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An Enhanced H-1B Program with Increased Efficiency – President Biden’s Parting gift to the Business Community?

December 20, 2024Bloom SolutionsUS Immigration

On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is set to publish the second portion of its H-1B modernization rule. The draft rule was originally published for notice and comment on October 23, 2023. It was broken into two parts so that the provisions concerning the H-1B registration and the lottery process...

Dec

Rising EB-5 Demand Signals Potential Impact on Future Cut-Off Dates

December 16, 2024Bloom SolutionsUS Immigration

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) in its January 2025 Visa Bulletin confirms that Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for the Unreserved EB-5 category will remain unchanged. Additionally, the Reserved EB-5 categories will continue to be “current” for the coming month. However, the bulletin also contains an important caution: cut-off dates for the...

Dec

USCIS to End Streamlined Processing for H-4 and L-2 Dependent Applications from January 18, 2025

December 11, 2024Bloom SolutionsUS Immigration

Since January 2023, H-4 and L-2 extension applications submitted alongside the principal beneficiary’s H-1B or L-1 petitions have been processed concurrently with the primary petitions. This practice was implemented under the terms of the November 10, 2021, legal settlement in Shergill v. Mayorkas, known as the Edakunni settlement. Over the past two years, this agreement...

Oct

Everything You Need to Know About the U.S. Immigration Services and Its Processes

October 28, 2024Lawquest AdminGlobal Immigration, US Immigration

Immigrating to the United States is a significant decision that brings both exciting opportunities and notable challenges. Individuals may choose to move to the U.S. for various reasons, including reuniting with family, advancing their careers, or studying at world-renowned universities. However, the journey begins with understanding the immigration process and the regulations established by the...

Apr

FY 2025 H-1B Cap Lottery Selection Process Concluded by USCIS

April 2, 2024Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

The USCIS has reached the annual H-1B visa cap of 85,000 applicants during the initial registration phase for FY 2025. Although the precise number of applications received hasn’t been disclosed, employers have been notified regarding the selection of their candidates through both regular and advanced-degree lotteries. If you or your company handled the registrations internally,...

Mar

H-1B Registration Period Extended till March 25, 2024

March 22, 2024Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

The USCIS has extended the initial registration period for the FY 2025 H-1B cap from March 22 to March 25, 2024 (until Eastern noon), due to a temporary system outage experienced by some registrants. Petitioners must continue to use the new MyUSCIS organizational online account to register each Beneficiary electronically for the selection process and pay...

Feb

Navigating the FY 2025 H-1B Cap Season: USCIS Announces Changes

February 1, 2024Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently made significant announcements for the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B cap season, introducing updates aimed at enhancing the H-1B selection process and program integrity. By way of background, for FY2024, the USCIS received 780,884 total registrations to meet the total cap of 85,000 H-1B visas it could...

Jan

USCIS’s New Fee Rule and New Edition Forms for Employment-Based Applications

January 31, 2024Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

Starting April 1, 2024, a revised fee schedule from the USCIS is set to be implemented, resulting in higher filing fees for numerous immigration benefit petitioners and applicants. The final rule, scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on January 31, indicates a substantial increase, especially for those filing employment-based petitions. This updated fee structure...

Jan

Attention: Important Alert on U.S. Immigration Application Fee Increases

January 24, 2024Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a series of fee adjustments for various immigration applications and petitions, with the first set of changes scheduled to take effect on February 26, 2024. Notably, premium processing fees for certain applications will see an increase, with fees for H2-B, R-1, and I-765 (for certain...

Jan

H-1B Petitions – FY 2025 – Online Filing

January 13, 2024Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

In February 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will launch online organizational accounts and facilitate online filing for H-1B petitioners filing petitions for fiscal year (FY) 2025 as well as non-cap filing. Once the portal is ready to accept online filings, H-1B petitions (Forms I-129) and associated premium processing requests (Form I-907) may be...

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