There seems to be optimism that Congress and President Trump will agree before February 15 on a deal to fund the government for 2019. I assume and trust that the deal, when unveiled, will include extension of regional center program authorization at least to September 30, 2019. [Update: H.J.Res 31, which passed the House and Senate on 2/14, has regional center program authorization to 9/30/2019 in Division H, Title 1, Sec. 104 (PDF page 463).]

Source:  https://blog.lucidtext.com/2019/02/08/updates-reauthorization-visa-cap-redeployment-aao-decisions/

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