Chennai Consulate – New L1 Fee ($4500) Implemented
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…
2015
I-140 EAD Rule cleared in OMB!
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…
14 Indian F1 Students Deported
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…
H1B Visa Fee Doubled – Bill Passed!
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…
H-1B Visa 2017 – Cap, Lottery Predictions, Fees, News
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…
$2000 H-1B Visa Fee May Get Re-Imposed Again – Huge Hit for Indian IT Firms
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…
Why LinkedIn is Top Job Hunting Tool for H-1B visa People
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…
H-1B Salary to be Fixed Minimum at 110k Per Annum – Senate Bill Introduced by Ted Cruz
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…
New Bill Proposed to reduce the H-1B cap by 15,000
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…
I-140 EAD / Job Portability on Cards? – Proposal Submitted
The Department of Homeland Security(DHS) submitted a proposal to modify some of the regulations for employment based immigrant workers under the title “Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting Highly-Skilled…