Immigration Blog

Starting January 30, 2023, USCIS will accept Premium Processing requests concurrently filed with Form I-140 Immigrant Petitions under EB-1.3 Multinational Executives and Managers, and EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) Green Card categories. USCIS will also begin to accept requests to upgrade to Premium Processing any pending I-140 petition filed under EB-1.3 and EB-2 NIW Green […]

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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 2023 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 has extended the flexibilities that are currently made available to applicants and petitioners in certain response and appeal submissions. USCIS will, for Requests for Evidence (RFEs) and Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) dated till October 23, 2022, consider any responses submitted within 60 calendar days after the response deadline mentioned in the RFE […]

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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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