March 02, 2022
A D.C. federal judge backed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' policy creating an online registration system for the H-1B specialty occupation visa lottery, saying the agency had sufficiently addressed warnings that employers could game the process.
January 21, 2022
A D.C. federal judge brushed off objections from both sides in a suit over the H-1B specialty occupation visa program's lottery-based applications to let the U.S.' largest information technology services association intervene in the case.
January 18, 2022
The federal government and H-1B specialty occupation visa applicants urged a D.C. federal judge in sealed filings Friday not to allow an IT trade group to intervene in the applicants' suit challenging the government's change to the visa lottery process.
December 13, 2021
A D.C. federal judge ruled that H-1B specialty occupation visa applicants challenging a change to the visa lottery process only need to show that they had an active job offer when they sued to establish standing.
November 22, 2021
Hundreds of H-1B applicants slammed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Monday for opening a third round of a lottery for H-1B specialty occupation visa applications, saying the agency had previously told a D.C. federal court another lottery wouldn't be necessary.