Category: News & Updates

USCIS Announces H-1B Registration Dates for FY2023 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has finally announced the dates for the H-1B visa initial registration period. Employers will have from March 1st to March 18th, 2022, to complete...

The Social Security Field Offices Could Reopen in March Lightening the E-Verify No-Match Backlog Offices for the Social Security Administration (SSA) have essentially remained closed to the public since March of 2020. This has led to many struggles;...

The Justice Department Settles With Insurance Company Over Employment Eligibility Verification Violations The Department of Justice recently came to a settlement with an insurance agency that has its headquarters located in Lynchburg, VA. The settlement...

Advocates Are Trying to Revive the EB-5 Program Last summer, Congress let the EB-5 regional center program end. However, industry watchers thought that it might quickly be reauthorized. Yet, this still hasn’t happened. This program offered...

USCIS Issues Guidance for Employers on Classifying Individuals for O-1B Visas The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued policy guidance to help employers understand how to discern the applicable visa classification...

DHS Adds 22 Fields of Study Among Other Changes to Attract New STEM Professionals The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recently announced that it is adding 22 new fields of study to the STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) program...

USCIS Will Retain $500,000 Investment for EB-5 Program On January 5, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) filed an unopposed motion requesting that its August 2021 appeal to a district court ruling in the case of Behring Regional Center...

DHS Has Extended Flexibilities for Immigration Processes, But Uncertainty Lies Ahead Starting in March 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Citizenship and...

An Outdated System Slowed Immigration Benefits During the Pandemic The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has had difficulty processing benefits due to its dependence on paper files. This problem occurred during the pandemic and continued...

Maryland Representative Calls for More H-2B Visas A U.S. Representative from Maryland, Andy Harris, has requested that the current administration increase the availability of H-2B visas so that the crab houses in his Congressional district can...