Bill Aims to End Decades-Long Waits for Highly-Skilled Immigrants
A new bill, The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, has been introduced to address the wait time for immigrants to the United States. Under the current
Read More »Immigration Nerds Talk to Professor Ron Hira in an H-1B Debate
In this week’s Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Ron Hira, a Howard University professor and co-author of “Reforming US High Skilled Guestworker Program” which
Read More »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 »Revised Form I-539 to be Published by USCIS
USCIS announced its plans to publish a revised version of Form I-539 on March 11, 2019. As of this date, USCIS will no longer accept any earlier version of Form I-539. There
Read More »U.S. Employers See Success in Challenging Visa Denials
U.S. employers seeking to employ foreign nationals have seen success in settling lawsuits filed against USCIS challenging visa denials. The American Immigration Lawyers
Read More »Upcoming Changes to Processing of H and L Visa Applications in China
Effective March 1, 2019, the U.S. Consulates in the Chinese cities Chengdu and Shengyang will no longer accept H or L visa interviews. The U.S. Department of
Read More »AILA Finds that USCIS Processing Times are at “Crisis Levels”
On January 30, 2019, The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) issued a report which analyzed USCIS data on processing times from FY 2014 to FY 2018. The report
Read More »Erickson in the News: Trump changes high-tech visa system, making it less attractive for employers
by Sean Higgins | January 31, 2019 The Trump administration announced changes to the H-1B visa program Thursday that would make the process more favorable toward the most
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 »OMB Completes Review of H-1B Registration Requirement Final Rule
On January 25, 2019, USCIS announced that the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs have completed their review of
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