Serotte Reich, LLP – Immigration Law

Where do you file an H-1B cap exempt petition when the individual qualifes by working at a cap exempt facility rather than working for a cap exempt employer? In short, the answer is still the California Service Center. In a Practice Pointer found at AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 10052471, the Vermont Service Center (VSC) advises […]Read More >

The Vermont Service Center (VSC) recently provided information regarding AC21 and requests for three year H-1B extensions. The VSC pointed out that even though an individual may be eligible for a three year extension under AC21, they will still look at overall facts to see if the individual will be needed for a three year […]Read More >

CIS recently provided updated info on who is allowed to pay the $500.00 fraud fee associated with H-1B filings. Taken from Vermont Service Center Helpful Filing Tips and cited as AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 10010565, CIS provided information on who is allowed to pay the $500.00 fraud fee associated with initial H-1B filings, as well as pointing […]Read More >

CIS recently released Q&A information with respect to the recently hit H-1B cap. The Q&A information touches upon the numbers set aside for Singapore and Chile and the number of overall H-1B petitions received for processing. The Q&A was posted on AILA Infonet on 12/29/09 and is cited as AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 09122961: Question […]Read More >

As of September 25, 2009, approximately 46,700 H-1B cap-subject petitions and approximately 20,000 petitions qualifying for the advanced degree cap exemption had been filed. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced degree petitions until a sufficient number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory limits, taking into account the […]Read More >