Monthly Archives: October 2020

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November Visa Bulletin shows little movement & USCIS honors filing date

After the October Visa Bulletin filing surge, the November Visa Bulletin shows barely any movement in the “filing” dates and modest forward movement in the “final action” dates. USCIS has confirmed that it will honor the “filing” chart in November 2020.

Please contact SPS Immigration if you have questions regarding your immigration case.

By | 2020-10-29T12:09:22+00:00 October 29th, 2020|Categories: Visa Bulletin|Comments Off on November Visa Bulletin shows little movement & USCIS honors filing date

Sweeping changes to H-1B / PERM wage leveling and H-1B “specialty occupation” take effect 10/7/20

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security H-1B Strengthening Rule and DOL Prevailing Wage Interim Final Rules were posted for public inspection.  Both DHS and DOL have issued press releases regarding these changes.

Both the DHS and DOL regulations will be published tomorrow in the federal register publish and have a 30 […]

By | 2020-10-06T19:48:41+00:00 October 6th, 2020|Categories: Administrative Action, H-1B|Comments Off on Sweeping changes to H-1B / PERM wage leveling and H-1B “specialty occupation” take effect 10/7/20

DOL & H-1B Interim Final Regs expected as early as next week

On October 1, 2020, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (“OIRA”), which is housed within the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), marked as “withdrawn” both the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) and U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Interim Final Regulations  (“IFR”). In an unusual move, OIRA has decided to not review these regulations […]

By | 2020-10-03T00:09:45+00:00 October 1st, 2020|Categories: Administrative Action, H-1B|Comments Off on DOL & H-1B Interim Final Regs expected as early as next week