U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today conducted the computer-generated random selection processes on H-1B petitions, to select which H- 1B petitions for fiscal year 2009 (FY 2009) would continue to full adjudication. If approved these H-1B petitions will be eligible to receive an H-1B visa number. USCIS conducted two…
Well the numbers are out, I lost my bet. I predicted 200,000 visa applications to be received. The actual numbers are lower. This reflects the low confidence employers put in this system. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a preliminary number of nearly 163,000 H-1B petitions received during…
Talk about H1B filing nightmare. American Immigration Lawyers Association has received reports that Federal Express forwarded a number of H-1B packages to the service centers without entering the individual package into the tracking system. AILA and USCIS are discussing how to handle the situation, and USCIS is talking to Federal…
Our Blog is being read by thousands of Media outlets across the Globe. I was happy to be quoted by ComputerWorld about the recent H1B filing madness. For 40 years, Computerworld has been the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld’s award-winning Web site (Computerworld.com),…
Yes, the big day has arrived, March 31, 2008!!! We are very excited (and exhausted), but all our cases are ready to go via FEDEX to the Vermont or Califronia Service Centers dpending on the locations of the employers. We carefully marked all the envelopes with bright markers to indicate…
Yes the pressure is on and we are less than 7 days before the H1B filing date. Our office is open longer hours and dedicated staff members are trying to put together the cases in the most perfect order, according to the tips issued by USCIS The goal is to…
As we are struggling to finish processing our H1B cases and get them ready for the March 31 filing date (look I am working on Saturday night!!!), new bills were introduced that may provide relief from the Cap. Here are the bills: Strengthening United States Technology And Innovation Now Act…
According to the American Immigration Lawyers Association, DHS/USCIS announced on a conference call on 3/19/08 that it has transmitted to the Federal Register an interim final rule regarding H-1B filing that would: Change from 2 days to 5 days the period of time during which cap-subject H-1Bs can be received…
With only a few weeks left for filing H1B visas, we are so busy at the office with last minute filings. In the next few weeks, we will be finalizing all the cases currently open and will be accepting new cases that have a chance to be filed before the…
Are you feeling the H1B rush already? Our offices is extending our working hours in order to make sure that all our H1 files will be submitted in a timely fashion. So as April 1, H-1b visa application deadline approaching, IT companies are urging the government to authorize an increased…