US Department of Labor submitted a new regulation that is aimed at changing the H1B and PERM Wage Levels. It was submitted yesterday, September 16th to OMB for review. We will review the details of the same in this article. Background – What are H1B, PERM Wage Levels? All the H1B LCAs have salary information related to the position that …
DHS submits Strengthen H1B Visa Rule to OMB as Interim Final Rule
The long awaited DHS regulation that has been on Spring 2020 Regulatory agenda under H1B category was submitted to OMB for review today under “Interim Final Rule” stage. Many of you may wonder, what does this “interim final rule” stage mean and what impact it can have on H1B program, including option for lawsuit in court. In this article, we …
H1B 2021 RFE: F1 Maintenance of Status (STEM OPT), Approval Docs
Most of the users, who were lucky in this year’s H1B Registration Lottery would have applied H1B Visa 2021 petition with USCIS. As per USCIS 2020 Report, there were about 35% of H1B petitions that ended up in Request for Evidence (RFE). One of our readers, who applied for H1B 2021 petition as Change of Status, received an RFE that …
H1B, L1 US Entry Ban News – New Exceptions for Stamping, Travel (Aug 2020)
As most of you know, on June 22, 2020, Trump issued a Proclamation banning entry of H1B, L1 and other visa holders who present risk to US labor market. There were some amendments done and clarifications provided after initial order to allow certain dependents. There were few lawsuits filed on this entry ban, including support by Google, Apple, Facebook on …
Trump EO – Review Hiring of Federal Contractors on H1B Visa, LCA
President Trump signed an Executive Order today, August 3rd, 2020 that calls for review of Federal Agencies practices on contracting and hiring of temporary workers like H1B Visa. This executive order is an outcome of recent action by Tennessee Valley Authority that planned to outsource 20% of its IT workforce to foreign companies. The goal of the Executive order is …
How to check H1B LCA Status using Case Number Online? No Case Number?
Some of you, who applied in H1B Visa 2021 season would have received a copy of H1B Labor Condition Application (LCA) from your employer. If you are wondering, how can you verify that online, we will cover all of that in this article. Also, if you do not have the LCA case number, you could even browse through H1B LCAs …
H1B, H4 Visa Entry Ban Lawsuit Filed by 174 Indian Nationals
As most of you know President Trump banned entry of H1B, L1, H4, other visas until end of Dec 2020. This is a difficult situation as many families are separated, who came for H1B or H4 Visa stamping or visiting family and got stuck in their home country due to COVID-19. There are few lawsuits expected to be filed against …
H1B Employer Employee Relationship, Itinerary Policy(2020) USCIS
USCIS recently lost a court case against ITServe Alliance that challenged USCIS H1B policy memos on employer-employee relationship and itinerary rules. As part of the court judgment and settlement with IT Serve, USCIS said that they will cancel the Year 2010, 2018 Policy memo and not use the itinerary requirements too. On June 17th, 2020 USCIS formally issued a H1B …
USCIS Settlement on H1B Rule for Employer-Employee, Itinerary
USCIS lost a case on March 10th, 2020 that is tied to few H1B Visa related policy memos that were created by them in the last few years. It reached an agreement this week with the business group ITServe Alliance, who filed lawsuit against them. We will look at key details on the court judgment, USCIS settlement and what changes …
H1B 2021 Sample Receipt, Approvals Notices – Shared by Applicants
As many of you know, from this year, which is H1B Visa 2021 season, USCIS started the new H1B Visa Registration process and many are still filing H1B petitions for FY 2021 until June 30th, 2020. Also, USCIS announced earlier the delays in getting receipts notices for FY 2021 until early May. Now, some of our blog readers have applied …
