Seven businesses drop H-1B lawsuit against U.S. federal agency
The Hindu
USCIS’ arbitrary rejection of H-1B petitions filed after October 1 was challenged by the American Immigration Council in March
A group of seven American businesses on May 3 announced to have dropped an H-1B lawsuit against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services after the federal agency agreed to accept and adjudicate previous decisions on foreign work visas. In March, the American Immigration Council, on behalf of the seven businesses, had filed a suit, challenging USCIS’ arbitrary rejection of H-1B petitions filed after October 1 solely because the H-1B workers’ intended employment start date fell after October 1. The lawsuit alleged that based on this timeline, USCIS created an absurd choice: foreign workers needed to start on October 1 (and not a day later) or the U.S. employer had to misrepresent the intended employment start-date by “back-dating” the petition.More Related News