The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) recently moved closer to launching its new electronic registration system for allocating the annual limit on H-1B cap cases. The current procedures require employers to prepare and submit fully documented cases without any assurance that those cases will be selected within the H-1B cap. DHS then returns the many H-1B cases that are not selected. This burdensome procedure may finally be coming to an end. DHS is in the midst of making the following bold changes to the H-1B cap selection procedures. Read details here.
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