H-1B

Second H-1B Lottery for FY 2025 Complete
August 12, 2024
USCIS announced that it has completed the second lottery and now has selected a sufficient number of registrations.
Read More >

USCIS Gives Registered H-1B Petitioners Another Bite at the Apple
August 5, 2024
USCIS says that “soon” it will conduct a second lottery from previously submitted electronic registrations.
Read More >

Employers Should Prepare Now for Upcoming H-1B Filing Deadline H1B FY 2025 Update
February 14, 2024
The H-1B nonimmigrant visa is reserved for professionals in a specialty occupation, defined as those positions which require theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge in a field of human endeavor.
Read More >

H-1B Season Begins with Positive Developments for Employers and Candidates
February 8, 2024
The fiscal year 2025 H-1B lottery registration process opens on March 6, 2024, and will remain open through March 22, 2024.
Read More >

Second H-1B Visa Lottery to Take Place
August 1, 2023
USCIS recently determined that it would need to select additional registrations to reach the H-1B cap and will soon select additional registrations from previously submitted electronic registrations using a random selection process.
Read More >

Shortage of Physical Therapists and Nurses Allows for Short-Cut to Permanent Residency
April 18, 2023
Employers in the healthcare industry may have a leg up when tapping foreign workers for employment via EB-2 employment-based permanent residency (i.e. “green card”).
Read More >

What Does It Mean for your Employees Now that the H-1B Lottery Selection Process Completed?
April 4, 2023
The United States Citizen and Immigration Services has announced that it has completed the lottery that determines who is eligible to petition for an H1B Visa.
Read More >

Planning for H-1B Visa Season
January 18, 2023
It’s that time again.  Employers who are considering petitioning for H-1B Visas should start planning for the registration process now.
Read More >

Recent Layoffs Provide Opportunities to Hire H-1B Visa Workers
November 30, 2022
Employers looking to hire workers with experience in the tech industry have a unique opportunity to fill open positions in light of recent high-profile layoffs at major corporations.
Read More >

The Devil is in the Details: Meeting the Criteria for an H-1B Visa Continues to Become More Difficult
January 22, 2020
It’s not getting any easier to persuade the government that your worker is eligible for an H-1B visa.
Read More >

As April 1 H1-B Application Deadline Looms, Remember Changes to Rules and Lottery Process
March 22, 2019
When the USCIS begins accepting applications for H1-B visas on April 1, it will do so under new rules that bring significant changes to the H-1B lottery process.
Read More >

Last-Minute Changes to H-1B Visa Process Announced
February 4, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has posted the final rule amending regulations that govern H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those that may be eligible for the advanced degree exemption.
Read More >

• «
• 1
• 2
• »