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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will not extend the period in which it temporarily accepted H-1B petitions filed with uncertified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs).

Due to processing delays associated with Department of Labor’s (DOL) “iCERT” system, USCIS responded to requests from the public and temporarily allowed H-1B petitions to be filed with uncertified LCAs. This temporary measure went into effect on November 5, 2009 and expired on March 9, 2010.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced  that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2011 cap on April 1, 2010.  Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS takes possession of a properly filed petition with the correct fee; not the date that the petition is postmarked.

• USCIS report to Congress on FY2012 H-1B filings, including the number of petitions filed, the number of employers required to pay the additional ACWIA petition fee, and the number of “Fraud Prevention and Detection Fees” paid.
• Please check the attachment to view the report.

Please click the attachment below or clike this link here to view the Report on Characteristics of H1B Speciality Occupation Workers

FY 2013 Third Quarter for PERM,H-1B, H-2B and H-2A as of 06/15/1013

FY 2013 Q3 PERM Fact Sheet

FY 2013 Q3 H-1B Fact Sheet

FY 2013 Q3 H-2B Fact Sheet

FY 2013 Q3 H-2A Fact Sheet

Currently, the LCR displays all certified H-1B1 and E-3 Labor Condition Applications (LCA) and Permanent labor certifications, dating back to April 15, 2009. However, the Department is experiencing technical difficulties with the display of approved H-1B LCAs. In addition, due to the historical paper-based filings of H-2A and H-2B applications, these labor certification documents must be manually redacted and uploaded to the LCR and, therefore, only a limited number of records covering Fiscal Year 2013 are currently available.