USCIS will begin accepting H-1B electronic registrations beginning March 9, 2021 from employers. The registration period closes on March 25. Those employers selected will be notified electronically by March 31. This selection process will be a random draw – not based on highest wages offered.
Employers wishing to file H-1B applications on April 1, 2021 must participate in this electronic registration process.
Yesterday, January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden’s Administration issued a 100 day moratorium on most deportations beginning on January 22.
A Memorandum from the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security directed an immediate pause on deportations for persons with final orders of removal except for persons; suspected of engaging in terrorism or spying; or who were not physically present in the US before November 1, 2020; or who voluntarily waived all rights to remain in the US.
The Original DACA program (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) is still running and recently a federal court ordered the government to accept new first time applications. The Murphy Law Firm, located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, has been handling DACA applications since the program began in 2012. The firm has represented numerous families and students in Chester County and all over the mid-Atlantic region since 2008.
If any of your students are interested or think they may be eligible for DACA, the firm’s founding attorney, Mr. Murphy, and Attorney Kaley Miller-Schaeffer are offering free legal consultations to help students determine eligibility for DACA and other new programs that become available over the next several months. All they have to do is provide us with a student ID to qualify for a free consultation.
Call 610-436-7555 and ask for a DACA consultation.
On February 24, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, starting May 26, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is allowing some spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants to obtain employment authorization. DHS made changes to the existing regulation to allow spouses to accept employment in the United States. These changes are part of the immigration executive actions President Obama announced in November 2014 intended to help the U.S. economy and create jobs.
You are eligible for work authorization if:
The change to this rule will make U.S. immigration policies more inline with policies of other countries that compete with the U.S. to attract highly skilled workers. Please contact Murphy Law Firm if you would like to discuss how you can obtain work authorization with H-4 status.