USCIS Will Select a Second Round of H-1B Cap Registrations

The USCIS has announced in a News Alert that it will select a second round of H-1B registrations in the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap lottery (FY 2025 refers to CAP registrations filed in March 2024).

The second round of selections indicates that not enough H-1B petitions were submitted between April 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024 to meet the total 85,000 H-1B CAP. In its News Alert, USCIS clarified that it will not be conducting a second selection for the advanced degree exemption (the master’s cap), as enough master’s cap petitions were received to meet the 20,000 FY 2025 masters cap. The second round of selection will therefore include both master’s and regular cap registrations.

USCIS will announce once the second-round selection process is completed. Those with selected second-round registrations will receive a selection notice in their https://my.uscis.gov/ account, which includes details of when and where to file.

WEBINAR - H-1Bs FOR REGISTERED NURSES

MU Law will be hosting a FREE webinar for our clients and friends on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern (12:00-1:00 pm Central).

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• Specialty Occupation Criteria
• Potential H-1B Filing Approaches
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• H-1B RN Filing Trends

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AUGUST 2024 VISA BULLETIN: EB-3 RETROGRESSION LOOMS

The Department of State has just issued the August 2024 Visa Bulletin. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin. 

Visa Bulletin

Table A: Final Action Dates -- Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.

Table B: Dates of Filing

The USCIS will use the Table A Final Action chart for I-485 employment-based filings. See: USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates

MU Law Analysis

There was small movement forward for India Categories EB-2 and EB-3 with priority dates moving forward nearly one month, but the remaining preference categories made no movement from July 2024.

The Visa Bulletin noted again that demand and number use has remained high in the EB-3 visa category. Although retrogression was not necessary for August, it will likely be necessary to either retrogress the final action date or make the category “Unavailable” in September.

WEBINAR - H-1Bs FOR REGISTERED NURSES

MU Law will be hosting a FREE webinar for our clients and friends on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 from 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern (12:00-1:00 pm Central).

Join us for this FREE webinar to learn more about:

• Specialty Occupation Criteria
• Potential H-1B Filing Approaches
• H-1B Cap Exemption
• H-1B RN Filing Trends

PLEASE JOIN US!