Hello HR Heroes, Legal Leaders, and Hiring Maestros! In this May newsletter, I share updates about: ✅ FY25 H-1B cap by the numbers (Curious about the numbers? Watch the short video below for the Updates) ✅ Featured Update: EAD automatic extensions from 180 days to 540...
Curious what a National Interest Exemption (NIE) Visa looks like? These are so unique that a CBP officer at JFK told our client during his admission last week - “I had not seen one of these yet!” Check it out.
USCIS’s premium processing fee increase is the result of a stopgap spending measure recently signed into law to address the organization’s budget shortfall. The law will increase USCIS revenue by allowing a hike in premium processing fees and an expansion of the...
After several organizations filed lawsuits against USCIS to challenge and stop the significant fee increases, on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, a federal judge temporarily blocked USCIS’ fee increase action. The order came just three days before the new fees were...
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USCIS recently released a Final Rule saying it plans to increase filing fees by an average of 20% in addition to other price hikes and adjustments to processing time limits. What exactly is changing and who is going to be the hardest hit? What is happening to Premium...
USCIS has threatened to furlough more than 13,000 USCIS workers, alleging budget shortfalls. How could this impact your application? What can you do? Since 2017, USCIS has implemented an arsenal of policies and procedures that have decreased its efficiency, driven up...