USCIS Draft Guidance on When to File an Amended H-1B Petition after the Simeio Solutions Decision
On April 9, 2015, the USCIS’ Administrative Appeal Office (AAO) issued a precedent decision, Matter of Simeio Solutions, LLC. It held that employers must file amended H-1B petitions when a new Labor Condition Application for Nonimmigrant Workers (LCA) is required due to a change in the H-1B worker’s worksite location. This decision seemed to burden employers with the obligation of filing H-1B amendments every time the beneficiary employee worked at a place different than th