SSN Updates for New N-400 Candidates

When you have been pondering of making use of for U.S. Citizenship, you might be happy to study that beginning April 1^st candidates can have the choice of requesting an authentic or alternative Social Safety quantity (SSN) or card and have the prospect to replace their immigration standing with the Social Safety Administration (SSA), with out having to go to an SSA workplace in particular person.

That is all a part of the new version of Type N-400, Utility for Naturalization (version date 04/01/24) which can permit these requests to be made when submitting the applying with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS).

Beforehand, inexperienced card holders had been required to go to an SSA workplace in particular person to inform them of their new U.S. Citizenship standing and apply for a alternative SSN card reflecting their new immigration standing.

Sadly, this new replace solely applies to candidates submitting the brand new version of the N-400 software (04/01/24) on or after April 1^st.  Those that utilized utilizing the earlier version of the shape (09/17/19) can’t benefit from this selection.

When will the brand new version of the N-400 be out there to be used?

The brand new version of the Type N-400 (04/01/24) will likely be out there for on-line submitting on April 1.

To file Type N-400 on-line, candidates should first create a USCIS on-line account, a handy and safe technique to submit kinds, pay charges, and monitor the standing of any pending USCIS immigration request all through the adjudication course of.

H-1B FY 2025 Cap Season Updates: What to Count on

You might bear in mind that the digital registration interval for the FY 2025 H-1B cap season closed at midday Jap on March 25, 2024.

Inside the subsequent few days, USCIS will conduct a lottery to randomly choose throughout the pool of correctly submitted registrations to succeed in the FY 2025 H-1B annual numerical allocations, together with the superior diploma exemption (grasp’s cap). USCIS will notify the general public as soon as the lottery has been accomplished.

How will I do know if I used to be chosen within the second lottery?

Petitioners with chosen registrations can have their myUSCIS on-line organizational accounts up to date to incorporate a range discover, which incorporates particulars of when and the place to file. In the event you submitted your digital registration with the help of an legal professional, you will need to contact your authorized consultant to find out whether or not you had been chosen within the second randomized lottery.

Please observe that, a registrant’s USCIS on-line account will present one of many following statuses for every registration:

• Submitted:The registration has been submitted and is eligible for choice. If the preliminary choice course of has been accomplished, this registration stays eligible, until subsequently invalidated, for choice in any subsequent alternatives for the fiscal 12 months for which it was submitted.
• Chosen:Chosen to file an H-1B cap petition.
• Not Chosen:Not chosen – not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based mostly on this registration.
• Denied:A number of registrations had been submitted by or on behalf of the identical registrant for a similar beneficiary. If denied as a reproduction registration, all registrations submitted by or on behalf of the identical registrant for this beneficiary for the fiscal 12 months are invalid.
• Invalidated-Failed Fee:A registration was submitted however the cost technique was declined, not reconciled, disputed, or in any other case invalid.

When will I do know if I used to be chosen within the second lottery? 

USCIS intends to inform chosen registrants by way of their myUSCIS organizational accounts by March 31, 2024.

If I’m chosen within the second lottery, when can I submit my paper software by mail?

Solely petitioners who had been chosen within the lottery will have the ability to file a web-based or paper software with USCIS on behalf of the alien employee. The submitting interval will likely be disclosed in your official choice discover accessible in your myUSCIS organizational account.

Petitioner’s might want to embody a printed copy of the relevant registration choice discover with the FY 2025 H-1B cap-subject petition. Petitioners ought to make sure that they ship their paper software to the right service heart throughout the submitting interval indicated on the registration choice discover.

As beforehand introduced beginning April 1, 2024, USCIS will start accepting the on-line submitting of H-1B cap petitions and related Kinds I-907 for petitioners whose registrations have been chosen.

Petitioners will proceed to have the choice of submitting a paper Type I-129 H-1B petition and any related Type I-907 if they like. Nonetheless, through the preliminary launch of organizational accounts, customers will be unable to hyperlink paper-filed Kinds I-129 and I-907 to their on-line accounts.

H-1B Submitting Payment Will increase

Please observe that the H-1B petition submitting price will improve from $460 to $780 beginning April 1, 2024, and employers will likely be topic to a brand new Asylum Program price of $600 for big employers and $300 for small employers (25 or fewer full-time staff). Moreover, the I-907 Premium Processing price has elevated to $2,805 for H-1B petitions efficient February 26^th.

If I’ve been chosen, does that imply I’ll obtain an H-1B visa?

No. Registration choice solely signifies that petitioners are eligible to file H-1B cap-subject petitions. It doesn’t imply that the petition will likely be authorized and there’s no assure of approval.

Petitioners submitting H-1B cap-subject petitions, together with these petitions eligible for the superior diploma exemption, should nonetheless submit proof and set up eligibility for petition approval based mostly on current statutory and regulatory necessities. The burden of proving eligibility all the time falls upon the petitioner who’s submitting the H-1B petition on behalf of the alien employee.

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