On January 8, 2010, USCIS issued a memorandum entitled Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for Adjudication of H-1B Petitions, Including Third-party Site Placements. The memorandum was intended to provide guidance on...

From the Winter 2009 Newsletter: Businesses employing foreign workers should be on guard. In 2009, USCIS increased the number of unannounced inspections of employers sponsoring foreign workers. This article provides some...

USCIS announced on December 22, 2009 that it had reached the H-1B cap for fiscal year 2010. Petitions will be considered only if they were received on or before the "final receipt date" of December 21, 2009. Cap subject...

On December 11, 2009, USCIS issued an update on the remaining number of cap-subject H-1B visas for fiscal year 2010. Fiscal year 2010 visas would allow foreign workers to begin employment with United States employers on October...

On December 8, 2009, USCIS issued questions and answers regarding the recent policy implemented to address the delay in adjudication of labor condition application under the Department of Labor's new iCert system. The entire...