On Monday, March 8, 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas announced that he has designating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the country of Venezuela for 18 months, from now until September 2022. *This new designation of TPS for Venezuela enables Venezuelan nationals (and individuals without nationality who last resided…
On Friday, February 5th, USCIS announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 H-1B cap will open Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at noon (Eastern) on March 9 and will stay open until Thursday, March 25, 2021 at noon (Eastern). This is the period that prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to fill out information and complete registration…
The Biden Administration and the Congressional Democrats have created a new immigration reform bill, “U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.” Senator Menendez (D, NJ) has introduced the bill to the Senate and Representative Sánchez (D, CA) has introduced an identical bill the House. Here are just some of the highlights of…
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On Friday, February 5th, USCIS announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 H-1B cap will open Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at noon (Eastern) on March 9 and will stay open until Thursday, March 25, 2021 at noon (Eastern). This is the period that prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to fill out information and complete registration…
On February 26th, USCIS updated its FAQs on H-1B Electronic Registration Process for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 H-1B cap filing season. The H-1B cap registration period will start on Tuesday, March 9th at 12:00pm (noon) (ET) and go through Thursday, March 25th at 12:00pm (noon) (ET). Here is an…
We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer those questions and provide the Q&A on our H-1B Visa Lawyer…
Last spring at the beginning of the Pandemic, former President Trump stopped the issuance of green cards until the end of the year citing American job loss, this basically blocked legal immigration. Just before leaving office he extended the ban until the end of March 2021. On Wednesday, President Biden…
USCIS announced that it has received a sufficient number of H-2B petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap (33,000) for the second half of FY 2021. February 12, 2021 is now the “final receipt date” for cap-subject H-2B worker requesting employment start dates before October 1st. The “final receipt date”…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click the link to view the March 2021 Visa Bulletin The monthly Visa Bulletin has changed. The bulletin now summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during the reported month for: “Application Final Action Dates” (consistent with prior Visa Bulletins)…