Monthly Archives: April 2017

NEWSLETTER: April 14, 2017 HAWAII ASKS FULL 9TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO HEAR TRAVEL BAN APPEAL The state of Hawaii has recently asked the full Ninth Circuit to consider the Trump administration's appeal of a preliminary injunction that barred the enforcement of a revised executive order on immigration from six predominantly Muslim countries. Hawaii has stated that this review...

NEWSLETTER: April 7, 2017 USCIS HAS REACHED THE H-1B VISA CAP FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 USCIS reported today that it has now reached the congressionally-mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for fiscal year 2018 after only 4 days. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the Master's...