Employment-based Immigration

Kolko and Casey, P.C. is hiring 2 Attorney Positions – Come join our team!

We have currently have openings for two immigration attorney positions: Experienced Associate Immigration Attorney: 5-6 years’ experience in the practice…

2 years ago

Labor Certification During COVID-19: Layoffs & Labor Market Considerations

An employer seeking to offer a foreign worker a job opportunity on a permanent basis may sponsor that foreign worker…

5 years ago

Department of Labor Response to COVID-19 Crisis: PERM Labor Certifications

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced several important policy changes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic which affect employers…

5 years ago

USCIS’ New H-1B Cap Registration Process is Underway

As of March 1, 2020, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) online H-1B registration tool is open for…

5 years ago

USCIS Announces Implementation of H-1B Electronic Registration Process

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has formally announced that it will implement the new H-1B registration final…

6 years ago

USCIS Expects to Implement Pre-Registration Requirement for H-1B Lottery for Next Year, but No Formal Announcement Yet

On January 31, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a final rule making significant changes to…

6 years ago

USCIS Proposes a Pre-Registration Period for the Cap-Subject H-1B Visa Program

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has proposed a new rule making changes to the annual selection process for…

7 years ago

USCIS announces in-person interview requirements for employment-based lawful permanent residence applications, refugee/asylee relative petitions

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that starting on October 1, 2017, it will begin “phasing-in” mandatory…

8 years ago

USCIS to suspend Premium Processing of H-1B Petitions

 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced that beginning April 3, 2017, it will temporarily suspend Premium Processing…

8 years ago

USCIS Reaches H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2017

On April 7, 2016, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it received sufficient H-1B petitions to meet…

9 years ago

Employers! It’s time to consider H-1B Cap Subject petitions again…

The H-1B nonimmigrant visa is an employer sponsored temporary work visa for foreign national professional workers in specialty occupations in…

10 years ago

A good day’s work

Here at Kolko & Associates, we really love our job. Each of us truly love coming to work and we…

10 years ago