Immigration Blog

USCIS has announced a Temporary Final Rule (TFR) that increases the automatic extension period for employment authorization and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), available to certain EAD renewal applicants, to up to 540 days. The increase will be effective on May 4, 2022, and will apply only to those EAD categories currently eligible for an automatic […]

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USCIS has received 483,927 H-1B registrations from over 48,000 prospective petitioners towards the FY 2023 H-1B cap. The number of registrations received, and the number of selections made in the H-1B lottery are as below: FY 2023 FY 2022 Total Registrations 483,927 308,613 Selections in First H-1B Lottery 127,600 87,500 Selections in Second H-1B Lottery No […]

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USCIS has received enough H-1B cap registrations during the initial registration period to reach the FY 2023 H-1B regular cap and H-1B master’s cap. USCIS has also conducted the H-1B lottery and has notified employers with selected registrations that they are eligible to file an H-1B cap petition for the beneficiary named in the selected […]

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced a final rule to expand the categories of petitions and applications eligible for Premium Processing services. Currently, expedited adjudication under Premium Processing services is available only to petitioners filing a Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, and to certain petitioners filing a Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for […]

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have begun issuing Forms I-94 with a new Class of Admission (COA) codes for certain E and L spouses. The new COA codes – E-1S, E-2S, E-3S, or L-2S – have been added to distinguish between E and L spouses and children, […]

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