jointly announced a new…

9 years ago

DOS Revises New Visa Bulletin for October 2015 – Many Employment Based Beneficiaries Negatively Impacted

As previously reported, on September 9, 2015, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS)…

9 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