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Update on Premium Processing for 2018/19 H-1B Cap Petitions
UPDATE – August 28, 2018 USCIS announced is extending the previously-announced temporary suspension of premium processing for cap‐subject H‐1B petitions and, beginning Sept. 11, 2018, will be expanding this temporary suspension to include certain additional H‐1B petitions. USCIS expects these suspensions to last until February 19, 2019. The expanded temporary suspension applies to all H‐1B petitions […]
Obtaining Temporary Work Permits – VIDEO
Our Immigration Law Firm consults with many U.S. employers and their foreign workers about how to obtain a work permit. There are different types of temporary work visas available, based on the particular job and the employee’s qualifications, for professionals, laborers, executives, investors, scientists, artists and others. Here are the most typical ones: A […]
USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2019
On April 11th, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2019. USCIS received 190,098 H-1B petitions during the filing period, which began April 2ne, including petitions filed for the advanced […]
Tech Blog Quotes Morris Deutsch on H-1B Issues
CIO Dive, an online newspaper for techies, quoted our partner, Morris Deutsch, on the subject of H-1B visas. In the article, Deutsch describes how the government has been making H-1B visas more and more restrictive and why the H-1B quota is too small. Feel free to contact any of the immigration attorneys at Morris H. […]