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News & EventsPrevailing Wage Determination (PWD) Issue Dates
DOL is to issue prevailing wage determinations (PWDs) that were filed on the dates below as of February 28, 2023; this will include (OES and non-OES), PERM prevailing wage requests (filed Jan, 2022), and (OES and non-OES) H-1B prevailing wage requests (filed Jan, 2022...
Maintaining Consensus on the Evolution of the L-1 practice.
By: David Sindell ([email protected]) Section 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)14 defines the terms of eligibility for L-1 intracompany transferee status. Regulations on acquiring, maintaining, and extending L-1 status are found at 8...
APPROVAL RATES LOWEST AMONG ALL EMPLOYMENT – BASED NONIMMIGRANT PETITIONS
L-1 petitions have the lowest approval rate amongst all employment-based nonimmigrant petitions and investor applications. L-1s are also the most likely to be issued a request for evidence (RFE). In fiscal year 2022, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
FY2024 H-1B Registration Fact Sheet for Employers
Registration Process To file H-1B petitions subject to the FY2024 cap for an employee, you must first electronically register and pay a $10 fee for each electronic registration. The electronic registration includes basic information about the employer and employee. If...
Visa Revalidation to Commence in Washington DC this year
Visa Revalidation to Commence in Washington DC this year Back in the day, when I started practicing immigration law, some 29 years ago, and up until about 19 years ago, in other words, for the first ten years of my career, our firm was able to send foreign...
USCIS Agrees to Bundle Adjudication for H-4/H-4 EADs and L-2 Dependent Applications When Filed Concurrently with Form I-129
Starting January 25, 2023, USCIS will adjudicate I-539 and I-765 applications for H-4 and L-2 dependents when those applications are filed concurrently with the I-129 petition. The bundling of those applications applies to both regular and premium processed H-1B or...
Changes Affecting Employment Authorization for L-2, E and H-4 Dependent Spouses
On November 12, 2021, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that L-2 and E dependent spousesare no longer required to apply for an EAD to work in the United States. Instead, L-2 and E dependent spouses are authorized to work in the United States...
H-1b registration – Breaking News
H-1b Registration Breaking News We received the following from USCIS regarding the H-1b registration. Highlights include the following. The initialregistration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run...
Part time H-1b
This is a regurgitation of an old article that has become relevant in recent months. The part-time H-1B may be useful in the current economic climate; as it may allow an employer to avoid layoffs or avoid concerns of sufficient stream of revenue for full time...
VISA BULLETIN FOR FEBRUARY 2023
DOS posted the February 2023 visa bulletin. In addition to final action dates and dates for filing, it contains notes on the diversity visa, a note on F2A category, employment third preference “other workers” category retrogression, and more. As of January 17, 2023,...