Monthly Archives: May 2016

USCIS to Propose Increased Filing Fees

USCIS will publish a notice in the Federal Register tomorrow, May 4th, 2016, proposing an increase in filing fees for most immigration applications. A change in filing fees requires USCIS to follow the regulatory procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act, so the agency will accept comments on the proposed fee changes and will then […]

By | 2016-05-03T16:31:00+00:00 May 3rd, 2016|Categories: Immigration Legislation|Comments Off on USCIS to Propose Increased Filing Fees

USCIS has completed data entry for FY2017 H-1B Cap Petitions

On Tuesday, May 2, 2016, USCIS announced that it has completed data entry of all FY2017 H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in its computer-generated random process. USCIS will now begin to return H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected. USCIS is not providing a definite time frame for returning H-1B Petitions that were not selected in the lottery but […]

By | 2016-05-03T15:02:31+00:00 May 2nd, 2016|Categories: H-1B|Comments Off on USCIS has completed data entry for FY2017 H-1B Cap Petitions