Categories: General, Scott Railton – Posted on December 22, 2016December 23, 2016 USCIS Filing Fees Rise Again On December 23rd, USCIS filing fees for most types of petitions will rise again. I took a look back at … Continue reading >USCIS Filing Fees Rise Again
Categories: General, Scott Railton – Posted on November 18, 2016November 4, 2020 New Rules Affecting Work Eligibility and Portability for High Skilled Workers The Department of Homeland Security published its final rule today for modernizing the employment based immigration. The rule will take … Continue reading >New Rules Affecting Work Eligibility and Portability for High Skilled Workers
Categories: General – Posted on December 9, 2014December 9, 2014 The President’s Executive Actions for Employers and Employees Businesses and professionals have asked us how the President’s executive actions may impact them. The language and memorandums are very … Continue reading >The President’s Executive Actions for Employers and Employees
Categories: General – Posted on May 7, 2014May 7, 2014 Work Authorization Coming for Certain H-4 Dependents of H-1Bs The Department of Homeland Security announced today that it is opening for comment rules that will ultimately allow certain H-4 … Continue reading >Work Authorization Coming for Certain H-4 Dependents of H-1Bs
Categories: General – Posted on March 26, 2014May 27, 2014 USCIS Announces Procedures for April 1st H-1B Filings U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a press release today, saying it will accept cap-subject petitions for H-1Bs on April … Continue reading >USCIS Announces Procedures for April 1st H-1B Filings
Categories: General – Posted on January 28, 2014February 4, 2014 H-1B Season Is Upon Us H-1B filing season is upon us. H-1Bs are specialty occupation work authorizations, and are one of the more common ways … Continue reading >H-1B Season Is Upon Us
Categories: General – Posted on October 18, 2013October 18, 2013 Shutdown Over: What Happens Now Congress ended the self-imposed government shutdown this week. The shutdown was a bit odd, from my view, insofar as not … Continue reading >Shutdown Over: What Happens Now
Categories: General – Posted on October 2, 2013October 3, 2013 H-1Bs and Labor Certifications Delayed By Government Shutdown On October 1st, the U.S. Government went into shutdown due to the inability of Congress to agree on a budget. … Continue reading >H-1Bs and Labor Certifications Delayed By Government Shutdown
Categories: General – Posted on April 5, 2013April 5, 2013 H-1B Annual Quota Fills in Week 1 Unsurprisingly, the H-1 annual cap filled today. H-1Bs are a nonimmigrant category visa type, reserved for specialty occupation workers with … Continue reading >H-1B Annual Quota Fills in Week 1
Categories: General – Posted on April 30, 2012April 30, 2012 H-1B Quota Steadily Filling The H-1B quota for the 2013 fiscal year opened on April 1st, 2012, and after a month, it appears demand … Continue reading >H-1B Quota Steadily Filling
