Recent Posts in H-1B Cap Category
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H-1B Spouses' Work Ban Looms This Summer
Posted By Verma Law FirmThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently announced that its proposed rule to prohibit H-1B visa holders’ spouses from working will be published this month. The affected spouses are on H-4 visas, issued to H-1B visa holders’ spouses and children under 21. Ninety-three percent of the 100,000 spouses on the H-4 are women from India according to research by the University of Tennessee. H-1B ...Continue Reading -
Premium Processing Begins for Remaining H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions on June 10, 2019
Posted By Verma Law FirmOn June 10, 2019, USCIS will begin premium processing for all remaining FY 2020 H-1B cap-subject petitions. Starting on that date, petitioners may file Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service, with the USCIS service center that is processing their petition. On March 19, 2019, USCIS announced that it will offer premium processing in a two-phased approach during the FY 2020 cap season to ...Continue Reading -
USCIS Reaches Statutory Limit of H-1B Cap Cases for Fiscal Year 2020
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On April 10, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated regular cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption for fiscal year (FY) 2020. After completing the random selection process for the regular cap, USCIS also determined that it has received a number of petitions projected as sufficient to meet the 20,000 H-1B ...
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USCIS reaches the H-1B Regular Cap for FY 2020
Posted By Arjun VermaU.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday, April 5, 2019 that they have received sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap for fiscal year 2020. The agency will reject and return filing fees for all unselected cap-subject petitions that are not prohibited multiple filings. The fiscal year begins October 1, 2019 ...Continue Reading -
How to Find an H-1B Visa Sponsor
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If you wish to work in the United States, you need to obtain a work visa. The most common type of work visa is the H-1B visa . An H-1B visa allows U.S. companies and/or organizations to hire immigrant workers in a specialty line of work (e.g. lawyers, engineers, architects, computer programmers, business executives, etc.). In order to file a petition for this type of work visa, you must have a job ...
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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions
Posted By Arjun VermaUSCIS will resume premium processing on Tuesday, March 12, for all H-1B petitions. If you received a request for evidence (RFE) for a pending petition, you should include the RFE response with the premium processing request. When an H-1B petitioner properly requests the agency’s premium processing service, USCIS guarantees a 15-day processing time. If we do not take certain adjudicative action ...Continue Reading -
FY 2020 H-1B Cap Season Begins on April 1, 2019
Posted By Arjun VermaU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will accept new H-1B petitions subject to the annual quota for fiscal year 2020 (FY 2020) starting April 1, 2019. The H-1B employment visa is reserved for temporary professional workers filling specialty occupations, which require at least a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in a field directly relevant to the job. The H-1B employment visa is ...Continue Reading -
Alternatives to H-1B Visa
Posted By Verma Law FirmH-1B Quota (FY 2019) USCIS received 190,098 H-1B Quota petitions for the fiscal year 2019 in the first week of April 2018. On April 11, 2018, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process, or lottery, to select enough petitions to meet the 65,000 general-category cap and the 20,000 cap under the Master’s Cap exemption. As USCIS will issue about 85,000 H-1B visas under the FY-2019 H-1B ...Continue Reading -
USCIS completes processing of 2019 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions
Posted By Verma Law FirmUSCIS has completed processing all fiscal year 2019 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in the computer-generated random selection process. USCIS will now begin returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected. USCIS cannot provide a definite time frame for returning unselected petitions, due to the high volume of filings. USCIS has asked petitioners not to inquire about the status ...Continue Reading -
Final Rule Effective Beginning April 1, 2019
Posted By Verma Law FirmThe 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 and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects H-1B petitions under the H-1B regular cap and the advanced degree exemption, and it introduces an ...Continue Reading
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