Immigration Blog

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has announced a pilot program to resume domestic or stateside visa renewals for certain qualified H-1B non-immigrant visa applicants. The following are some of the key features of the pilot program: 1.At this time, the pilot program is limited only to H–1B applicants. DOS will not process any other […]

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has received sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the FY 2024 H1B cap. USCIS has received sufficient number of petitions needed to reach both the statutory annual H1B Cap of 65,000 under the general category, as well as the 20,000 under the U.S. advanced […]

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USCIS will soon conduct a second H-1B lottery for FY 2024! USCIS has announced that it will soon conduct a second H-1B lottery from among the H-1B cap registrations submitted against the FY 2024 H-1B cap. USCIS will select additional registrations from among the registrations submitted in March 2023. USCIS, however, has not announced the […]

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USCIS has received enough H-1B cap registrations during the initial registration period to reach the FY 2024 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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USCIS will now accept FY 2024 H-1B cap registrations until 5:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, March 20, 2023. This extension is in view of the technical issue with the H-1B cap registration system due to which some users were unable to complete the H-1B registration process on March 16. USCIS has announced that it has […]

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