Premium Processing Resumes for More H-1B Cases
Update: Starting Tuesday, February 19, premium processing will again be available for all H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. This includes all change of
Read More »March 2019 Visa Bulletin Released
Consistent with our observations from last month, the March 2019 visa bulletin sees minimal advances in the EB-1 categories for the Final Action Chart (Chart A) and
Read More »UPDATE – AILA Finds that USCIS Processing Times are at “Crisis Levels”
As a result of AILA’s report on long-delayed USCIS processing times, 86 Members of Congress, led by Rep. Jesús Garcia (D-Ill.), have signed a letter addressed to the
Read More »CAP Order Reversed, Effective April 1, 2019
USCIS has confirmed that, effective April 1, 2019, it will reverse the order of selection for H-1B cap lottery to benefit individuals with a master’s or higher degree
Read More »Premium Processing Resumes for FY2019 H-1B CAP Cases
Update: Starting Monday, January 28, premium processing will become available for pending FY2019 H-1B CAP cases. Premium Processing requests can be submitted for cases
Read More »Brexit Deal Rejected by UK Parliament
Today, the UK Parliament voted by a margin of 432-202 to reject Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the EU. The result of the vote throws the entire future of
Read More »February 2019 Visa Bulletin Released
Very few changes are observed in the February visa bulletin from the previous month’s publication. The EB-1 categories for the final action chart continue to have
Read More »Government Shutdown Alert
On Saturday, December 22 at 12:01 am, a partial government shutdown went into effect. While the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Read More »The Dispatch: Special Edition, Government Shutdown
Update on the Potential Government Shutdown. Today, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a short-term spending bill designed to fund the government through
Read More »CBP Advises Visa Waiver Program Travelers to Apply for ESTA 72 Hours in Advance
Update: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that real-time approvals for the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) will no longer be
Read More »January 2019 Visa Bulletin Released
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the January 2019 Visa Bulletin today. The January visa bulletin sees little advances in certain categories, while others remain
Read More »USCIS Changes to H-1B Cap: New Year, New Proposals, Part 1
Erickson Immigration Group attorneys Justin Parsons, Jeff Quilhot, and Hiba Anver hosted a webinar on the latest proposal to modify the H-1B Cap program. The main points of
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