Monthly Archives: July 2017

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USCIS to Resume H-1B Premium Processing for Certain Cap-Exempt Petitioners

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) just announced that it will resume premium processing for certain cap-exempt H-1B petitions, effective immediately. USCIS confirmed that starting today, July 24th, 2017, it will resume premium processing for the following H-1B petitioners:

  • Institutions of higher education;
  • Nonprofits related to or affiliated with an institution of higher education;
  • Nonprofit research or governmental […]
By | 2017-07-24T15:46:00+00:00 July 24th, 2017|Categories: H-1B|Comments Off on USCIS to Resume H-1B Premium Processing for Certain Cap-Exempt Petitioners

Department of Homeland Security Delays Implementation of International Entrepreneur Rule

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that it is delaying the effective date of a regulation finalized under the Obama administration that would provide new avenues for foreign national entrepreneurs to come to the United States to start and grow new businesses.  The rule was to become effective on July 17, 2017, […]

By | 2017-09-20T17:51:02+00:00 July 10th, 2017|Categories: Administrative Action|Comments Off on Department of Homeland Security Delays Implementation of International Entrepreneur Rule