8 May
by Foster, on Blog, Immigration Updates, News
Allegations of fraud and abuse accompanied the recently published U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) statistics from the Fiscal Year 2024 H-1B Cap Lottery Registration System. The system is used to allocate the annual H-1B visa quota, known as the “cap,” due to perennial excess demand or “oversubscription.” As […]
4 May
by Foster, on Immigration Updates, News
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has announced the implementation of a new version of the Form ETA-9089, which will soon need be filed on a different online platform. The current Form ETA-9089 and filing platform may be used through May 15, 2023, for the filing of applications in progress. […]
27 Mar
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the Monthly Visa Bulletin for April 2023 revealing movement in only one of the commonly-used categories of Dates for Filing and in several categories of Final Action Dates. The movement in Final Action Dates is both forward and backward. Dates for Filing […]
27 Mar
by Foster LLP, on Immigration Updates, News
On Monday, March 27, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency had completed the random numeric selection process (lottery) for allocating H-1B numbers among the properly submitted registrations under both the H-1B Regular Cap and H-1B U.S. Master’s Cap. USCIS has also now completed the process […]
