Immigration News
May 5, 2021
Biometrics Requirement Suspended for Certain Nonimmigrant Extension/Change of Status Applications
As part of the ongoing class action litigation challenging unprecedented delays in certain Applications to Extend Nonimmigrant Status, USCIS has…More
May 20, 2015
USCIS Will Accept H-4 EAD Applications Starting Next Tuesday; Releases FAQ
With applications for USCIS’s new H-4 EAD program being accepted as early as next Tuesday, USCIS has released additional information…More
February 24, 2015
Employment Authorization Finally Coming for (Some) H-4s
Well before last year’s big announcement that President Obama would be taking executive action on immigration reform, the administration had…More
August 22, 2014
Obama Considering Executive Action on Immigration
With chances of comprehensive immigration reform seemingly dead, President Obama has been threatening to take executive action to address some…More
April 6, 2014
Obama Administration To Allow Employment Authorization for Some H-4 Spouses **UPDATED**
We wrote back in April (see the original piece below) that the Obama Administration was planning on allowing some H-4…More
May 1, 2023
Unprecedented FY2024 H-1B Cap Registration Numbers Alert USCIS to Potential Fraudulent ActivityUSCIS released the number of H-1B Cap Registrations it received this year for FY2024. The agency received 780,884 total registrations…More
March 1, 2022
H-1B Registration Process with LHSCDRegistration Process To file H-1B petitions subject to the FY2023 cap for an employee, you must first electronically register and…More
December 23, 2021
DHS Withdraws H-1B Selection Final RuleAs of December 22, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has published a final rule that withdraws the Modification…More
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