USCIS will phase in premium processing for I-129 and I-140 petitions in June 2020, as outlined below.

Effective June 1, 2020, USCIS will accept Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing for all eligible Form I-140 petitions. more »

USCIS will implement an electronic H1B registration requirement for cap-subject H1B petitions in FY2021. Employers who wish to file cap-subject H1B petitions must register through the new electronic system by March 1, 2020. The initial FY2021 H1B registration period will close March 20, 2020. USCIS will notify those selected in the registration by March 31, 2020. more »

Nonimmigrant visa wait times to obtain interview appointments at US Consular Posts in India have become extraordinarily long–some more then 90 days, according to AILA. Given this situation and the likelihood that it will continue indefinitely, nonimmigrant visa applicants in India may wish to consider visa processing in a third country. more »

President Obama announced an Immigration Executive Action on November 20, 2014. Prior to that time, he had requested DHS to undertake a review to inform recommendations to reform the immigration system through executive action.

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DHS announced proposals for H4 spouse work authorization on May 6, 2014. On May 12, 2014, the DHS published two proposed rules. The first was extension of employment authorization to H4 spouses of certain H1B workers. The second was enhancing opportunities for highly-skilled workers by removing obstacles to their remaining in the US. more »

DHS outlined various policy, operational, and outreach efforts to promote start-ups on August 2, 2011. With these, DHS aims to fuel the US economy and stimulate investment by attracting foreign entrepreneurial talent who otherwise can create US jobs, form start-up companies in the United States, and/or invest capital in areas of high unemployment. more »

USCIS has proposed a new H-1B visa registration system for cap-subject H-1B visa petitions. The H-1B registration system will require H-1B employers to file a registration for each H-1B visa petition with USCIS. Only registered employers may file H-1B petitions. Employers may only file for  registered H-1B Visa Beneficiaries. USCIS will set aside a 2 week H-1B registration period in March of each fiscal year. They will provide public notice of that H-1B visa registration period well in advance. more »

The Administrative Review Board (ARB) of the United States Department of Labor ruled on December 28, 2008, that an employer who failed to report the termination of an employee who held an H-1B visa is liable for back wages since that H-1B employee’s periods of unproductiveness were not due to his unwillingness or unavailability to work. more »