Fairness for H4 visa holders
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…
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Skilled Immigrants In America (SIIA) – Good Job!
H1B 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…
USCIS Completes Data Entry of Fiscal Year 2017 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions
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…
H-1B Visa Cap Reached – FY 2017
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…
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…
45k+ Comments – OPT Commenting Period Ending Tomorrow
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…
New Bill Introduced to Limit H-1B Abuse
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…
OPT New Proposed Rule – In Next 30 days
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….
H-1B Filing Fee- No More Extra $2000 Filing fee
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…