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In a recent announcement, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) revealed pivotal final rule aimed at fortifying the integrity of the H-1B registration process and minimizing the potential for fraud. This comprehensive update includes beneficiary-centric selection, flexible petition start...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has put forth a Proposed Rule in January 2023 (“Proposed Rule”), suggesting fee increases and other modifications. Under this proposal, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) increase filing costs for many immigration benefit petitioners and...

The much-anticipated Stakeholders’ call took place on April 25th. As expected, there was not a lot of detailed direction provided although it was acknowledged that to the extent questions were not answered USCIS would try to otherwise address the questions at a later point in time. The following...

PLAN AHEAD. The United States taxes its citizens and tax residents on their worldwide income. This includes those who are a permanent resident, a student, a temporary worker or even those who become an accidental tax resident by spending too many days in the United States. Tax residents will be...

The EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (“RIA”) notes that “[a]n alien seeking to pool his or her investment with 1 or more additional aliens seeking classification under section 203(b)(5) shall file for such classification in accordance with section 203(b)(5)(E), or before the date of the...

Form I-956K and Increased Filing Fees Please see link with respect to the Form I-956K, please see link to a Blog we submitted to IIUSA. Increase Filing Fees USCIS announced on or about January 3, 2023, that filing fees for the EB-5 Program will be subject to increase. See the below chart indicating...