Release Date: Dec. 6, 2019 WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that it has completed a successful pilot testing phase and is implementing the registration process in the next H-1B lottery. Employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions for the...

On January 9, 2020, USCIS formally announced the implementation of the H-1B registration process for fiscal year 2021 H‑1B cap-subject petitions through the Federal Register. The initial registration period will run from March 1 through March 20, 2020, for FY...

On November 14, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to adjust the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Immigration Examination Fee Account fee schedule. This proposed regulation would dramatically increase the...

On July 24, 2019, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published the final rule that modernizes the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. Said new rule reflects a number of significant changes, that may affect you as an investor, planning to benefit...

The Department of State released the instructions for the 2021 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2021), popularly known as the DV or green card lottery. The DV lottery, through a randomized computer drawing, provides a specific number of permanent resident visas (“green...