Monthly Archives: March 2017

NEWSLETTER: March 24, 2017 THE H-1B VISA IS STILL AVAILABLE - DON'T BE LEFT OUT! LESSER KNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE H-1B: The H-1B is available for full-time or even part time employment. Full time employment is defined as 35 hours per week - at a minimum. It is not required that the H-1B petition be filed by the current employer....

NEWSLETTER ANNOUNCEMENT: March 20, 2017 FINAL CALL FOR H-1B'S - THERE IS STILL TIME TO FILE! The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2018 cap on Monday, April 3, 2017 - there is still time to file an H-1B for the upcoming fiscal year! J-1 VISAS CAN BE USED AS...

NEWSLETTER: March 17, 2017 FEDERAL JUDGES BLOCK TRUMP'S NEW TRAVEL BAN Hawaiian U.S. District Court Judge Derrick Watson has halted key parts of President Trump's new travel ban on Wednesday, March 15, just hours before it was set to take effect and this has a nationwide impact. Judge Watson blocked provisions of the March 6 Executive Order that would have...

NEWSLETTER ANNOUNCEMENT: March 16, 2017 LAST CALL: FILE YOUR H-1B VISA PETITION NOW-IT'S NOT TOO LATE! The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2018 cap on Monday, April 3, 2017 - only 2 short weeks away! USCIS has indicated that all cap-subject H-1B petitions filed before April 3, 2017, for...

NEWSLETTER EXTRAS: March 7, 2017 USCIS WILL TEMPORARILY SUSPEND PREMIUM PROCESSING FOR ALL H-1B PETITIONS FOR UP TO 6 MONTHS STARTING ON APRIL 3, 2017 The suspension will apply to all petitions filed for the FY18 H-1B regular cap, master's advanced degree cap exemption, as well as cap-exempt petitions filed on or after April 3, 2017. USCIS will continue to...

Newsletter - DEVELOPING NEWS: March 2, 2017 URGENT REMINDER: THERE IS STILL TIME TO FILE FOR YOUR H-1B VISA As stated in our previous Newsletters, if you're thinking of filing for a cap-subject H-1B working visa, the time to do so is now! Filing time is shrinking as we head towards the April 2017 lottery week from Monday, April 3rd,...