Preparing for FY 2026 H-1B Cap Season: Strategies and Tips from the Experts
| Live Event Date: 01/28/2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
Earlier in FY 2025, USCIS implemented its “beneficiary-centric” selection process for registrations by employers. What have immigration attorneys learned since? Should practitioners approach anything differently for the FY2026 H-1B cap season? The expert faculty on this seminar will discuss the H-1B lottery system and address other general issues for filing FY2026 cap-subject cases based on the current landscape, including updated Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) categories and wages.
Featured Topics:
- Lessons learned from the previous H-1B cap season, including the new “beneficiary-centric” registration system
- Issues with electronic registration (“handshake”), pay.gov, and receipt of selection notices online
- Responding to client questions regarding cap gap, odds of selection, and more
- Preparing and/or filing the labor certification application (LCA), identifying the SOC, and prevailing wage issues: new request for evidence (RFE) templates for LCA SOC Codes
- Strategies for unexpected second and third round selections
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Kevin W. Miner (DL), AILA USCIS HQ (Benefits Policy) Liaison Committee Chair, Atlanta, GA
Kevin Miner is a Partner in the Atlanta office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, and works with employers throughout the U.S. on business immigration processes. Mr. Miner is a co-author of Business Immigration: Law & Practice, 2nd Edition, which is a leading treatise on business immigration matters. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the AILA USCIS HQ (Policy and Benefits) Committee. Mr. Miner speaks regularly around the country on topics relating to high-skilled immigration.
Lucy G. Cheung, AILA USCIS High Impact Adjudications Assistance Committee Chair, New York, NY
Lucy G. Cheung is a Partner at Goldstein and Cheung LLP. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 2008 and to the New York bar in 2010, Ms. Cheung practices general immigration law, with a focus on students, business, and family immigration issues. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and NAFSA-Association of International Educators, among other organizations. She is currently the Vice Chair for the Case Assistance Liaison Committee at AILA. She is a frequent presenter and moderator on immigration law topics at professional conferences, and at college and university campuses throughout the NY metropolitan area.
Ian D. Wagreich, AILA Business Section Steering Committee, Chicago, IL
Ian D. Wagreich is a partner with Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd. His clients include: multinational corporations, hospitals, arts institutions, religious organizations, universities, athletic organizations, individual investors, and entrepreneurs. He is a member of AILA’s USCIS HQ Liaison Committee and the chair of the International Medical Graduate Taskforce Liaison Committee. Mr. Wagreich is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council. In 2011 and 2014, he received AILA President’s commendations and in 2014, he was the recipient of the Chicago Chapter’s Joseph Minsky Beacon of Light Award.
Sonal J. Mehta Verma, AILA DOL Liaison Committee Vice Chair, Rockville, MD
Sonal J. Mehta Verma is a founding member of Verma Cortes LLC in Rockville, MD. She represents a diverse roster of clients in sectors such as information technology, architecture, nuclear engineering, preschools, construction, restaurants, and religious organizations, with securing top talent from all over the world. Sonal is the current Vice-Chair (PERM/LCA/WHD) of AILA’s Department of Labor Liaison Committee and has served on various local and national committees for over 20 years.