Hello, and Welcome to our April Immigration Update!The "H-1B season," one of the busiest times of the year for immigration attorneys, just passed. Unfortunately, as expected, the H-1B cap was met and a lottery will be conducted to select the petitions that USCIS...
Monday, April 4, 12:33 PM EDT By Giselle Carson, The Jacksonville Bar Association President In 1848, primarily through the giving of Joshua Bates, a Bostonian merchant and banker, the Boston Public Library was founded. This is the oldest free public city library in...
You should keep your “green card” valid at all times and plan to apply for naturalization while it is valid. As a U.S. permanent resident, you are expected to carry a valid green card with you. The naturalization process is taking several months and sometimes up to a...
USCIS does not have the authority to change a person’s name when they naturalize. However, you can request that USCIS issues a Certificate of Naturalization under a new name if: You present proof that you have already legally changed your name. Such proof could be...
Foreign students currently on STEM OPT may apply for an additional seven months to benefit from the new 24-month period of STEM OPT rule. But, the time frame to apply is limited. According to the latest USCIS update, applicants must submit required paperwork to...
As of April 7, 2016 USCIS reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for the fiscal year (FY) 2017. They received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the US advanced degree exemption and more than the 65,000 for the regular cap filings. USCIS will use a...
USCIS expects to receive more than 85,000 new cap-subject H-1Bs petitions during the first 5 business days in April. This will result in a random lottery of the petitions received. First the master’s and then the regular cap. If there are more than 20,000 "master's...
The demand for cap-subject H-1Bs is again expected to be high in 2017. Therefore, it is imperative that employers, employees, and their immigration counsel start petition preparations early. Establishing job descriptions, salary, O*Net codes, DOL registration, posting...