U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ordered the Biden administration to hold 7,395 diversity visas for lottery winners who were still awaiting processing when fiscal year 2021 ended and the visas were set to expire. He issued the order in response to a lawsuit filed by...
Topic: H-1B Lottery
USCIS Publishes Notice ‘Formally Announcing’ Implementation of Electronic H-1B Registration Process and Timeframe
On January 9, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a Federal Register notice formally announcing implementation of the H-1B registration process for fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap-subject petitions. USCIS will open an initial registration...
USCIS Announces Implementation of H-1B Electronic Registration for FY 2021 Cap Season
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has completed a pilot-testing phase and is implementing an electronic registration process for the next H-1B lottery. Employers seeking to file H-1B cap-subject petitions for the fiscal year 2021 cap,...
Premium Processing Begins for Remaining H-1B Cap-Subject (Lottery) Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will resume premium processing for all remaining fiscal year (FY) 2020 H-1B lottery petitions, starting on June 10, 2019. Employers may file a request for premium processing conversion with the USCIS...
Webinar: Not Selected? H-1B Alternatives
Unable to secure a winning number in this year’s cap H-1B lottery? This webinar will help both employers and potential employees explore alternatives to the H-1B visa that provide work authorization in the United States. Miller Mayer’s experienced immigration...
USCIS Completes Data Entry for FY 2020 H-1B Cap-Subject (Lottery) Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has completed data entry for all fiscal year 2020 H-1B lottery petitions, including those under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. The agency will begin returning all unselected H-1B lottery...
USCIS Received 199,000 Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions in April
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 17, 2017, that it received 199,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions this year in the H-1B lottery conducted the first week in April. That is more than double the 85,000 new H-1B cap-subject visas that can...
