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As you may know, the past few weeks the Sumner Immigration Law team has been hard at work preparing cap-subject H-1B petitions for filing on Friday, March 29th for delivery to USCIS on Monday, April 1. We are huge proponents of the power of positive… Read More

As you know, the first day we can file a new H-1B petition subject to the cap is April 1. In recent years, the H-1B cap has lasted at least a few months (until June 11th last year). However, it is anticipated that the cap may be met the first week of… Read More

A foreign national may wait years to receive an employment-based green card. While the green card process is employer-specific, a particular section of the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000 (frequently referred to as AC… Read More

H-1B season is upon us! While employers and eager prospective employees rush to file the H-1B petitions to beat the H-1B cap, prudent filers and their attorneys will also pause to consider the types of documentation required for a successful filing.… Read More

Act Now to Make Sure You or Your Employee Can Keep Working! Do you have employees working for you on EAD or OPT? Are you working for an employer on OPT or EAD and hope to be sponsored for an H-1B visa? Now is the time to get the petition preparation… Read More

While we routinely have H-1B petitions approved, we now must proactively include extensive documentation to have the petition approved. We hear reports from other immigration practitioners of increasingly high H-1B denial rates, and complaints about… Read More

In March 2012, the U.S. consulates in India launched the Interview Waiver Program (IWP) to further streamline the visa application process in India, to meet significantly increased demand. The U.S. consulates in India are now expanding that program f… Read More

Even lesser-known national or international awards may work, if the pool of applicants is at the national or international level. If possible, include background information about the award, information about the pool of applicants, the level of comp… Read More