This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 02/02/2024 "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is amending its regulations to implement the proposed beneficiary centric selection process for H-1B registrations, provide start...
USCIS, Jan. 12, 2024 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced the upcoming launch of a package of customer experience improvements for H-1B cap season. The measures are expected to increase efficiency and ease collaboration for organizations...
State Department, Dec. 21, 2023 "For the first time in nearly two decades, the Department of State will process domestic visa renewals for certain H-1B visa applicants as part of a pilot program . Beginning the week of January 29, 2024, the Department...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 12/21/2023 "The Department of State (the “Department”) is announcing a pilot program to resume domestic visa renewal for qualified H-1B nonimmigrant visa applicants who meet...
Cyrus Mehta, Oct. 23, 2023 "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to amend its H-1B regulations “governing H–1B specialty occupation workers to modernize and improve the efficiency of the H–1B program, add benefits and flexibilities...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 10/23/2023 "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its regulations governing H-1B specialty occupation workers to modernize and improve the efficiency of the...
Cyrus Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, July 31, 2023 "On July 27, 2023, USCIS announced that it will conduct a second round of selections for the FY 2024 H-1B lottery. An alert posted on the USCIS website stated that “We recently determined that we would need to...
USCIS, July 27, 2023 "In March 2023, USCIS conducted an initial random selection on properly submitted electronic registrations for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 H-1B cap, including for beneficiaries eligible for the advanced degree exemption. Only those petitioners...
David Isaacson, July 18, 2023 "In a previous blog post , I described a new Canadian program for holders of H-1B visas, and flagged the issue that the initial announcement of the program and backgrounder issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada...
David Isaacson, June 29, 2023 "In a news release on June 27 issued following remarks at the Collision 2023 conference , Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Sean Fraser, announced several new measures as part of “Canada’s...
Angelo A. Paparelli, June 28, 2023 "I came to this [position as U.S. Secretary of State] with two very basic propositions, and I’ve seen those propositions, I think, validated by the experience we’ve had over the last three years. One is that...
Cyrus D. Mehta, Jessica Paszko, Mar. 18, 2023 "The list of options for an H-1B beneficiary who has been laid off is often narrow. At the top of the list sits the most obvious option: find another employer who will sponsor you for an H-1B. Although, in the...
Shilpa Phadnis, TNN, Mar. 16, 2023 "Amid mass layoffs in the US, the presidential advisory panel has recommended extending the grace period for laid-off H1B workers from 60 to 180 days that could come as a reprieve for many affected employees. In the past...
Cyrus Mehta, Kaitlyn Box, Nov. 23, 2022 "In recent weeks, news of layoffs at the likes of Twitter, Meta, and Amazon have contributed to broader fears that the United States is entering a recession. In last week’s blog , we provided suggestions for how terminated...
U.S. Attorney's Office, S. Carolina, April 10, 2023 "L&T Technology Services, LTD (“LTTS”), a company based in India, with U.S. offices in Edison New Jersey, has agreed to pay $9,928,000 to resolve allegations that between 2014 and 2019, LTTS underpaid...