Washington, D.C. – March 22, 2019: This year’s H-1B cap lottery season will feature more options for Premium Processing than previous years, along with an inverted selection process to favor workers with U.S. Master’s degrees, and a system publicizing employers and H-1B work positions. In an...
Washington, D.C. – March 16, 2019: With two weeks remaining before the H-1B cap lottery, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on Friday issued a reminder to H-1B employers: electronic notices to employees must be “readily available, as a practical matter, to all affected employees”. It...
Washington, D.C. – March 16, 2019: The U.S. Department of State recently published its monthly Visa Bulletin for April, showing modest progress in the EB-1 and EB-5 waiting lists, and welcome jumps for Chinese EB-2 and Vietnamese EB-5 visa categories. EB-5 visas for Indians remained current...
Washington, D.C., March 12, 2019: USCIS will resume premium processing on Tuesday, March 12, for all H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. This means that premium processing is available for H-1B petitions that are not cap subject, such as change of employer...
Washington, D.C. – March 5, 2019: Last month, on Feb. 20, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent its proposed rule, titled “Removing H-4 Dependent Spouses from the Class of Aliens Eligible for Employment Authorization” or RIN 1615-AC15, to the Office of Management and...
Washington, D.C., March 5, 2019: USCIS introduced a new Form I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status dated February 4, 2019, just in time for the H-1B cap season that starts on April 1, 2019. The new Form I-539 version will be published on March 8, 2019....
Washington, D.C. – March 1, 2019: Benjamin Hu, a Partner Attorney at I. A. Donoso & Associates, will host a seminar at the Chinese Culture and Community Center (CCACC) on March 7. Topics will include H-1B strategies for 2019, Visa Waiting List predictions for employment-based...
Washington, D.C. – March 1, 2019: Last week, on Feb. 22, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent a confidential draft of a final EB-5 rule to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), marking the final stages of the rulemaking process. The rule,...
Washington, D.C. – February 19, 2019: The EB-5 Regional Center program has been extended without substantive changes to Sept. 30, 2019. On Friday Feb. 15, 2019 President Trump signed off on H.J. Res. 31, an appropriations bill authorizing the continued funding of government and immigration...
