After this year’s H-1B registration and subsequent lottery, many immigration practitioners lamented the seemingly low selection rates for their client’s cases, especially compared to years past. Master’s cap cases, which[…]
The unprecedented lockbox delays from last autumn/winter are well known to both immigration practitioners and clients alike. Our office filed several cases during this time period where USCIS took over[…]
Slowly but surely, the new Biden-Harris administration continues to unwind the immeasurable damage done by the previous administration and de-construct the invisible wall, brick-by-brick. USCIS announced yesterday several policy updates[…]
The June 2021 Visa Bulletin was released earlier this morning and we are happy to report that we once again saw steady to significant forward movement in most categories, particularly[…]
USCIS announced today that, beginning May 17, 2021, they will suspend biometrics requirements for H-4, L-2, and certain E nonimmigrant categories, as the agency works to reduce the unprecedented backlog[…]
Finally some great news that immigration practitioners everywhere, particularly those focused on business immigration, were hoping for. USCIS announced this morning their reversion back to their prior policy on deference,[…]
The May 2021 Visa Bulletin was released this afternoon. Once again we saw steady movement in most categories, and EB1 India and EB1 China continue to remain current. USCIS has[…]
Presidential Proclamation 10052 (Trump’s visa ban targeting employment-based immigration from June 2020, which prevented the entry into the U.S. of certain H-1B, H-2B, J, and L visa holders) finally expired[…]
The April 2021 Visa Bulletin was released late afternoon today, the first time in many, many moons that it has come out before the 20th of the month (hopefully another[…]
50 or so days into the new Biden administration and we are beginning to see some real policy changes and a return to normalcy, a welcome occurrence after the undue[…]