USCIS Expands Premium Processing to Include E-3 Petitioners

USCIS expanded Premium Processing to include E-3 Petitioners filing I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, requesting a change or extension of status to E-3 classification.…


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Biden Lifts Ban On New Green Card Holders

President Joe Biden lifted the ban on foreigners moving to the U.S. who are new green card holders. The ban was due to expire on March 31, 2021. This is the revocation of…


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President Biden’s Immigration Bill: Impact on H-1B Visas

Overwhelmingly, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 seeks to make the business-immigration landscape easier as it includes many beneficial changes. For instance, the bill includes a…


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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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