The Immigration Channel

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through noon Eastern on March 17, 2023. During this period, prospective ... More

USCIS announced that it would further extend a number of COVID-19-related flexibilities through March 23, 2023. Under these flexibilities, USCIS is effectively granting a 60 day extension for responses to Requests for Evidence (RFE), Notices of Intent to Deny (NOID), ... More

USCIS has agreed to resume concurrent adjudication of H-4, L-2, and I-765 applications for spouses and minor children of H-1B and L-1 nonimmigrants when those applications are filed concurrently with the Form I-129. This policy change stems from a settlement ... More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has finally provided questions and answers in follow-up to a webinar originally presented by the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman in August 2022 on international student issues. Topics include maintaining F-1 status ... More

The Department of State's Visa Bulletin for February 2023 includes the following information about retrogressions in the worldwide final action and application filing dates in the employment third preference "Other Workers" category: Higher than expected number use in the Employment Third ... More

USCIS announced today that it has received a sufficient number of FY 2023 H-1B Cap petitions needed to reach the annual quota of 65,000 for the H-1B Regular Cap and 20,000 for the H-1B US Master’s Cap. USCIS has completed ... More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that individuals who previously received deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) may now file renewal requests on Form I-821D, Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, online. Such individuals must ... More

Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule that aligns premium processing regulations with the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act, codifying premium processing fees and adjudication timeframes provided by Congress. This final rule expands the ... More

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed its selection of registrations submitted during the initial registration period to reach the FY 2023 H-1B annual numerical limitation (Cap). USCIS has notified all prospective petitioners with selected registrations that they are ... More

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, an omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and signed by President Biden, includes immigration-related provisions to reauthorize the EB-5 regional center program for five years. The bill includes several important changes to the program: The EB-5 ... More