WASHINGTON The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) posted right now for public inspection, an ultimate rule amending laws governing H-1B cap-topic petitions, which includes those that may possibly be eligible for the advanced degree exemption. The last rule reverses the purchase by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS) selects H-1B petitions under the H-1B regular cap and the advanced degree exemption, and it introduces an electronic registration requirement for petitioners looking for to file H-1B cap-subject petitions. The rule will be published in the Federal Register on Jan. 31, and will go into effect on April 1, even though the electronic registration requirement will be suspended for the fiscal 12 months (FY) 2020 cap season. These easy and sensible modifications are a beneficial benefit for employers, the foreign staff they look for to utilize, and the company's adjudicators, assisting the H-1B visa system get the job done much better, explained USCIS Dire...
On Nov. 5, 2018, applicants, petitioners, or other requesters who are having to pay a filing charge at the Los Angeles Area Workplace and Los Angeles County Discipline Office will no longer be able to pay by income orders or cashier's checks. They can nonetheless spend by check, debit card, credit score card, or reloadable pre-paid credit or debit cards, which USCIS personnel will procedure by means of a new electronic process. USCIS is launching a pilot at these two discipline offices to check electronic payment processing, which will boost transaction security and decrease processing mistakes that could result in USCIS to reject applications and petitions. Past limiting the variety of payment USCIS will accept through this new program, applicants will not knowledge a modify in how they shell out their fees. This internal transition is portion of USCIS' ongoing efforts to modernize its enterprise practices, allowing USCIS field workplace staff to method applicants' p...