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**UPDATE** Notice of USCIS Fee Increase 5.15.24 As you may already be aware, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has increased their fees for I-140, I-485, Advanced Parole (Travel Authorization), and EAD (Work Authorization) filings as of April 1, 2024. This

May 2024 – Counsel Corner Mergers & Acquisitions and How They Affect Immigration It’s M&A season!  If your company is transitioning due to mergers, acquisitions, or ownership shifts, you're not alone. When you are embarking on a new phase in your

February 2024 – Counsel Corner 02.26.24 Update - Notice of USCIS Fee Increase U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) fees have increased for the I-140, I-485, Advanced Parole (Travel Authorization), and EAD (Work Authorization) filings and will take effect April 1,

March 2024 – Counsel Corner Dear ULS Partners, We are excited to see your H-2A/H-2B workers returning to the U.S. for a new season. We had one group of fellas so excited to be headed back, they started sending us copies of

February 2023 – Counsel Corner H-2B Updates This year we have seen record numbers of H-2B applications and the Administration has, again, cut the number of available work visas.  What was already an oversubscribed H-2B program has seen radical popularity with

September 2023 – Counsel Corner H-2B News At ULS, we support our clients throughout their immigration process. We are closely watching the advancements in the Visa Bulletin for your workers, which generally falls under the EB3 Other Workers Employment-Based preference category.

November 2023 – Counsel Corner H-2B News The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that they expect to make an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for FY2024, on top of the congressionally

January 2024 – Counsel Corner Happy New Year to all! We at ULS hope everyone had a terrific Christmas vacation and H-2B filing (submissions no longer on NYE). H-2B and Immigration Updates H-2B filings should have been submitted from January