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Oct

Consular Officers Grace LawQuest 2017 Diwali and Dance Party

LawQuest was delighted and honored to have the presence of various Consular Officers at their Diwali & Dance Party on October 7, 2017. It was truly a pleasure to dance and dine with Consular Officers from the Belgian, German, Korean, Bangladeshi and New Zealand Consulates in Mumbai. LawQuest extends its heartiest thanks to the Consulate Officials and...

Oct

Premium Processing Service Now Available for All H-1B Visa Petitions

On October 3, 2017, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had resumed Premium Processing Services, for all type of H-1B petitions, including the extension of stay petitions for the fiscal year 2018. The USCIS had temporarily suspended the Premium Processing Service for all H-1B visa petitions filed on or after April 3, 2017. A petitioner may...

Oct

LawQuest Participated at the EB5 & Investment Immigration Expo held in Mumbai

Poorvi was a speaker on the “The Facts on Immigration Programs for Indian citizens” panel at the EB-5 Investors Magazine’s 2017 Mumbai EB-5 & Investment Immigration Expo held from October 4 – 5, 2017 at the St. Regis Mumbai (http://www.eb5investors.com/conferences/2017-mumbai-eb-5-expo)

Oct

Trump’s Third Travel Ban Blocked Yet Again

President Trump’s latest travel ban which was set to take effect on October 18th, was blocked yesterday by a federal judge in Hawaii. The latest ban imposed travel restrictions on citizens of Chad, North Korea, Venezuela, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. The federal judge’s order stops it, at least temporarily, with respect to all...

Oct

USCIS Changes Deference Policy – Raises the Standard for Visa Extension Approvals

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a new binding memo on October 23rd rescinding earlier policy that required officers to give deference to prior decisions, in processing nonimmigrant visa extension applications. This new policy affects all employment extension petitions (I-129), including H-1B, L-1, O-1 and more.The new memo emphasized that the burden of...

Oct

Indian IT Companies are the Biggest Consumers of L-1 Visas

According to data of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Indian IT giants became the biggest consumers of the non-immigrant work visa – L-1 visa – for the fiscal years 2015 and 2016. L-1 visas are available to employees of an entity or corporation with offices in both the U.S. and overseas. The...

Oct

Immigration Through Investment Program to Various Countries

Immigration of Indian nationals to foreign countries via various investor-visa programmes was not very popular until a few years ago. Lately, increasing number of Indians are considering the option of immigration to countries such as US, Canada and certain European countries by investing in businesses in these countries. The goal or motivation for obtaining a...

Oct

Citizenship to Robots

Recently, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia made headlines with its act of granting honorary citizenship to Sophia, a humanoid robot. Though the move has been criticized for various social and ethical reasons, it certainly raises a question of importance in present times where artificial intelligence is being developed at an accelerating pace: can a robot...

Oct

Canada’s 3-Year Immigration Plan

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently announced its ambitious 3-year plan to admit approximately one million immigrants to Canada by 2020. As stated by Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, the aim of the plan is to offset the demographics of an aging population and declining birth rate. Under the plan, 310,000 new permanent residents will...

Oct

Supreme Court Refuses Interim Stay on Linking of Aadhaar Card to Bank Accounts and Mobile Numbers

The Supreme Court on November 03, 2017 refused interim stay on the linking of Aadhaar Card to bank accounts and telecom service providers stating that the Constitution Bench is to decide on the validity of the matter on the ground that it violates a citizen’s right to privacy. Further, the Supreme Court came down heavily...

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