USCIS announced at the Spring AILA conference that the H-1B cap lottery should be completed as of April 11, 2016. As of the time of this blog post, there is no indication yet of the total number of petitions received. USCIS officials still say premiu…
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If you are a foreign national living in the U.S. and you recently applied for a green card or received an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), you may be wondering how to get a Social Security Number (SSN) or driver’s license. These documents a…
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H-1B season is in full swing here at Sumner Immigration Law, and we are enjoying the fast-paced days preparing our clients’ H-1B petitions for the April filing! While the Sumner Immigration Law team members know what to expect (I literally dreamed…
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As many H-1B employers and employees know, the USCIS processing time for H-1B extensions and transfers is currently taking several months. Many employees and employers may wonder how long the H-1B employee is authorized to work or remain in the U.S.…
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The race for new H-1B cap-subject petitions begins April 1 (the first day to file), but just like an athlete preparing for a race, H-1B employers and prospective H-1B employees should be hard at work now preparing for filing day on April 1. Advance p…
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Charlie Oppenheim, the man behind the Visa Bulletin, met with AILA recently to discuss his predictions for the Visa Bulletin in the New Year. The highlights are as follows: EB-2 India: The EB-2 India priority date moved up by ten months in December,…
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The H-1B visa classification is a commonly used classification for professional workers. More information about the H-1B can be found here. An H-1B petition must be filed by a U.S. employer on behalf of its (prospective) employee, who will work for t…
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In the midst of a lawsuit challenging an administrative aspect of the 2008 STEM OPT extension regulations, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has just published the proposed revised STEM OPT extension regulations. Read on for the highlights of…
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We are writing with heavy hearts to announce that the October visa bulletin as originally published has been rescinded and replaced with a new visa bulletin. The revised visa bulletin still has the two filing charts as the original one did. However,…
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We are thrilled that dozens of our clients can file the I-485 application for adjustment of status as of October 1, even though the priority date is not yet current (see this post). Many of our clients are wondering if they should submit the medical…
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