U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding online listening session to get feedback about the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program. This listening session will be held on Friday, December 6, 2024, between 2:00 to 3:00 pm (Eastern).
For further details please review the USCIS National Engagement, “USCIS Citizenship and Integration Grant Program Listening Session”.
Please use Microsoft Teams to join the engagement and the link is below.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be holding online Tech Talks sessions to give participants an opportunity to have some of their questions answered about online accounts. This December session will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, between 2:00 to 2:45 pm (Eastern).
For further details please review the USCIS National Engagement, “USCIS Tech Talks”.
Please use Microsoft Teams to join the engagement and the link is below.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they have received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap, including the master’s cap, (65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption). They also completed sending non-selection notifications to online accounts for registrants. If not selected, status will show: Not Selected: Not selected – not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration.
For more information, please read the USCIS news alert, “USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap”!
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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 Blog.
If you have a burning question, are seeking assistance with a difficult immigration related case, wish to discuss your views on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, DREAMers, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, priority dates, the monthly visa bulletin, adjustment applications, etc., please contact us by submitting your question/comment/viewpoint in our comment box provided on our H-1B Visa Lawyer Blog.
Our next “Q & A Forum” will take place this Friday, December 6, 2024. Act now and submit your questions!
This blog entry was originally posted on 3/29/24. We here at the MVP Law Group would like to wish every one of our blog readers Happy Thanksgiving!
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1 – How does the USCIS know it is a concurrent filing? Form I-129 allows you to check the proper box to classify the filing. The Labor Condition Application (LCA) filed with the Department of Labor also allows you to check the proper box to classify the filing.
The USCIS Forms Updates web page lists their most recently updated forms. The list includes forms as they publish them and includes a brief explanation for the update.
The updated form listed below is their most recent addition to the list, dated November 20, 2024!
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On Monday, November 18, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working with the Department of State (DOS) announced the list of countries that are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs. *The H-2A and H-2B visa programs allow U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural and nonagricultural jobs, respectively. For further details please review the USCIS New Alert, “DHS Announces Countries Eligible for H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs”.
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On Friday, November 15th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced they expect to add an extra 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for (FY) 2025. This addition will be added to the statutory cap of 66,000 H-2B visas allowed per fiscal year. DHS feels this will help U.S. businesses! Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro N. Mayorkas stated, “By maximizing the use of the H-2B visa program, the Department of Homeland Security is helping to ensure the labor needs of American businesses are met, keeping prices down for consumers while strengthening worker protections and deterring irregular migration to the United States.”
For further details please review the USCIS News Release, “DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap with Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for Fiscal Year 2025”.
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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.
Click the link to view the December 2024 Visa Bulletin
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