Insights

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed this year’s initial H-1B lottery. Applicants who were selected in the lottery have been notified. The application period will run from April 1, 2021 to June...

The registration period for this year’s H-1B lottery is now open and will run through 12:00 noon EST on March 25, 2021. If you are interested in applying for this year’s lottery and have not already done so, please...

On February 24, 2021, President Biden revoked a Trump-era Presidential Proclamation that had banned the issuance of most new immigrant visas at US consulates abroad. The revoked proclamation was originally issued in April...

As a reminder to potential H-1B sponsors, this year’s H-1B registration process will run from noon EST on Tuesday, March 9 to noon EST on Thursday, March 25. Petitioners will need to create a myUSCIS online account to...

Earlier today the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the registration period for this year’s H-1B visa lottery will open on March 9th and run through March 25th. Like last year,...

On January 20, 2021, his first day in office, President Biden issued five immigration-related executive orders and sent a sweeping immigration reform bill to Congress. Among other things, the executive orders will reverse the...

Last week, the Trump administration finalized and published a new rule which essentially dismantles the existing H-1B visa lottery, and replaces it with a new system which will allocate H-1B visas to the highest bidder. The...

A federal district court in California has set aside two new interim final rules recently promulgated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL), both of which were aimed at making it more...

As the holiday season approaches, KM&M would like to remind all foreign nationals that international travel will be particularly challenging this year as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, embassy closures, and...

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday that it would significantly raise the filing fee for expedited processing of eligible applications beginning on Monday, October 19, 2020. The premium...