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01May2023

USCIS Confirms Sharp Increase in the Number of H-1B Registrations

This year, USCIS saw a dramatic increase in the number of registrations submitted compared to last year.

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27Mar2023

H-1B Cap Lottery Completed

Today, USCIS announced that the H-1B random selection (lottery) process has concluded and that it has informed registrants and attorneys of the selection result through “MyUSCIS” accounts.

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21Mar2023

Premium Processing for OPT and STEM OPT EADs

USCIS has announced that Premium Processing (PP) will become available for certain F-1 students in phases

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24Jan2023

USCIS to Resume Bundled Processing of Applications for H and L Dependents

Effective January 25, 2023, USCIS will bundle the processing of I-539 and I-765 (EAD) applications for spouses and children of H-1B and L-1 nonimmigrants along with the I-129 petition.

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13Jan2023

Update #4: Expansion of Premium Processing

This is an update to our 9/15/2022 article regarding USCIS’s expansion of Premium Processing service.

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26Oct2022

Bay Area CBP Officers No Longer Stamping Passports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced that, as of October 1, 2022, CBP officers at airports in the San Francisco Area Port jurisdiction, including SFO, SJC, and OAK, will no longer be stamping passports as a matter of course. This follows other ports of entry that are implementing a "stampless entry" pilot program.

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15Sep2022