A flurry of immigration-related post-inauguration Executive Orders and other planned changes to immigration law under President Trump will alter the U.S. immigration landscape, with stepped-up enforcement actions, an aim to...more
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Employers wishing to file H-1B cap cases for foreign national employees should initiate work soon in anticipation of the short filing period, which will open on April 1, 2019. ...more
On Jan. 27, 2017, President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”) barring non-U.S. citizens who are citizens of Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen (the “Restricted Countries”) from entering the U.S. for at...more
Registration for the U.S. Department of State’s electronic Diversity Visa (DV) “green card” lottery for fiscal year 2017 began at 12:00 noon U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. Entries must be submitted by...more
USCIS will soon post its guidance for filing cap-subject H-1B petitions on April 1, 2014 for an Oct. 1, 2014 start date. It is anticipated that the demand for H-1Bs in fiscal year (FY) 2015 (which starts on Oct. 1, 2014) will...more