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H-1B Cap Update: FY 2024 H-1B Cap Registration Period Extend Till March 20, 2023
USCIS will now accept FY 2024 H-1B cap registrations until 5:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, March 20, 2023. This extension is in view of the technical issue with the H-1B cap registration system due to which some users were unable to complete the H-1B registration process...
New Entrepreneur Resources Available on USCIS Website
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published additional online resources on uscis.gov to provide an overview of some of the temporary and permanent pathways for noncitizen entrepreneurs to work in the United States. This guide also highlights some of the...
USCIS Issues Clarifying Guidance on Eligibility for the O-1B Visa Classification
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today issued policy guidance (PDF, 310.33 KB) clarifying how it evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1B nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability in the arts and nonimmigrants of extraordinary achievement in the...
USCIS to Start Collecting Fee for EB-5 Integrity Fund
Today, the Department of Homeland Security posted a Federal Register notice providing information related to the EB-5 Integrity Fund. We will use the EB-5 Integrity Fund primarily to administer the EB-5 Regional Center Program, as required by the EB-5 Reform and...
Biden Administration Unveils Broad Asylum Restrictions at U.S.-Mexico Border
The United States could bar tens of thousands of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border from claiming asylum under a proposal unveiled on Tuesday that would be the most wide-ranging attempt yet by U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to deter unauthorized...
Visa Bulletin For March 2023
A. STATUTORY NUMBERS This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during March for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation...
U.S. Officials Prepping Legislation to Revamp Asylum System
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is developing a sweeping bill that would revamp the country's asylum system to speed up the resolution of claims in large-scale processing centers at the border with Mexico, two U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
Immigration Service
At the Law Offices of Jorge Rodriguez-Choi, our San Francisco immigration attorneys devote a significant part of their practice to providing immigration help. Our lawyers work with people of all different nationalities in the San Francisco and Oakland area and are...