USCIS Cuts Off H-2B Petitions for First Half of FY 2025
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it reached the Congressionally-mandated H-2B visa issuance cap. This success means the first half of...
USCIS Extends Green Card Renewal Validity Period to 36 Months
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced new extensions to the validity of permanent resident cards, also known as green cards. These new extensions...
USCIS Revises Regulations for OPT Eligible Students in STEM Fields
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it will update work authorization programs for qualified F-1 students in the United States. This extension...
USCIS Extends Expiration Date of Current Edition of the Form I-9
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended the expiration date of the current employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) form. The current Form I-9 is the...
USCIS Announces Second Round of H-1B Selections for FY 2025
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced its intention to perform another round of H-1B visa selections. With this additional round, the USCIS expects to...
E-Verify+ Trial Launched by USCIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently launched the trial for E-Verify+. If successful, it would become the next-generation model for the federal government’s employment eligibility verification...
USCIS Announces Extension of EADs for Some Designations
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it would extend the validity of several employment authorization documents (EADs). This extension applies to Temporarily...
In early April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new rule concerning a previous policy. This rule would maintain the current extension for specific employment authorization documents (EADs) from the traditional 180-day...
USCIS Measures Reduces Number of Multiple H-1B Registrations
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently released data for the most recent period. According to the USCIS, this period showed that multiple registrations for workers...
USCIS Announced H-2B Cap Reached for Early Second Half of 2024 Fiscal Year
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it received enough petitions to reach the H-2B supplemental visa cap. Interested parties could...