President Trump issued a proclamation on Friday imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications. According to the White House, the fee does not apply to existing H-1B visa holders or those already selected in the 2025...
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H-1B Beneficiary Owners: DHS Policy Updates to Support Entrepreneurs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has introduced new Biden Administration regulations to improve H-1B pathways for entrepreneurs and startup founders, effective on 1/17/2024. These updates aim to encourage foreign talent...
USCIS to Launch Organizational Accounts, Enabling Online Collaboration and Submission of H-1B Registrations and Introduce Online Filing for I-129 H-1B Petitions and H-1B I-907 Premium Processing Service
In a groundbreaking move, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is poised to revolutionize the H-1B cap season with a host of customer experience improvements. These measures, set to be introduced for the fiscal year 2025 H-1B cap season, aims to...
FY2023 H-1B CAP APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN REACHED
USCIS has apparently received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the statutory 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption for fiscal year (FY) 2023. We anticipate an agency announcement shortly. Over the past...
USCIS to Implement Second Phase of Premium Processing Expansion for Certain Previously Filed EB-1 and EB-2 Form I-140 Petitions
USCIS is implementing the second phase of the premium processing expansion for certain petitioners who have a pending Form I-140 under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications. Similar to the first phase of the expansion, this phase only applies to certain...