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...

On November 30, 2009, USCIS announced that approximately 58,900 cap-subject H-1B petitions had been filed for fiscal year 2010. This means that there are fewer than 6,100 cap-subject H-1B visas available for fiscal year 2010.

On October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act of 2010. The bill extended the following programs through September 30, 2012: 1) E-Verify; 2) the EB-5...

USCIS has announced that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions without an approved labor condition application (LCA) from the Department of Labor between November 5, 2009 and March 4, 2010.