The United States announced they will be lifting the restrictions at the land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in the beginning of November! This will end the 19 months closure for non-essential travelers because of the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas stated “(we) will begin allowing travelers from Mexico and Canada who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to enter the United States…
The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin. Click the link to view the November 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)…
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USCIS Reaches H-2B Cap for First Half of FY 2022 On Wednesday, October 12, 2021, USCIS announced that it has reached the H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year 2022. September 30, 2021 is now the “final receipt date” for cap-subject H-2B worker requesting employment start dates before…
USCIS announced on Friday, September 24th, that they were extending the flexibilities that they originally announced on March 30, 2020. These flexibilities are for responding to certain requests from the USCIS, some are listed below: Requests for Evidence; Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14); Notices of Intent to Deny; Notices of…
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…
Three out of four Nobel Prizes awarded this year to the United States for physics, medicine and chemistry were immigrants! “Immigrants have been awarded 38%, or 40 of 104, of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000,” according to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) research. Their new research…
The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary non-agricultural jobs. There is a cap limit of 33,000 for the first half of the fiscal year and 33,000 for the second half for a total of 66,000 per year.…
USCIS announced on Friday, September 24th, that they were extending the flexibilities that they originally announced on March 30, 2020. These flexibilities are for responding to certain requests from the USCIS, some are listed below: Requests for Evidence; Continuations to Request Evidence (N-14); Notices of Intent to Deny; Notices of…
During a General Federal Government Shutdown the government closes for budgetary reasons, all but “essential” personnel are furloughed! The following information is an overview of how the U.S. Government immigration-related agencies have operated during shutdown periods in the past. UPDATE: Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown – AP News (apnews.com) 9/30/21 General Shutdown…