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The H-1B quota registration for FY2024 (October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024) should open during the first week of March 2023. It is assumed that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...

Numerous companies can attest to the meaningful benefits they have received by hiring international students.

U.S. immigration law has always been challenging with ever-changing rules and policies and their far-reaching effects. However, the constant complication post-pandemic has been the...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers E-13 EB-1C multinational executive and manager petitions and E21 EB-2 National Interest Waiver NIW petitions.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS announced two significant updates to its premium processing expansion plan; implementation of premium processing for all EB-1 Multinational Executive and Manager and EB-2 National Interest Waiver.

From the blog of Dan Dobry at The Times of Israel

On January 12, 2023, USCIS announced the final phase of premium processing expansion for EB-1 Multinational Executive and Manager and EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) Form I-140 Petitions, as well as steps to expand premium processing for certain I-765 and I-539 applications.

While U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made clear that it would not be increasing the $2,500 premium processing fee in its latest round of proposed fee increases, the...

The start of a new calendar year means that it is H-1B cap filing season again. This year the process will once again be implemented through the USCIS online lottery registration tool.

The H-1B program allows companies in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly...