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LawQuest | US Immigration Alert | USCIS Announces Registration Dates for the H-1B CAP Season FY 2024

January 28, 2023Lawquest AdminGlobal Immigration, Newsletter, US Immigration

USCIS Announces Registration Dates for the H-1B CAP Season FY 2024 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on January 27, 2023 that the initial period for FY 2024 H-1B cap registration will open at 12 noon EST on March 1, 2023, and run through 12 noon EST on March 17, 2023. Employers seeking...

Jan

LawQuest | US Immigration Alerts | Additional NI Visa Appointments for First Time Applicants, USCIS implementation of Prem Proc Final Stage & Adjudication of I-539 & I-765 applications together

January 24, 2023Lawquest AdminGeneral, Global Immigration, US Immigration

The US Embassy and Consulates in India Introduce More Visa Appointments There is finally some good news for visa applicants seeking a visa for the first time or those that do not qualify for Dropbox applications. The United States Embassy in New Delhi and Consulates in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad (collectively known as Mission...

Dec

LawQuest | US Immigration Alert | Geared Up for the Upcoming H-1B Cap Season FY 2024?

December 2, 2022Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

Geared Up for the Upcoming H-1B Cap Season FY 2024? A crucial time of the year is approaching for all those companies looking to sponsor foreign nationals to work in the U.S. on an H-1B visa. For the past three years, the USCIS has been using an online electronic registration and selection system to conduct...

Nov

Find a job or return to home country? An H-1B visa holder’s guide if they lose their job in the US

November 16, 2022Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

Find a job or return to home country? An H-1B visa holder’s guide if they lose their job in the US The unexpected layoffs of nonimmigrant workers in H-1B and other statuses at Twitter and other tech companies have created an environment of unrest among foreign workers. In view of this, a lot of questions...

Nov

Laid off Twitter, Meta workers a talent source for US IT companies

November 11, 2022Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

Laid off Twitter, Meta workers a talent source for US IT companies IT services and staffing firms in the United States could be in for a ready reserve of potential employees following mass layoffs by technology companies such as Twitter and Meta Inc. Many of those impacted by the layoffs are workers on an H-1B...

Oct

An Update on U.S. Visa Appointments and Consular Affairs in India

October 6, 2022Lawquest AdminGeneral, Newsletter, US Immigration

An Update on U.S. Visa Appointments and Consular Affairs in India Last week, the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs, Mr. Don Heflin, at the U.S. Embassy in India, provided an update on visa processing in India. He described the steps they are taking across Mission India to reduce the visa appointment wait and processing time...

Oct

Learn now to hold two jobs on an H-1B visa!

October 3, 2022Lawquest AdminNewsletter, US Immigration

The most common form of employment on an H-1B visa in the U.S. is full-time employment with a single employer. However, the regulations permit “concurrent employment.” This means that more than one employer can engage the services of an H-1B worker in certain circumstances. An H-1B petition filed to authorize an H-1B worker to be...

Sep

US Immigration Alert | Premium Processing Services Extended to Additional I-140 Pending Cases

September 17, 2022Lawquest AdminGlobal Immigration, Newsletter, US Immigration

Premium Processing Services Extended to Additional I-140 Pending Cases The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will extend premium processing services to additional pending cases. This third phase is similar to the first and second phases and will apply to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications....

Sep

The Nuts and Bolts of A Family Based Green Card Process.

September 14, 2022Lawquest AdminGlobal Immigration, Newsletter, US Immigration

The Nuts and Bolts of A Family Based Green Card Process. In our last article we wrote about who can be sponsored for a US green card as a family member. A US citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder) may file Form I-130 petition for the foreign national relative, with the US Citizenship...

Aug

LawQuest US Immigration Alert | FY2023 H-1B Cap Apparently Reached

August 23, 2022Lawquest AdminGlobal Immigration, Newsletter, US Immigration

FY 2023 H-1B Cap Apparently Reached It appears that the H-1B CAP has been reached for FY 2023. Over the past several days, we have noted that the USCIS is sending non-selection notifications to registrants’ online accounts. The USCIS can only send a non-selection notice to a properly submitted H-1B registration once they have determined...

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