USCIS - "On Thursday, March 16, 2023, some users were not able to complete the H-1B registration process. USCIS has corrected this technical issue and will now accept registrations until 5:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, March 20, 2023. Please note that any paid...
Andrew Kreighbaum, Bloomberg Law, Feb. 9, 2023 "The State Department will launch a pilot program later this year offering visa renewal options in the US for H-1B specialty occupation workers and other temporary visa holders who are currently required to...
Here are three articles you'll want to read on this topic. Oh, and Fun Fact: "Musk, who recently acquired Twitter, came to America as an international student and later obtained an H-1B visa so he could work in the United States." - Twitter And...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box*, Oct. 26, 2022 "H-1B workers can file complaints against employers to the Department of Labor if they are not paid the promised wage. Ankit Jain is one such worker who filed complaints against two of his employers, Metromile...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Jessica Paszko, May 17, 2022 "The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) § 214(g)(4) limits the amount of time that H-1B nonimmigrant workers may extend their H-1B status to six years. Under certain situations, however, H-1B status may...
Rikha Sharma Rani, Politico, Dec. 19, 2021 "[R]eform is going to prove tricky for a president who campaigned as a champion for both workers and immigrants. Because while many pro-labor groups say the program lines the pockets of the likes of Google and Facebook...
Stuart Anderson, Forbes, Aug. 30, 2021 "High denial rates for H-1B petitions, which are used to employ foreign-born scientists and engineers, exploded the myth that Donald Trump supported legal immigration. Judges found the Trump administration enacted unlawful...
Jennifer Doherty, Law360, Aug. 2, 2021 "DHS' recent defense of another Trump administration rule, modifying the H-1B visa program for highly skilled workers to prioritize applicants with more lucrative job offers in the U.S., also caught [Cornell Law...
Liu v. Mayorkas, Amended Complaint, June 29, 2021 "The cap registration rules and regulations codified at 8 C.F.R, § 214.2(h)(8)(iii) (“cap registration rules”) are unlawful. First, DHS was rulemaking outside of its authority when it promulgated the cap...
April 11, 2021 - Coping with Delays Facing H-4 and L-2 Spouses April 2, 2021 - End the Arbitrary H-1B Lottery and Visa Quotas – and other practical considerations for the winners!
Cyrus D. Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Mar. 6, 2021 "On March 3, 2021, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and Republican Charles Grassley submitted a letter to new DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging the DHS to implement the Trump administration’s H-1B lottery final...
The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 was unveiled on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. As it moves through Senate and House committees we will see numerous changes and amendments. These three experts have some initial thoughts: Jill Family: Biden’s Immigration Bill: Reforming...
Lubna Kably, Shilpa Phadnis, TNN, Jan. 2, 2021 "The outgoing US president Donald Trump has extended the ban on H-1B and L-1 work visas through March ... [Cyrus] Mehta said Trump deliberately planted this time bomb for Biden, knowing that it would be politically...
Cyrus D. Mehta & Kaitlyn Box, Dec. 18, 2020 "On December 16, 2020, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Innova Solutions, Inc. v. Baran , which involved a technology company, Innova, that wanted to hire an Indian employee in the specialty occupation...
Suzanne Monyak, Oct 29, 2020, Law360 (subscription) "The Trump administration's proposal to eliminate the H-1B visa lottery and instead award the coveted visa slots to candidates offered the highest salaries will affect startups and cut off a key pathway...