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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A Trump-era policy memo stating that computer programming was not presumptively a specialty occupation as been rescinded by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).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…

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…

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…

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…

As some travel restrictions begin to ease, many ILBSG clients have questions about traveling outside the U.S. and what to expect if H-1B stamping is required. As there are still…