Category: News & Updates

USCIS Makes Changes to Prevent Multiple H-1B Registrations

Written on March 24, 2022.

USCIS Makes Changes to Prevent Multiple H-1B Registrations Sometimes easier isn’t better, according to critics of USCIS’s electronic registration system. These critics have complained that the system makes registrations so simple and...

USCIS Making Progress Towards Electronic Processing

Written on March 23, 2022.

USCIS Making Progress Towards Electronic Processing The USCIS has been stating its intent to modernize by changing to an electronic filing system for almost twenty years. The system it had intended to put in place was ELIS, the Electronic Immigration...

USCIS Provides New Guidance for O-1 Visa Eligibility and Adjudication

Written on March 22, 2022.

USCIS Provides New Guidance for O-1 Visa Eligibility and Adjudication With intense competition for many employment-based visas as well as continuing backlogs and processing delays, many employers have turned to alternatives, including the O-1 visa...

USCIS Announces Purge of Older E-Verify Records

Written on March 18, 2022.

USCIS Announces Purge of Older E-Verify Records Every year United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) purges records that are more than ten years old from the E-Verify system, and that time has come once again. The USCIS has announced...

USCIS Provides Guidance For Using Native American Tribal Documents to Complete the Form I-9

Written on March 17, 2022.

USCIS Provides Guidance For Using Native American Tribal Documents to Complete the Form I-9 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced that it has provided newly updated guidance for completion of the Form...

Congress Proposes Bringing the EB-5 Regional Center Program Back

Written on March 17, 2022.

Congress Proposes Bringing the EB-5 Regional Center Program Back The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a spending bill. It is a $1.5 trillion bill that funds the government for the remainder of the fiscal year and gives Ukraine $13.6...

USCIS Launches New H-2A Employer Data Hub

Written on March 14, 2022.

USCIS Launches New H-2A Employer Data Hub The USCIS has started an H-2A employer data hub following suit with similar data hubs for other visa programs, which the USCIS has launched in recent years. This new employer data hub will give easy access...

Pennsylvania Legislature Works to Attract Immigrants

Written on March 10, 2022.

Pennsylvania Legislature Works to Attract Immigrants Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have proposed legislation to establish an office that would work to attract and retain immigrants in the state. Pennsylvania has had trouble with slow growth in population,...

DHS Announces Temporary Protected Status for Ukraine

Written on March 10, 2022.

DHS Announces Temporary Protected Status for Ukraine The Department of Homeland Security has decided that Ukrainians who are already in the United States will be allowed to file for temporary protected status, which would allow these people to remain...

New Senate Bill Proposes Reforms to the H-1B and L-1 Visa Programs

Written on March 10, 2022.

New Senate Bill Proposes Reforms to the H-1B and L-1 Visa Programs H-1B visas are a type of nonimmigrant visa that U.S. companies can use to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations that require technical or theoretical expertise. An H-1B...