{"id":995792,"date":"2026-03-02T08:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=995792"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:30:51","slug":"us-announces-stricter-compliance-rules-for-foreign-worker-petitions-whats-new-for-h-1b-filings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/02\/us-announces-stricter-compliance-rules-for-foreign-worker-petitions-whats-new-for-h-1b-filings\/","title":{"rendered":"US announces stricter compliance rules for foreign worker petitions; What\u2019s new for H-1B filings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US has modified the form filed by petitioners on behalf of a non-immigrant worker coming to the United States. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released a revised edition of Form I-129 for the 2027 update, featuring expanded compliance language, additional data fields, and a more structured format for temporary worker petitions by employers. On February 27, 2026, USCIS published a new edition of Form I-129, edition date 02\/27\/26. <\/p>\n<p>Starting April 1, 2026, USCIS will accept only the 02\/27\/26 edition. Until then, one can also use the 01\/20\/25 edition. The edition date is at the bottom of the page on the form and instructions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US has modified the form filed by petitioners on behalf of a non-immigrant worker coming to the United States. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has released a revised edition of Form I-129 for the 2027 update, featuring expanded compliance language, additional data fields, and a more structured format for temporary worker petitions by employers. On February 27, 2026, USCIS published a new edition of Form I-129, edition date 02\/27\/26. Starting April 1, 2026, USCIS will accept only the 02\/27\/26 edition. Until then, one can also use the 01\/20\/25 edition. The edition date is at the bottom of the page [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-995792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=995792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/995792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=995792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=995792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=995792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}