On July 27, 2023, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) made a significant announcement, stating that it will conduct a second random selection from the pool of previously submitted FY 2024 H-1B cap registrations. This decision was necessitated by the agency’s determination that additional selections were required to meet the FY 2024 numerical allocations ..read more

“At the very least, Canadians have brought to light the fact that there are other, smarter countries with better immigration policies that actually value science, technology, engineering and math,” said immigration lawyer Ashwin Sharma of the Sharma Law Office in Jacksonville, Fla. “Perhaps the U.S. will start doing the same.” Sharma also acknowledged that the ..read more

In an effort to augment its technological sector, the Canadian government, under the banner of its Tech Talent Strategy, is launching an exclusive open work permit stream for U.S. H-1B specialty occupation visa holders. This initiative, slated to commence on July 16, 2023, promises to offer up to 10,000 of these highly-skilled professionals a flexible ..read more

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had recently issued revised guidance on the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) age calculation, resolving an inconsistency in the previous guidance that left certain adjustment applicants without guaranteed CSPA protection. The CSPA aims to protect certain noncitizens from losing eligibility as a child for immigrant visa and adjustment ..read more

Read News4Jax’s Article “With such a divide in opinions, mostly along party lines, News4Jax looked at the legal grounds with immigration attorney Ashwin Sharma. “The facilities in Texas and these other border states are substantially overwhelmed. So I assume that that’s why they’re having to go to non-border states like Florida,” attorney Ashwin Sharma said ..read more

Via AILA.org AILA and its litigation partners entered into a settlement agreement with DHS that provides structural changes for H-4 and L-2 spouses suffering from long delayed processing times for the processing of applications for employment authorization. (Shergill, et al. v. Mayorkas, 11/10/21) For H-4s:Within 120 days of the Effective Date, USCIS will amend the ..read more

VIA USCIS.gov “On Sept. 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in Immigration Legal Resource Center et al., v. Wolf, et al., 20-cv-05883-JWS, preliminarily enjoined DHS from implementing or enforcing any part of the USCIS Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements rule. While the rule is preliminarily enjoined, we will continue to:  Accept USCIS forms with the current ..read more

DOS has posted the October 2020 visa bulletin. In addition to final action dates and dates for filing for family and employment-based petitions, it contains notes on the DV category, the DV category rank cut-offs which will apply in November, movement of the October final action and application filing dates, visa availability in the coming ..read more

A group of 174 Indian nationals, including seven minor children, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging Presidential Proclamation 10052, which took effect on June 24, 2020, and temporarily suspends entry of certain H, J, and L nonimmigrants into the United States. The plaintiffs seek an order declaring ..read more