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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS... more +
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is a federal agency under the umbrella of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. The USCIS performs a broad variety of administrative functions, including processing visa and naturalization petitions, as well as applications for asylum and refugee status.  less -
Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Plan Now for FY 2026 H-1B Cap Registration: What Employers Need to Know

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will conduct its annual electronic registration process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 H-1B cap from March 7, 2024 to March 24, 2025. Employers seeking to register employees...more

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USCIS Takes New Steps to Transition to Electronic Processing

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For nearly two decades, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has signaled its intention to modernize with the creation of an electronic filing system (officially known as the Electronic Immigration System or...more

Vedder Price

The New H-1B Cap Registration Process: How It's Going to Look

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established a mandatory Internet-based electronic registration process for employers seeking to file H-1B petitions for beneficiaries that may be counted under the regular cap or...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

USCIS Proposes Additional Changes To The H-1B CAP Process

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Earlier this year, on January 31, 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amended its H-1B regulations governing petitions filed under the H-1B CAP visa lottery, to now require employers filing H-1B CAP petitions...more

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DHS Spring Regulatory Agenda Projects Changes to H-1B Visas, the Rescission of H-4 Work Authorization, Increased Fees, and More

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released its spring 2019 regulatory agenda, highlighting the agency’s rulemaking priorities through 2019. While many of the agenda items appear to be carryovers from agendas past,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DHS Finalizes Changes to H-1B Lottery, but Delays New H-1B Prefiling Registration System Till 2020

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• DHS has announced that it has finalized the previously proposed rule governing the H-1B lottery. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2019. • DHS will reverse the order of the H-1B lottery...more

Burr & Forman

DHS Issues Final H-1B Lottery Rule

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In early January, the Burr & Forman, LLP immigration team outlined a major change to the H-1B visa lottery system proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) (DHS Proposes Major Lottery Changes Ahead of H-1B...more

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Government Unveils Details For 2019 H-1B Lottery - A 5-Step Plan To Successfully Navigate This Year’s Lottery

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The federal government just published its final rule amending the regulations that will govern petitions filed under the H-1B work visa lottery. Although the final rule is effective April 1, 2019, the Department of Homeland...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Final Rule for H-1B Cap Published – Effective April 1, 2019

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On January 30, 2019, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule to amend the H-1B lottery process. The rule creates an electronic registration process for the H-1B Cap lottery and changes...more

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DHS Proposes New H-1B Prefiling Registration System and Changes to H-1B Lottery

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• Prior to submitting petitions for H-1B visas, employers first will be required to register electronically with USCIS during a designated registration period. • DHS proposes to use a computer-generated process to select a...more

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Proposed Changes to E-Verify

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is in the process of reviewing public comments and considering revisions to its recently proposed changes to the E-Verify program. USCIS’ Supporting Statement...more

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