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United States is known for one of the strongest advocates of equality and fairness. Having equal rights is fundamental to the American society and people around the world aspire to live in a country where…
Read MoreUnited States is known for one of the strongest advocates of equality and fairness. Having equal rights is fundamental to the American society and people around the world aspire to live in a country where…
Read MoreH1B and Green Card through an offer of permanent employment in the United States are no longer foreign topics! The current state of immigration and the H1B visa program has grasped a lot of attention…
On May 2, 2016, USCIS has announced that they have completed the data entry of 2017 H-1B cap petitions. According to the news release, USCIS will start returning the H-1B petitions which are not selected in…
USCIS, on April 7, 2016 announced that the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year 2017 has been reached. Also, It has received H1B applications more than the limit of 20,000 visas that have been…
USCIS has started issuing H1B receipts to those who have filed H-1B applications under premium processing. USCIS didn`t release any official statement about the lottery and total number of applications yet. But, Employers have reported that…
H-1B Visa Cap has reached on April 7, 2016 and there would a lottery this year as well as predicted. USCIS has not revealed the total number of petitions they received. USCIS will soon release…
Sri Srinivasan could be the first Indian-American judge to become a US supreme court justice. Reports gave a speculation that Barack Obama would like to give this position to such a person who has incredible…
The debates on immigration catch fire as soon as we get closer to an election. And the most specific topic is about H1B skilled worker visas for which India contributes the most. Let’s take a…
Hooray!! After reviewing 70,000+ comments, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has given a green signal to STEM OPT rule and it is sent to OMB for final review and publication. The STEM OPT extension program gives…
Good News for STEM OPT students! The STEM OPT extension will be in the place until May 10 according to the current court order. Hooray!!! This will give DHS enough time to propose/publish the rule and get…
President Obama on December 18, 2015 signed The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 on increasing fee for certain H-1B and L-1 petitioners. . This special fee is imposed on those petitioners who hire 50 or more…
Congress passed a new bill on an additional fee of $4500 for certain L-1 visa applicants. It is applicable on those petitioners who have at least 50 employees and 50% of those employees are L-1…
WOW!! Here is the good news regarding I-140 EAD Rule. As everyone was waiting since long to hear something positive about this rule, we are here with this great news. The Office of Management and Budget…
Fourteen Indian students were interrogated for 14-15 hours by the FBI and then allegedly deported back to India. They came to the US to pursue their study but got detained. Air India stopped another batch of…
H-1B and L1 visa fee has been increased by $4000 and $4500 respectively on Friday (18th December, 2015) by the US Senate. The fee, previously $2000, was waived off in September, 2014 but now it…
If you are planing to apply for H-1B visa for FY 2017, Here is the detailed guide for you! Obviously, whosoever planning to make a career in the US or those already studying in the…
Here is a bad news for H-1B visa employers. A special $2000 fee imposed on H-1B visa may return which got lapsed in the federal fiscal year. This fee was first introduced in 2010 which asked…
H-1B visa, quite an important issue these days in US Politics. Since new bills are being introduced in the US senate on cutting down the number of H-1B visas, it may become difficult to get selected…
Ted Cruz, a republican, has introduced a new bill regarding H-1B salary raise issue. He, with a purpose to seek political mileage, has asked to give a minimum of 110k salary per annum to H-1B…
Just before 11 months for the US elections, Bill Nelson and Jeff Sessions of Democratic Party and Republican Party respectively, introduced a new H-1B bill. The legislation is about H1B Visas which says that such…
There has been a huge response to the OPT Proposed Rule. The commenting period is ending tomorrow and the rule has received 45,000+ comments so far. Although, there has been a flurry of comments from…
A new bill to put a cap on H-1B hiring has been proposed by US senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin. For the first time, there will be a focus on the H-1B visa allocation priorities…
As many of you know , Federal court has declared that the DHS rule which permits an extension of 17 months of OPT time to STEM graduates is invalid effective February 12, 2016. On Oct 7th, Jeh C….
In August 2010, USCIS has implemented Public Law 111-230 which requires H-1B dependent employers to pay an additional fee of $2,000. This fee is only applicable to the employers who has 50 or more employees and…
[Latest News: 09/25/2015] Terrible news for i-140 EAD aspirants. USCIS has just published the revised cutoff dates for some categories. The cutoff dates for India EB2 has moved back from July 2011 to July 2009….
Federal court on Wednesday declared that the DHS rule which permits an extension of 17 months of OPT time to STEM graduates is invalid effective February 12, 2016. In 2008, Department of Homeland Security(DHS) proposed an…
EB-2, EB-3 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for August 2015. Latest Green Card Priority Dates Update – Forward & Backward Movements: India EB2 moved from OCT 1st 2008 to JAN 1st 2006 > Backward Movement India…
USCIS Completed Return of Failed H-1B FY-2016 Petitions: For the fiscal year 2016 H-1B cap Petitions, USCIS completed the process of returning H-1B Petitions that were not selected in the H-1B lottery process. Those who…
Department of Homeland Security(DHS) submitted a proposal to Senate Judiciary Committee for extending the period of Optional Practical Training (OPT) for International F1 Visa students. Currently under OPT program, International students with F1 visa status…
EB-2, EB-3 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for JUNE 2015. Latest Green Card Priority Dates Update – Forward & Backward Movements: India EB2 moved from OCT 1st 2008 to OCT 1st 2008 > No Movement India…
It is our pleasure indeed to inform you that, The Honourable Judge Tanya Chutkan of the United States District Court for the District Court of Columbia denied plaintiff’s, Save Jobs USA, the motion for preliminary…
When Should We File H-1B Amendment? H-1b Amendment Rules: The H-1B Employee changes their worksite, i.e. employers are then responsible to certify a new Labor Condition Application for Non-Immigrant Workers (LCA) to the Department of…
We have received many requests/questions on applying for H4 EAD. Here is the Step by Step guide for applying H4 EAD. Who are eligible for H4 EAD? Eligible individuals would include H-4 dependent spouses of…
Starting May 26, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B Extension of Stay petitions until July 27, 2015. During this time frame, petitioners will not be able…
95% off deal is back and more courses available than ever! We got a tremendous response for Udemy Online Course Sale we posted recently. Almost 2500+ H1B wiki visitors have purchased these courses. We compiled a…
H1B Wiki has published many articles on different scams/frauds where fraudsters targeted H-1B employees. Here, we are bringing up one more H-1B Visa Fraud to notify our viewers and to create awareness about different scams/frauds…
EB-2 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for May 2015. Latest Green Card Priority Dates Update – Forward & Backward Movements: India EB2 moved from APR 15th 2008 to OCT 1st 2008 > Forward Movement India EB3 moved from JAN 15th 2004 to…
This is a Guest Post by H1B Wiki Visitor. We would like to thank her for the insights and suggestions. In 2013, many immigration attorneys predicted that USCIS will receive H1B petitions to the tune of 100,…
Update (05/18/2015): Federal Court hearing on motion for preliminary injunction to stop implementation of the H-4 EAD rule is scheduled on 05/21/2015. Stay Tuned for more updates. A lawsuit has been filed against DHS (Dept. of…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received 233,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period which began April 1, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. The lottery was completed…
H-1B Visa Cap has reached on April 7, 2015 and there would a lottery this time too as predicted. USCIS has not revealed the total number of petitions they received. USCIS will soon release the…
$10 online software courses are back!! We are getting tremendous response form our visitors for these Udemy online software courses deal. Hadoop And Big Data: Master Hadoop Cluster Administration : $10 $199 Learn Hadoop, MapReduce…
H-1B Visa 2016 Applications are officially being accepted from today by the USCIS. The applications are for the Fiscal Year 2016, which starts from October 1st 2015 and ends September 30th 2016. Predictions: According to some reliable sources,…
The visa bulletin has been realeased for March 2015. A big congratulations to INDIA EB2. Latest Green Card Priority Dates Update – Forward & Backward Movements: India EB2 moved from Sep 1st 2005 to Jan 1st…
A very good news for H4 spouses who are waiting for the EAD Updates. The step 7 (Preparation of Final Rule, Interim Final Rule or Direct Final Rule) of the H4 EAD rule making process is Complete…
95% off deal is back and more courses available than ever! We got a tremendous response for Udemy Online Course Sale we posted recently. Almost 2500+ H1B wiki visitors have purchased these courses. We compiled a…
Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah introduced the S 153 bill. Along with Senator Hatch, Senators Jeff Flake from Arizona, Marco Rubio from Florida, Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota, Chris Coons from Delaware, and Richard Blumenthal from…
As the old year gives way to 2016, the process for H1B Visa 2016 applicants begins all over again. Right now, we are in the very beginning of our H1B season, and 2015 promises to…
EB-2 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for January 2015. Latest Green Card Priority Dates Update – Forward &Backward Movements: India EB2 moved from Feb 15th 2005 to Sep 1st 2005 > Forward Movement India…
On January 1st, the Department of Motor Vehicles tackled a tidal wave of applicants who are now allowed to get a California driving license, regardless of their immigration status. The DMV instated this law as…
The H-1B Visa is given to foreign workers so that they may temporarily work in the U.S. for U.S. employers. However, if an employee works for a U.S. company under the H-1B Visa, what is…
Have you ever taken a Software Course for $10? Yes, you heard it right, it is just $10.Udemy, a Leading Online Course Market place is offering up to 95% off on all of the 9000+…
Representative Darrell Issa of California and 22 other members of the Republican Party introduced the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Jobs Act, also known as Hr 2131 bill, an update to the current Visa…
This is an Awe-Inspiring Infographic about Steve Jobs`s winding path from adoption, to hacking, to India ashrams, trying to be an astronaut, and finally finding his path.. This Infographic also shows his connection with India…
EB-2 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for January 2015. Latest Green Card Priority Dates Update – Forward & Backward Movements: India EB2 stayed at the same date – Feb 15th 2005 > No Move India EB3…
What would you do to become one of the richest men or women in the United States? What would you do to become a billionaire? Follow the stories of any of these entrepreneurs. Here are…
Most H-1B people will be in a dilemma at some point of their career to choose between a Full Time and Contract jobs. We asked this poll on H1B wiki fan page and here is the…
It is often difficult to make decisions about future, especially when you are thirty or forty years away from your retirement. However, the years do fly especially after the age of thirty five and if…
For all those nonimmigrants who plan to visit their home country and return back to the United States, make sure to print an I-94 if you come into the U.S. from abroad with a nonimmigrant…
We got a tremendous response for Udemy Online Course Sale we posted 2 days back. Almost 2500+ H1B wiki visitors have purchased these courses. After feedback from the H1B wiki visitors who bought the courses, We…
Have you ever taken a Software Course for $17 ? Yes, you heard it right, it is just $17 for this thanksgiving. Udemy, a Leading Online Course Market place is offering 90% off on all…
America, a nation of immigrants. People like high-skilled immigrants, students and entrepreneurs come from all over the world to this land of opportunities. Their talent and hard work helped America in becoming a global leader….
Good News for H1B and H4 visa holders. So many people have been waiting for the Executive Order of Obama on the Immigration Bill since one year. It has been a long wait but the time has…
Susan Xiao-Ping Su, the woman who founded Tri-Valley University in Pleasanton, California in 2008, was finally convicted and sentenced to 16 years. The 44-year-old con artist linked her name to 31 counts of wire and mail…
We are all aware of many money laundering scams where fraudsters mainly targeted H1B and H4 visa holders. H1BWiki has posted many articles about these scams. http://h1bwiki.com/uscis-911-scam-phone-calls/ http://h1bwiki.com/h-1b-immigration-scam-one-incident/ http://h1bwiki.com/h1b-lottery-scam-beware/ Two Indians Alpeshkumar Patel, 30, and…
H1B Wiki is starting a new series of guest posts on IT technologies, Job Prospects and Salary Trends. This is one of the guest post we received from TechSols Inc. If you want to do…
In the recent days, we are seeing lot of visa aspirants applying for visa stamping in Jamaica with a hope that it is easier and convenient to get the stamping done in Jamaica than in…
India EB-2 Prediction According to AILA, EB-2 Priority dates for India may move back to early 2005. We can expect this backward movement in November 2014 visa bulletin. If you want more updates on H-1B…
EB-2 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for October 2014. Latest Green Card Priority Dates Update – Forward & Backward Movements: India EB2 ayed at the same date – May 1st 2009 > No Move India EB3 Moved from Nov…
The step 6 (Public Comments) of the H4 EAD rule making process is Complete. There was a huge response for this rule from the H-1B and H4 community. Highlights of H4 Employment Authorization Document (EAD)…
EB-2 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for September 2014. The EB2 Priority Dates for India has moved to May 2009. Congratulations India EB2! LATEST GREEN CARD PRIORITY DATES UPDATE – ALL FORWARD & BACKWARD…
Yes, is the simple answer to that question. Apparently, this is a common question that H1B visa holders ask, and you have every right to ask it as you would not want to jeopardise your…
Following our July 1st update, we can now confirm the leak by an immigration attorney at AILA Conference predicting EB-2 moving ahead to early 2009 is indeed correct. So, please check our instant updates on…
In the recent days, there have been many scams targeted towards H-1B people. Here is One more incident reported by H1B wiki visitor on our facebook fan page. “Today a new incident happened. This year…
According to a few sources who attended a recent national conference held by the AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) in Boston Massachusetts, it is predicted that EB-2 priority dates will moving towards early 2009. Here…
What is RFE? Request for Evidence (RFE) is a notice that USCIS officer sends to your employer requesting additional information for pending H-1B application. What happened prior to RFE? The USCIS conducts what is known…
EB-2 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for July 2014. The EB2 Priority Dates for India has finally moved to 1st September 2008! The July 2014 Visa Bulletin is accessible at: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2014/visa-bulletin-for-july-2014.html LATEST GREEN…
If you have been following us on the latest news, the 2014 cap for H-1B visas lottery quota has been met by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and employers that filed petitions will…
At last some news on the FY-2015 employers petitions, a staggering 51% H-1B petitions were rejected and employers will be receiving a brown envelope with the bad news, expected to be sent in early June…
DHS published the H4 EAD proposed rule in the federal register. This is the 5th step in the rule making process. This proposed rule is open for comments from May 12th, 2014 to July 11th, 2014. The publication…
EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for June 2014. The EB2 Priority Dates for India haven’t moved any forward and EB3 priority dates moved forward by 15 days to 15th October 2003. There is…
One more good news to H4 Dependents! Office of Management and Business cleared the H4 EAD Proposed Rule yesterday night. One more hurdle cleared in the rule making process. There are so many updates coming…
EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for May 2014. The EB2 Priority Dates for India haven’t moved any forward and EB3 priority dates moved forward by 15 days to 1st October 2003. There is…
We alerted the H-1B community last year about fraud scam calls coming from 911 number. Please read it and spread the word to your friends that they will never get a call from 911 or…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received 172,500 H-1B petitions during the filing period which began April 1, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. The lottery was completed…
H4 Visa Work Permit: In a bid to draw in the best talents from around the world, the United States government has announced that a slew of policy reforms and initiatives are in the pipeline….
The H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2015 has been reached as per USCIS Announcement. As expected lottery would be held very soon. It is yet not revealed on how many petitions USCIS has received under…
H1B 2015 Cap Count : This page by H1BWiki is targeted to track H-1B filing updates for 2015. Are you filing H-1B this year? Check out the post on H-1B Visa 2015 Q&A. This post answers…
H-1B Visa 2015 Applications are officially being accepted from today by the USCIS. The applications are for the Fiscal Year 2015, which starts from October 1st 2014 and ends September 30th 2015. According to the predictions by the…
USCIS provided an optional I-129 checklist which you or your employer may want to verify to make sure the I-129 is filled right and all the documents are submitted to the USCIS, along with the…
USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) announces regarding the H-1B Visa for the Fiscal Year 2015. The USCIS will be accepting the applications for the H-1B Visa Petitions from the 1st April of 2014, Tuesday. The H-1B…
USCIS starts accepting applications for H-1B Visa 2015 from this April. Here are some FAQ’s which explains the H-1B process and other questions you might have. When can I file H-1B Visa? The H-1B quota opens…
USCIS starts accepting H1B Visa petitions starting April 1st 2015, Wednesday. There has already been enough speculations that there would be H1B lottery this year as well. There was an H1B Visa Lottery for the…
H1B Visa 2015 Filing Season starts April 1st 2014, Tuesday. By now I would assume all those H-1B filing candidates have got their LCA approved or at least filed the LCA (Labor Condition Application). The…
USCIS would start accepting H-1B Visa 2015 Petitions from April 1st 2014. Are you planning to file H-1B Visa for this year? It is very important for you to check with your employer if the…
Imagine how would it be if there would be no work permit as soon as you graduate from your masters or Ph.D from a U.S. Grad School. This would be a huge loss to many…
EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for April 2014. The EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates for India haven’t moved any forward. There is no movement in the EB2 priority dates since…
EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for March 2014. The EB2 Priority Dates for India haven’t moved any forward. EB3 moved forward by 2 weeks. There is no movement in the…
Those non-immigrants applying for Visa Extension would have to wait until the visa is approved and until the candidate receive the I-797 document in order to extend or renew an expired driver’s license in case…
Immigration System in the United States is a major issue. Here are some humorous reactions on the broken immigration system in the United States. 1) Waiting up to 20 years to be allowed to become…
EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for February 2014. The EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates for India haven’t moved any forward. The priority dates haven’t changed since December 2013 visa bulletin….
All immigrant visa applicants must complete filing the DS-260 online immigrant visa application form now. This needs to be done before the individual schedule visa appointment at the Visa Application Center (VAC) for biometric fingerprint…
Since our last post on scams, I have been reportedly getting emails from our H1BWiki visitors who have reported some scams they have experienced. The scams were either through a phone call or an email….
Department of Labor announced the Top 10 States for H-1B Candidates based on for the Fiscal Year 2013 statistics. The top states are looked up by the DOL (Department of Labor) based on the number of worker…
H-1B Visa Extension processing delays were reported earlier this month by the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services). There are candidates who have been waiting for more than 6 months now without any proper…
The H-1B Amendment is the petition which needs to be filed with USCIS by the H-1B Petitioner, under circumstances of a material change in the terms and conditions of employment or the employee’s eligibility. USCIS…
It’s always fascinating to me how and when a new year begins and when it ends. But definitely the Journey every year you have would be a combination happiness and sorrow. This article is for…
This is a blog post on how an H1-B candidate got his stamping at Kingston,Jamaica. There have been increasing number of people going for their H-1B Stamping at Jamaica recently. This article is a case…
EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates are released by the USCIS for January 2014. The EB2 and EB3 Priority Dates for India haven’t moved any forward. This is not great news to many Indian non-immigrants waiting…
Department of Labor announced the top 10 H-1B Employers for the Fiscal Year 2013. The top H-1B Employers are looked up by the DOL (Department of Labor) based on the number of worker positions certified….