February 18, 2021
Update to Visa Caps and Foreign Worker Program Proposed
A bill will be introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives that includes material updates to the immigration system. Included in the bill are updates to visa caps and a trial…
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February 17, 2021
News Alert from USCIS: USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2021 H-1B Cap
This is an update from USCIS News: USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000…
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February 12, 2021
Foreign Students Exempted From Travel Restriction
The U.S. Department of State announced that foreign students with F-1 and M-1 visas studying in the U.S. will be able to return to the U.S. automatically. This is an exception to…
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February 12, 2021
Broad Warrantless Border Phone Search Policy Confirmed
A recent holding from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has confirmed that a warrant is not required for searches of cellphones and other communication…
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February 11, 2021
DHS Proposal to Collect Facial Images of All Travelers Under Review
The public comment period is reopening for a Trump-administration era policy proposal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that makes it mandatory to collect facial…
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February 10, 2021
FY 2021 H-1B Cap in Review: What We Learned in 2020 and What to Expect Going Forward
In light of recent USCIS announcements, we can now report on what to expect for FY2021. First, the H-1B Cap will remain a lottery-based system this year, as USCIS will not have…
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February 8, 2021
Computer Programmers Now H-1B Eligible
A Trump-era policy memo stating that computer programming was not presumptively a specialty occupation as been rescinded by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This…
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February 8, 2021
Alert: H-1B FY 2022 Cap Registration Dates Announced
USCIS has officially announced the FY 2022 H-1B Cap registrations dates. The H-1B registration period will be from March 9 – March 25. Following the completion of the registration…
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February 5, 2021
Dream Act Reintroduced
The Dream Act, a long-standing proposal that offers a pathway to citizenship to undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children was reintroduced. Senator Durbin…
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February 4, 2021
Breaking News: FY 2022 H-1B Cap Will Be Random Lottery, Not Proposed Wage-Based System
On Monday, USCIS plans to publish notice in the Federal Register formally postponing the H-1B Final Rule modifying the H-1B Cap to a wage-based system until December 31, 2021. As…
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