By: Chris Musillo
There are some obvious areas where we can expect to see activity in business immigration 2020. Here are a few topics that we will keeping our eye on this year:
New H-1B Cap Process
The USCIS has...
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BUSINESS IMMIGRATION OUTLOOK FOR 2020
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CMusillo started a blog post FAIRNESS FOR HIGH SKILLED IMMIGRANTS ACT COULD PASS SOONin CMusilloFAIRNESS FOR HIGH SKILLED IMMIGRANTS ACT COULD PASS SOON
By: Chris Musillo
The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act has been a hot legislative item all year. On several occasions, the bill has looked to be set into law, until a last minute Senate hold out has blocked the law’s progress.... -
USCIS ANNOUNCES FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2, 2019
By: Chris Musillo
On October 30, 2019 the USCIS announced a proposed rule to increase the premium processing fee. The premium processing fee will be raised from $1,410 to $1,440. The fee increase will go into effect on December 2, 2019.... -
NFAP: H-1B DENIAL RATES NEARLY 25%
By: Chris Musillo
According to a new study by the National Foundation for American Policy, H-1B denial rates for cap-subject petitions has risen “from 6% in FY 2015 to 24% through the third quarter of FY 2019”. Perhaps more amazing,... -
UPDATE ON THE FAIRNESS FOR HIGH SKILLED IMMIGRANTS ACT
By: Chris Musillo
After several weeks of contentious negotiations, a deal has been struck to preserve nurse immigration into the US through the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (H.R. 1044). The AAIHR, of which Musillo Unkenholt... -
JULY 2019 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS
By: Chris Musillo
The Department of State has just issued the July 2019 Visa Bulletin. This is the tenth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2019. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
July 2019 Visa Bulletin
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USCIS FINISHES H-1B LOTTERY
By Chris Musillo
USCIS has finished the data entry for all FY 2020 H-1B cap-subject petitions. Musillo Unkenholt continues to see H-1B checks being cashed and continues to receive H-1B receipt notices in our mail. Therefore H-1B cap-subject... -
CMusillo started a blog post USCIS BLOCKED FROM ENFORCING UNLAWFUL PRESENCE MEMO AGAINST F-1 AND OTHER STUDENTSin CMusilloUSCIS BLOCKED FROM ENFORCING UNLAWFUL PRESENCE MEMO AGAINST F-1 AND OTHER STUDENTS
By: Chris Musillo
A federal district court judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction, effective immediately, which prohibits the USCIS from enforcing its "Accrual of Unlawful Presence and F, J, and M Nonimmigrants” Guidance... -
USCIS RECEIVES 201,011 H-1B CAP PETITIONS
By: Chis Musillo
USCIS announced that it received 201,011 petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. This is notably more than the 190,000 H-1B petitions received during the April 2018... -
H-1B CAP 2019 HAS BEEN REACHED
By: Chris Musillo
As expected, USCIS has received more than 85,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions on the very first day of H-1B cap filings. They did not specify how many H-1B cap-subject petitions were received. We expect to know the overage... -
Indian Man Convicted of H-1B Visa Fraud
By: Bruce Buchanan, Sebelist Buchanan Law PLLC
Anjaneyulu Katam, who was convicted of visa fraud, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Rochester, NY to 12 months and... -
SEVEN THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE H-1B CAP
By: Chris Musillo
All H-1B cap cases must be filed by April 1, 2019. In anticipation of that deadline, here are seven things to remember about the H-1B cap.
1. These types of cases are subject to the H-1B cap:- International
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CShusterman started a blog post Get Rid Of Per-Country Quotas And Increase Merit-Based Immigrationin CShustermanGet Rid Of Per-Country Quotas And Increase Merit-Based Immigration
The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 (H.R. 1044)would eliminate per-country quotas for employment-based immigration and more than double per-country quotas for family-based immigration. While per-country quotas are unfair and counter-productive,...Last edited by CShusterman; 03-18-2019, 04:59 PM. -
USCIS ALLOWS PREMIUM PROCESSING FOR ALL H-1B PETITIONS
By: Chris Musillo
Effective Tuesday March 12, 2019, USCIS will again allow premium processing on all H-1B petitions. While this is welcome news, the window of upgrading H-1B petitions to the Premium Processing Service may be short. In... -
STAFFING AND SERVICES COMPANIES UNDER ATTACK FROM USCIS
By: Chris Musillo
Staffing companies are under attack from the USCIS. H-1B denial rates at service and staffing companies greatly exceed H-1B denial rates at non-staffing companies. For instance, a recent Forbes article points out that,...Last edited by CMusillo; 03-08-2019, 08:44 AM.
