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USCIS INCREASES FEE FOR EB-5 REGIONAL CENTER PROGRAM The Department of Homeland Security announced on March 2, 2023 that the annual fees to be collected for the “EB-5 Integrity Fund” will be increased. The increased revenue will be primarily used to administer the EB-5 Regional Center Program. The fee will be $20,000 for regional centers…

CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICANTS WHO WERE DENIED WAIVER WILL BE ABLE TO REAPPLY Following a district court ordered, the U.S. government will provide relief to approximately 41,000 nonimmigrant visa applicants who were denied a waiver during the Trump administration’s travel ban and who have not subsequently been granted a visa. The government will notify these…

USCIS ANNOUNCES REGISTRATION SCHEDULE FOR FY 2024 H-1B CAP SEASON The H-1B cap registration period for FY 2024 will open at noon ET on March 1, 2023 and will close at noon ET on March 17, 2023. Prospective H-1B cap employers may use their “registrant” myUSCIS accounts for FY 2024 cap registration. Employers new to…

H-1B CAP SEASON FOR 2024 OPENS MARCH 1 The FY-2024 H-1B lottery registration window opens March 1, 2023 and will remain open until 12pm ET March 17, 2023. The lottery allocation system is based on random selection and closes once the cap has been met, so filing as soon as possible is recommended. Selection notices…

USCIS SETTLES LAWSUIT WHICH SHOULD STREAMLINE EADS FOR H-4 AND L-2 DERIVATIVES In a recently signed settlement, USCIS agrees to return to bundling the adjudication of I-539s and I-756s for H-4 and L-2 derivative along with the underlying I-129 petition when these forms are filed together. Prior to March 2019, USCIS would adjudicate an H-4…

FEBRUARY 2023 VISA BULLETIN Next month, EB-1 India and China will maintain their Final Action cutoff date of February 1, 2022 and their Dates of Filing cutoff date of June 1, 2022. EB-2 India Final Action date stays at October 8, 2011. The EB-2 India Dates for Filing cutoff will remain at May 1, 2012.…

USCIS RELEASES PROPOSED FEE INCREASES FOR MULITPLE FORMS TO OFFSET COST OF ASLYUM ADJUDICATION U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a proposal last week of certain fee increases that they intend to implement as a way to increase their ability to fund the asylum program. A fee of $600 is expected to be paid by…

USCIS ISSUES PROPOSED RULE FOR FEE CHANGE FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS In an attempt to “fully recover its operating costs, reestablish and maintain timely case processing, and prevent the accumulation of future case backlogs,” USCIS has proposed a fee increase on certain nonimmigrant worker petitions. Few details have been released so far though the core elements…

E-VERIFY RENEWS ABILITY FOR EMPLOYERS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY UPLOAD MULTIPLE HIRING SITES E-Verify has restored the ability for employers, employer agents, and corporate administrators to upload multiple hiring sites simultaneously. This feature will allow increased efficiency for companies that operate multiple hiring sites by providing an alternative to manual entries and is available for all access…

DHS PUBLIC CHARGE FINAL RULE GOES INTO EFFECT DECEMBER 23, 2022 On December 23, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility rule will go into effect. The rule attempts to provide “clarity and consistency for noncitizens on how DHS will administer the public charge ground of inadmissibility.” According to DHS, when…