March 20, 2009 - USCIS announces additional requirements for employers, who receive funds through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) before they may hire a foreign national to work in the H-1B specialty occupation category.
March 20, 2009 - USCIS announces that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2010 cap on April 1, 2009. Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS takes possession of the petition, not the postmark date.
March 20, 2009 - USCIS Acting Deputy Director Mike Aytes writes in the DHS Leadership Journal about USCIS' progress in meeting interim goals in efforts to eliminate the backlog in FBI namechecks.
