USCIS Announces Registration Dates for the H-1B CAP Season FY 2024 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on January 27, 2023 that the initial period for FY 2024 H-1B cap registration will open at 12 noon EST on March 1, 2023, and run through 12 noon EST on March 17, 2023. Employers seeking… Read more »
Indian e-Visas Reinstated for Canadian Nationals! After two weeks of resuming the electronic visa or e-Visa facility for UK Nationals, India has now reinstated this facility for Canadian nationals as well. Canada is now a part of the list of eligible countries on the e-Visa portal. This was announced by the High Commission of India… Read more »
An Update on U.S. Visa Appointments and Consular Affairs in India Last week, the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs, Mr. Don Heflin, at the U.S. Embassy in India, provided an update on visa processing in India. He described the steps they are taking across Mission India to reduce the visa appointment wait and processing time… Read more »
The most common form of employment on an H-1B visa in the U.S. is full-time employment with a single employer. However, the regulations permit “concurrent employment.” This means that more than one employer can engage the services of an H-1B worker in certain circumstances. An H-1B petition filed to authorize an H-1B worker to be… Read more »
Students on OPT status do not need new work visa if they do not need new work visa if they do not have to leave the US. The US mission in India has recently announced that a record 82,000 student visas have been issued in 2022 and Indian students have received more US student visas… Read more »
Premium Processing Services Extended to Additional I-140 Pending Cases The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will extend premium processing services to additional pending cases. This third phase is similar to the first and second phases and will apply to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications…. Read more »
The Nuts and Bolts of A Family Based Green Card Process. In our last article we wrote about who can be sponsored for a US green card as a family member. A US citizen or lawful permanent resident (green card holder) may file Form I-130 petition for the foreign national relative, with the US Citizenship… Read more »
Foreign Nationals Seeking Indian Employment Visas Must be Paid in India | Changes Announced at Certain Posts Foreign nationals seeking Indian employment visas must now be paid their salaries in India. Changes to this effect were introduced in the document requirements by Indian Consular posts or their third-party document support entities (VFS and BLS) in… Read more »
FY 2023 H-1B Cap Apparently Reached It appears that the H-1B CAP has been reached for FY 2023. Over the past several days, we have noted that the USCIS is sending non-selection notifications to registrants’ online accounts. The USCIS can only send a non-selection notice to a properly submitted H-1B registration once they have determined… Read more »
USCIS Will No Longer Accept Combined Fee Payments For EB-5, Immigrant Investor Program Petitions The USCIS has announced that going forward they will no longer accept combined fee payment of Form I-526 (Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor) or Form I-526E (Immigrant Petition by Regional Center Investor), filed with Form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence… Read more »
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