Filing Deadlines, Immigration Procedures, Corporate Counsel

USCIS Announces FY2026 H-1B Cap Reached: No Second Lottery to Be Conducted

Mintz - Immigration Viewpoints on 7/23/2025

On July 18, 2025, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received enough H-1B petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap of 85,000 new H-1B filings for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY2026). As a...more

Client Alert: USCIS Releases Deadlines for H-1B Cap Initial Registration

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 2/7/2025

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated employers and immigration practitioners regarding important dates for the upcoming H-1B lottery registration. This year, the online registration period for the H-1B...more

USCIS Updates Policy on Time Frames for Paper-Based Filings and Responses

Cozen O'Connor on 4/3/2023

On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will be updating the USCIS Policy Manual to address situations when the last day to file a benefit request or respond to a...more

USCIS Extends COVID Flexibilities, Likely for Last Time

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 1/27/2023

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) again extended certain COVID-19-related flexibilities, this time through March 23, 2023. However, USCIS anticipates that this will be the final extension for these...more

FY 2023 H-1B Initial Selection Process Completed

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 3/30/2022

On March 29, 2022, the USCIS announced that it has received enough electronic registrations during the initial registration period to reach the fiscal year (FY) 2023 H-1B cap. A random selection (lottery) was conducted from...more

H-1B Cap: Critical Filing Dates for FY 2019

Littler on 2/9/2018

Employers seeking to sponsor H-1B workers for Fiscal Year 2019 can begin filing petitions on April 2, 2018 (April 1 is a Sunday), for a start date of October 1, 2018. ...more