Here is the timeline for the 2021 (fy22) H-1B Visa filing. February 24: Employers can create H-1B registrant accounts with https://my.uscis.gov/. March 1: The online registration period for FY 2021[...]
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Starting Feb. 24, 2021, petitioners filing Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, requesting a change or extension of status to E-3 classification will have the option to request premium processing service for[...]
Read MoreUSCIS Lockbox Receipt Update – 2/5/21
Dallas Lockbox: Currently intaking Employment-Based I-485 adjustment of applications and standalone cases filed around Oct. 29, 2020, and Oct. 30, 2020, with approximately 415,000 applications/petitions waiting to be receipted Phoenix Lockbox: Currently[...]
Read MoreH-1B / PERM Final Wage Rule – January 15, 2021
NOTE: As of 1/30/21 This Memo is under Review by the Biden Administration On January 15, 2021 the DOL issued a memo called the “H-1B Program Bulletin Clarifying Filing Requirements[...]
Read MoreUSCIS Drops it’s Proposed Immigration Filing Fee Increases – January 11, 2021
Great news for immigration applicants to start the new year. USCIS has announced that it is dropping it’s legal challenges to the October 2nd 2020 proposed fee increase. This means[...]
Read MoreHow to find the correct prevailing wage level for your H-1B petition [2021]
Are you trying to find the prevailing wage for your H-1B visa? The new 2021 H-1B Cap Registration rule requires you to state the prevailing wage level (1,2,3 or 4)[...]
Read MoreVisa Bulletin For January 2021
EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES For Employment-Based Preference Filings:For all employment-based preference categories, you must use the Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for January 2021. First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of[...]
Read MoreNational Interest Exceptions (NIE) for H-1B and L-1 Visas – (2021)
On Aug. 12 2020, the U.S. Department of State released guidance on national interest exceptions (NIEs) to the June 22 proclamation. As they pertain specifically to H-1B and L-1 visas,[...]
Read MoreGood news on delayed EADs
Due to the extraordinary and unprecedented COVID-19 public health emergency, the production of certain Employment Authorization Documents (Form I-766, EAD) is delayed. As a result, employees may use Form I-797,[...]
Read MoreAugust 2020 Visa Bulletin
FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES First: (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference. Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: 114,200,[...]
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