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H-1B Cap Season (FY24) is about to be upon us
The H-1B program allows companies and other employers in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge and a bachelor’s degree or higher in the specific specialty, or its equivalent. H-1B specialty occupations may include fields such as architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts.
H-1B registrations run in March 2023. Contact us with any H-1B registration needs!!
The Diversity Lottery is a unique program to move & live legally in the United States, considered to be the easiest way to obtain a Green Card visa.
People from the following countries are eligible to participate in the Diversity Lottery:
DV Lottery eligible countries from Africa Region
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
DV Lottery eligible countries from Asia Region
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma
Cambodia
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
North Korea
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Taiwan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
DV Lottery eligible countries from European Region
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark (including components and dependent areas overseas)
Estonia
Finland
France (including components and dependent areas overseas)
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau Special Administrative Region
North Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands (including components and dependent areas overseas)
Northern Ireland
Norway (including components and dependent areas overseas)
Poland
Portugal (including components and dependent areas overseas)
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
DV Lottery eligible countries from North America Region
The Bahamas
DV Lottery eligible countries from Oceania Region
Australia (including components and dependent areas overseas)
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand (including components and dependent areas overseas)
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
DV Lottery eligible countries from South America, Central America, And The Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda Argentina
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Chile
Costa
Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Ecuador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
The deadline for submissions for DV24 is Oct 15, 2022. Contact Hall and Associates to check if you qualify and submit an entry online.
Apply for a green card: Green Card | USCIS
On July 25, 2022, USCIS announced that the “reproduced signature flexibility announced in March, 2020, will become permanent policy[.]” (sic) This means lawyers may “submit a scanned, faxed, photocopied, or similarly reproduced copy of a document to USCIS” so long as the copy is of an original document with an original handwritten signature. Keep the original, as USCIS retains the right to request it for inspection.
USCIS Urges Eligible Applicants to Switch Employment-Based Categories
Employment-based Adjustment of Status Applicants: Send in Your Medical Forms ASAP for More Efficient Processing
June 28, 2022 - Update from USCIS:
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) plays a significant role in the processing of employment-based visas, and we want to ensure we use as many available visas as possible in fiscal year (FY) 2022, which ends on Sept. 30, 2022.
We are still doing our part with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) in processing employment-based immigrant visas for those applicants living outside the United States. We urge anyone within the United States who may be eligible for an employment-based adjustment of status to note these important reminders regarding Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record:
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If you are planning to file an adjustment of status application, be sure to include a valid Form I-693.
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If you have a pending Form I-485, Adjustment of Status Application, please do not send an unsolicited Form I-693 to USCIS. We are proactively identifying employment-based adjustment of status applications with available visas that lack a valid Form I-693 and are directly contacting applicants to request that form.
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If you know that your previously filed Form I-485 does not have a valid Form I-693, your underlying petition is approved, and a visa is available to you, it will help USCIS use the available visas and adjudicate your application if you visit a civil surgeon and have a valid Form I-693 on hand when we send the request to you.
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A Form I-693 is valid for two years from the date that the civil surgeon signs the form.
More Information
For more information, visit our new Fiscal Year 2022 Employment-Based Adjustment of Status FAQs
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