Category: H-1B

WHAT HAPPENED A coalition of employers, labor unions, healthcare organizations, academic institutions, religious groups, and individual workers has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a new $100,000 fee on H-1B visa petitions. The policy, introduced by a September 19 presidential proclamation, imposes the fee on employers seeking to bring foreign workers into the United States under… Read More

At Mark A. Ivener, A Law Corporation, we strive to keep you informed about important changes in immigration law that may affect you or your business. Here are some recent developments: 1. New Credentialing Organization for Healthcare WorkersThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has added International Education Evaluations, LLC, as a new organization authorized… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the H-1B workload transfer transition period ends August 31, 2016.  On July 1, 2016, as part of a workload transfer from the California and Vermont Service Centers, the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) began accepting certain H-1B and H-1B1 (Chile/Singapore Free Trade) I-129 petitions. The NSC also began… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 8, 2016, that it has returned all FY 2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected in the agency’s computer-generated random selection process. USCIS previously announced on May 2, 2016, that it had completed data entry of all selected cap-subject petitions. Those who submitted an H-1B… Read More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on May 2, 2016, that it has completed data entry of all fiscal year 2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected randomly. USCIS has begun returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected. USCIS said that due to the high volume of filings, the agency is unable to provide a definite time frame for returning these petitions.