This afternoon, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that enough initial registrations were submitted to the fiscal year 2023 (FY21) H1B cap, including the advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). The online accounts now will show one of the following for each registration:Submitted...
Today, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced multiple initiatives to help streamline the adjudication of benefit requests and reduce significant backlogs. Most importantly, the agency announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has finalized the rule expanding premium processing to additional application...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) again is expanding its credit card payment pilot program, this time for all form types, except for petitions for nonimmigrant workers (form I-129) filed on behalf of H1B or H2A workers. To pay by credit card, an applicant,...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the April 2022 Visa Bulletin. The employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for foreign nationals born in India advances a bit, while the other categories largely remain unchanged. All cutoff dates listed refer to the dates in the...
Answer It is possible, but this can raise issues. The ownership interest must be disclosed on the I-129. Further, as with all H1B petitions, one must be able to demonstrate a valid employer-employee relationship.In general, when the H1B worker is a minority shareholder, demonstrating a valid...
The transfer of underlying basis of employment-based I-485 applications (i.e. interfiling) and AC21 portability provisions while the I-485 application is pending are discussed by Murthy Law Firm attorneys in this teleconference recorded 02.Mar.2022.The MP3 is available here and in the archive of our teleconferences and...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has designated Ukraine for temporary protected status (TPS), due to the Russian invasion, which has resulted in a humanitarian crisis.Effective November 21, 2014, nationals of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone living in the United States are eligible to...
Answer There is no requirement that a foreign national be in L1A status before being sponsored for a green card through the EB1(c) category. Being in H1B status would not prevent an employer for filing an EB1(c) case on your behalf, assuming you meet all the...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the H1B cap limit for fiscal year 2022 (FY22) has finally been reached. This applies to both the 65,000 regular H1B cap limit as well as the 20,000 advanced degree (masters) cap exemptions.The USCIS had...
Ur M. Jaddou, the Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), recently announced the agency's new mission statement. The Trump Administration had previously changed the USCIS mission statement to shift the agency's attention toward enforcement, rather than providing immigration services. This mission statement...
