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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On March 30, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided the following updates on the H-1B cap registration process: USCIS received more electronic H-1B cap registrations than available H-1B numbers under the quota of 85,000 new H-1B filings, necessitating a lottery; USCIS has completed a random selection process from the properly filed registration submissions; and USCIS has completed notification for all selecte...

US News: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced completion of the H-1B cap lottery process for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.

USCIS’s FY 2022 H-1B Cap Electronic Registration Begins Beginning 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT) on March 9, 2021, until 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT) on March 25, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will open its H-1B electronic registration process for the fiscal year (“FY”) 2022 H-1B cap. The H-1B electronic registration process was first implemented last year. Similar to last year, H-1B employers and attorneys will be able to register foreign national employees ...

Technology companies depend on H-1B visa to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China Three Republican U.S. lawmakers have introduced a legislation in Congress to bar American employers from hiring H-1B workers, who are mostly highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, if they have recently, or plan to fire their local workers, seeking to put an end to the “allure of cheap foreign labour”. Introduced in the House of Representatives by Republican congres...

Updated: March 02, 2021 12:23 IST In January, the then President Donald Trump had extended the ban on issuing of new H-1B visas till March 31 Share Article AAA Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington on March 1, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AP In January, the then President Donald Trump had extended the ban on issuing of new H-1B visas till March 31 The Biden administration on March 1 indicated it is still undecided on ending ...

Starting February 24, 2021, USCIS is extending premium processing service to E-3 petitions

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“We will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap,” U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has said

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: It’s that time of year again where employers have to decide who they are sponsoring for an H-1B visa.   For a brief background, H-1B work visas are the most common work visas for foreign nationals in professional positions (which are jobs requiring at least a Bachelor’s degree in a specific specialty). The USCIS caps the number of H-1B’s they issue each year to 65,000 for those with a Bachelor’s degree and an additional 20,0...