Category: News & Updates

Its Time to Prepare for the H-1B Lottery The H-1B Cap Lottery is coming up, and it is the season for United States employers to prepare. Many employers have likely already begun the process, but for those who haven’t and intend to hire a foreign...

New Fees Planned for USCIS The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to put in place a new fee structure that they claim will not limit legal citizenship to people who are very wealthy. The current administration will soon be...

Members of Congress Press State Department to Reduce Visa Backlog A group of Congressional members has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of State pressing the agency to bring the visa processing backlog back to the level existing before COVID-19....

Travel Ban Lifted for 8 Southern African Countries The current administration has ended the ban on travel from eight African Countries as of December 31, 2021. The ban started in November and prevented travel to the United States by almost all...

How to Avoid Immigration-Related Litigation in Today’s Job Market The Bureau of Labor Statistics stated recently that there are more than three million additional unfilled jobs this year over last year. The construction industry is one of the industries...

Judge Rules Government’s Work Permit Processing Delays Are Not Unreasonable A judge in a recent case found that it is not an unreasonable delay for the government to take a number of years to approve a work permit. Therefore, the request...

Spouses of Foreign National Workers Facing Challenges From Visa Backlog There has been a considerable backlog in processing visas at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency. This delay is causing difficulties for the spouses of holders...

Visa Options to Help Meet Healthcare Worker Shortages Currently, due to the pandemic, demand for healthcare is particularly high. Along with this high demand, the United States continues to experience labor shortages, which are making it difficult...

U.S. Waives In-Person Interviews for Several Types of Non-Immigrant Visas The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for the State Department to process visas which has resulted in a reduction in the number of visas processed. So, with the increase...

White House Announces 2022 Immigration Agenda Including Several of the Previous Administration’s Plans The current administration is continuing to work on some of the plans that were made during the previous administration to change the H-1B visa...