The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the May 2015 Visa Bulletin. The cutoff date for the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India advances yet again, to April 15, 2008. Meanwhile, the cutoff date for the employment-based, third preference (EB3) category for the Philippines...
On April 13, 2015, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the completion of the H1B random lottery process for fiscal year 2016 (FY16). As previously noted, the total count of about 233,000 greatly exceeded the cap limits, and was substantially higher than the approximately...
On April 13, 2015, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced completion of the H1B cap lottery selection processes. The USCIS reported receipt of almost 233,000 H1B petitions, well in excess of the limits of 65,000 for the regular cap and 20,000 advanced-degree exemptions...
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) released a precedent decision today, April 9, 2015, requiring employers to file amended H1B petitions for changes in employment location. The AAO determined that amended H1B petitions are required when employers move H1B workers to locations not listed in their...
From time to time, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) internally reassigns pending cases by moving them from one USCIS service center to another. These case transfers are an effort to balance workloads between service centers. Such a shift was announced at the end...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today, (April 7, 2015) that the H1B cap has been reached for fiscal year 2016 (FY16). The USCIS confirms receipt of filings in excess of both the 65,000 regular cap as well as the 20,000 advanced-degree exemptions...
President Obama has announced a program, known as TechHire, which will apply $100 million collected from the H1B training fees toward technical training for the U.S. workforce. As explained by the White House, the United States has "[o]ver half a million of those job openings …...
The use of unpaid internships has come under close scrutiny, following lawsuits over the past couple of years alleging back wage debts against major fashion, entertainment, media and publishing companies. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), however, has long recognized the potential use of unpaid...
UPDATE: On April 10, 2015, the USCIS issued an alert, changing the date for when the new G-28 will be required to Friday, May, 2015.The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a new version of form G-28, which is a form that may be submitted...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has alerted J-1 exchange visitor sponsors of the commencement of site visits. This site visit compliance check applies only to the J-1 intern and trainee categories. This is part of an ongoing effort to ensure that this valuable program...
