Category: News & Updates

Registration For H-1B Electronic Lottery Has Opened

Written on March 14, 2024.

Registration For H-1B Electronic Lottery Has Opened March 6, 2024, marked the day the fiscal year 2025 H-1B electronic lottery opened for initial registrations. As such, employers may now begin submitting registrations for their chosen applicants....

Iowa Senate Passed Bill Requiring Employers Use E-Verify

Written on March 12, 2024.

Iowa Senate Passed Bill Requiring Employers Use E-Verify Iowa lawmakers are discussing a bill concerning the employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) process. Known as Senate File 108 (SF 108), it has already passed the Senate in a 30-17 vote....

USCIS Premium Processing Fee Increase In Effect

Written on March 1, 2024.

USCIS Premium Processing Fee Increase In Effect As of February 26, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased its fees for Premium Processing services. These increases require those filing to account for these increased...

Error Causes E-Verify System To Display Incorrect Photos

Written on March 1, 2024.

Error Causes E-Verify System To Display Incorrect Photos Recently, a business had an issue with E-Verify in which the photo-matching tool did not work correctly. The photos that E-Verify transmitted did not match those on employees’ documents....

USCIS Reports Record Breaking Immigration Case Processing Reduces Backlog

Written on February 21, 2024.

USCIS Reports Record Breaking Immigration Case Processing Reduces Backlog The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released data for its fiscal year 2023 (FY2023) operations. This data disclosed that the agency processed an unprecedented...

DHS Plans Sweeping Employment Based Visa Reforms for Late 2024

Written on February 14, 2024.

DHS Plans Sweeping Employment Based Visa Reforms for Late 2024 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced an interest in updating several rules. According to the DHS, the agency will introduce sweeping changes to regulations...

DOJ Settles Citizenship Status Discrimination Case

Written on February 12, 2024.

DOJ Settles Citizenship Status Discrimination Case The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a settlement agreement with a Maryland-based staffing and recruitment company. According to the results, they addressed claims that the company committed...

USCIS Publishes Final Rule Increasing Filing Fees

Written on February 10, 2024.

USCIS Publishes Final Rule Increasing Filing Fees The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it published the final rule concerning employment-based petitions. This rule will increase the cost of many petitions. These increases...

Emergency National Security Supplemental Act Introduced in Senate

Written on February 9, 2024.

Emergency National Security Supplemental Act Introduced in Senate A new Senate bill covering various topics could significantly affect employment-based immigration. This new bill includes a provision that could relieve the enormous backlog of those...

H-1B Dates for Filing and Final Rule Modernizing Program Announced

Written on February 8, 2024.

H-1B Dates for Filing and Final Rule Modernizing Program Announced The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the dates for H-1B filing in 2024. It also mentioned a final rule to modernize the process. This announcement...