Recent News

Jan 31

📰 Important H-1B Updates and New Rules Issued By USCIS for Registration

On January 30, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule to strengthen the integrity of and...

Jan 29

📰 Reminder: DOS Stateside Visa Renewal Pilot Begins January 29, 2024

As a reminder, on January 29, 2024 at 12:00 pm (ET), The U.S. Department of State (DOS) is launching its the stateside visa renewal pilot...

Jan 16

📰 February 2024 Visa Bulletin 📰

The Department of State has announced the availability of immigrant numbers in its monthly bulletin. Clink link below for...

Jan 3

DOS Stateside Visa Renewal Pilot Program Begins January 29, 2024

On December 20, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) shared an unpublished version of a Federal Register notice announcing that the...

Dec 27, 2023

📰 USCIS Announces Inflation Adjustment to Premium Processing Fees

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a final rule that will increase the filing fee for Form I-907, Request for...

Dec 13, 2023

📰 USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2024 H-1B Cap

USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the...

Dec 11, 2023

📰 January 2024 Visa Bulletin

The Department of State has announced the availability of immigrant numbers in its monthly bulletin. Clink link below for...

Dec 1, 2023

Stateside H-1B Renewal Pilot Program to Commence in January 2024

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has announced that their long anticipated pilot program to allow H-1B visa holders to renew their...

Nov 17, 2023

USCIS Proposes Rule to Modernize the H-1B Visa Program, H-1B Lottery

On October 23, 2023, a proposed rule was submitted for review and a notice and comment period to amend the H-1B program after a formal...

Nov 9, 2023

December 2023 Visa Bulletin

The Department of State has announced the availability of immigrant numbers in its monthly bulletin. Clink link below for...

Oct 12, 2023

GG&W Firm News

On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, GG&W gave a presentation at the New York City Bar Association entitled “The ABC’s of US Immigration”. The...

Oct 10, 2023

November 2023 Visa Bulletin

The Department of State has announced the availability of immigrant numbers in its monthly bulletin. Clink link below for...

Sep 29, 2023

What Happens If the Government Shuts Down?

What Happens If the Government Shuts Down? Unless certain appropriations bills are passed by the U.S. Congress and signed President...

Sep 29, 2023

2025 U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery Opens on October 4

What is the Diversity Visa Lottery? The Diversity Immigrant Visa program—a.k.a. the green card lottery—is a government lottery program...

Sep 28, 2023

Israel To Be Added To Visa ESTA Program Allowing 90 Day Travel

The United States announced that by November 30, 2023, the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) will be updated to allow...

Sep 18, 2023

October 2023 Visa Bulletin

The Department of State has announced the availability of immigrant numbers in its monthly bulletin. Clink link below for...

Aug 31, 2023

USCIS Launches Online Appointment Request Form

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has launched a new online form for individuals, attorneys, and accredited representatives to...

Aug 8, 2023

September 2023 Visa Bulletin

The Department of State has announced the availability of immigrant numbers in its monthly bulletin. Clink link below for...

Aug 1, 2023

USCIS Update: Second H-1B Selection from Previously Submitted Registrations Complete for FY 2024

On July 31st, the USCIS released the following, updating their prior announcement about the additional lottery for H-1Bs: ”USCIS recently...

Jul 27, 2023

USCIS Will Now Conduct Second Random Selection from Previously Submitted FY 2024 H-1B Caps

In March 2023, USCIS conducted an initial random selection on properly submitted electronic registrations for the fiscal year (FY) 2024...

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