By Chris Musillo
The Department of State has just issued the June 2022 Visa Bulletin. This is the ninth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2022. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
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JUNE 2022 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS
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CMusillo started a blog post USCIS ANNOUNCES INCREASES AUTOMATIC EXTENSION PERIOD FOR CERTAIN EADSin CMusilloUSCIS ANNOUNCES INCREASES AUTOMATIC EXTENSION PERIOD FOR CERTAIN EADS
By Chris Musillo
Beginning May 4, 2022, the USCIS’s automatic extension period for certain EAD categories will temporarily increase from 180 days to up to 540 days.
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USCIS RECEIVES 483,927 H-1B CAP REGISTRATIONS
By Chris Musillo
USCIS announced that it has received 483,927 H-1B cap registration during the March 2022 filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption.
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MAY 2022 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYIS AND PREDICTIONS
By Chris Musillo
The Department of State has just issued the May 2022 Visa Bulletin. This is the eighth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2022. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
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H-1B LOTTERY COMPLETE
By Chris Musillo
USCIS has announced that it has received more than 85,000 registrations during the registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2023 H-1B cap. The annual H-1B limit is 85,000, which is the H-1B cap. Accordingly,... -
CMusillo started a blog post USCIS POLICY ALERT: DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN E AND L SPOUSESin CMusilloUSCIS POLICY ALERT: DOCUMENTATION OF EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN E AND L SPOUSES
By Chris Musillo
On March 18, 2022, USCIS issued a Policy Alert, and updated its Policy Manual accordingly, to apprise certain spouses of E and L nonimmigrants how the USCIS plans to verify their employment authorization.
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CMusillo started a blog post USCIS ENCOURAGES ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS TO FILED I-485S IN THE EB-2 INDIA CATEGORY BASED ON THE APRIL VISA BULLETINin CMusilloUSCIS ENCOURAGES ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS TO FILED I-485S IN THE EB-2 INDIA CATEGORY BASED ON THE APRIL VISA BULLETIN
By Chris Musillo
The recently published April Visa Bulletin advanced the Date for Filing, or Chart B, for the employment-based, second preference (EB-2) category for India a whole year, to September 1, 2014. In addition, USCIS also updated... -
CMusillo started a blog post USCIS REACHES H-1B CAP FOR H-1B CAP CASES FILED IN LAST YEAR’S H-1B CAP LOTTERY (FISCAL YEAR 2022)in CMusilloUSCIS REACHES H-1B CAP FOR H-1B CAP CASES FILED IN LAST YEAR’S H-1B CAP LOTTERY (FISCAL YEAR 2022)
By Chris Musillo
On February 28, 2022, USCIS announced that they received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the 65,000 H-1B regular cap and 20,000 H-1B master’s cap, for fiscal year 2022 (October 2021 to October 2022). It is important... -
CMusillo started a blog post USCIS ISSUES GUIDANCE ON FILING REQUEST FOR “TRANSFER OF UNDERLYING BASIS”in CMusilloUSCIS ISSUES GUIDANCE ON FILING REQUEST FOR “TRANSFER OF UNDERLYING BASIS”
By Chris Musillo
Following its recent News Alert urging eligible applicants to switch employment-based categories, USCIS has issued guidance via its “Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants” webpage on filing a request to transfer... -
MARCH 2022 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYIS AND PREDICTIONS
By Chris Musillo
The Department of State has just issued March 2022 Visa Bulletin. This is the sixth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2022. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
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H-1B REGISTRATION WINDOW ANNOUNCED
By Chris Musillo
Beginning March 1, 2022 through March 18, 2022, H-1B Electronic Registration for cap-subject petitions will take place. This marks the third year that USCIS has utilized electronic registration.
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CMusillo started a blog post USCIS Requests Employment-Based Green Card Applicants to Interfile to Change Preference Category if Eligiblein CMusilloUSCIS Requests Employment-Based Green Card Applicants to Interfile to Change Preference Category if Eligible
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Citing the exceptionally high number of employment-based (“EB”) green cards available for the current fiscal year, the USCIS announced yesterday that it is requesting green card applicants interfile from EB3 to EB1... -
FEBRUARY 2022 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYIS AND PREDICTIONS
By Chris Musillo
The Department of State has just issued February 2022 Visa Bulletin. This is the fifth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2022. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
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USCIS Withdraws H-1B CAP Wage-Based Selection Rule
By Chris Musillo
The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn its H-1B Selection Final Rule as of December 21, 2021. The Rule was vacated by a US District Court in September 2021, and pursuant to that order, the DHS has withdrawn the... -
EXPEDITED PROCESSING AVAILABLE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS
By Chris Musillo
USCIS has issued guidance that, effective immediately, healthcare workers who have a pending Employment Authorization Document (EAD) renewal application (Form I-765) can request expedited processing of the application i...
