USCIS To Hold Additional H-1B FY 2024 CAP Selections

The USCIS has announced they will be conducting an additional round of selections, a second round of lottery picks, for the H-1B cap-subject visa. USCIS is authorized to issue 85,000 H-1B visas…

DHS has added eight additional fields of study that are eligible for STEM OPT extension, after a person’s initial year of OPT has been exhausted. The new fields and their respective CIP…

Last week, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services launched a new tool allowing benefit requestors, and their attorneys to reschedule most biometric services appointments before the date of the appointment. This is…

USCIS FAQ on Employment-Based Visa Limits and Retrogression The USCIS has provided an FAQ due to the employment-based (EB) annual limit for fiscal year (FY) 2023 being higher than was typical before…

On November 21, 2022, USCIS announced that it would provide Ukrainian and Afghan parolees with employment authorization. USCIS announced that, effective November 21, 2022, the following Afghan and Ukrainian parolees would be treated…

Lawful permanent residents (LPR) may receive temporary evidence of their lawful permanent resident status by mail rather than physically visiting a field office to receive an Alien Documentation, Identification and Telecommunication (ADIT)…

The USCIS has recently issued updated policy guidance on how to review an employer’s ability to pay the proffered wage for immigrant petitions in certain first, second, and third preference employment-based immigrant…