April 28, 2020 - HSD Immigration Firm

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Top 10 Things That Results in an RFE On an H-1B Petition

Download article as PDF U.S. businesses utilize the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields, such as scientists, engineers, or computer programmers. As part of the H-1B program, the Department of Homeland S...

April 28

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Affirmative Asylum Applicants Can Now Check Status of Their Applications

Download article as PDF Applicants who have a pending affirmative asylum application with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) can now check the status of their applications online at uscis.gov/casestatus. Only asylum applicants with an application pending with USCIS will be able to us...

April 28

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ITS OFFICIAL NOW: USCIS ISSUES NOTICE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF H-1B REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR FY2021

Download article as PDF U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today the implementation of the H–1B registration process for H–1B cap-subject petitions. Here are important takeaways: The initial H–1B petition registration period will begin on Sunday, March 1, 2020. USCIS i...

April 28

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H-1B ALERT: USCIS RESUMES PREMIUM PROCESSING FOR ALL H-1B PETITIONS

Download article as PDF Starting today, March 12, 2019, USCIS will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions. Per USCIS, in case you received a Request for Evidence (RFE) for a pending petition, you should include the RFE response with the premium processing request. If you received a transfe...

April 28

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MAJOR VICTORY: L-1A APPROVAL THROUGH FEDERAL COURT ACTION

Download article as PDF As the Lead Counsel in Add Chapter Design LLC v. Nielsen et al, 1:18-cv-06254, I am glad to share that after months of legal battle with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other related parties in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illino...

April 28

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USCIS UPDATE: BEWARE OF I-130 SPOUSAL PETITIONS INVOLVING MINORS

Download article as PDF Though this does not come up very frequently, immigration practitioners should be extremely careful when submitting I-130 spousal petitions involving minors to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). On February 15, 2019, USCIS announced that it is publishing a gui...

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2019 H-1B CAP FILING UPDATE: USCIS SUSPENDS ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT BUT WILL IMPLEMENT “REVERSE” PETITION SELECTION ORDER

Download article as PDF Today, January 30, 2019, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a final rule amending regulations governing H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those that may be eligible for the advanced degree exemption. The final rule reverses the order by which U.S. Citizenship an...

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OCTOBER 2018 VISA BULLETIN: INDIA EB-3 SURGES AHEAD OF EB-2

Download article as PDF On September 10, 2018, the Department of State released the first Visa Bulletin for the FY2019. Fast forward on September 14, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will utilize the “Filing Date” Chart in the Visa Bulletin for accepting ...

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HOW TO TACKLE H-1B EXTENSIONS IN THE NEW NO-DEFERENCE ERA?

Download article as PDF Giving shape and showing loyalty to President Trump’s Buy American, Hire American initiative, the newly appointed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director L. Francis Cissna implemented a new Policy Memorandum (Policy Memo) which specifically instructs all ...

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USCIS RESUMES PREMIUM PROCESSING FOR ALL FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2018 CAP-SUBJECT H-1B VISA PETITIONS.

Download article as PDF Effective today, September 18, 2017, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 cap. In addition to the regular H-1B Cap of 65,000 visas, USCIS has resumed premium processing fo...

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