Phone
+91 22 4002 0954 | +91 89768 92575
Contact Email
info@lawquestinternational.com
Schedule Consultation

Category

US Immigration
12
Mar

President Trump suspends travel from 26 European countries to the United States

March 12, 2020,
The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 disease to be a pandemic. The United States now has more than 1000 people infected with coronavirus. In a televised address, the United States President Donald Trump has announced suspension of travel from 26 European countries for the next 30 days in a bid to combat the spread...
Read More
04
Mar

Poorvi conducted a session on “Best Practices to Engage with the U.S.” at IACC’s Doing Business with the U.S. Seminar on March 5, 2020

March 4, 2020
Poorvi conducted a session on “Best Practices to Engage with the U.S.” at the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC)’s Doing Business with the U.S. Seminar on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at a South Mumbai venue.   This seminar was organized by the IACC in association with the U.S. Consulate General, Mumbai where the U.S. Consular officials presented...
Read More
02
Mar

What is pre-H-1B registration and how will it affect the FY 2021 Cap filings?

March 2, 2020
Earlier, US employers filed their complete H-1B cap-subject paper petitions with the USCIS, after which, the USCIS would select petitions from the pool through a random selection process. This practice has changed for the FY 2021 H-1B cap filings. The USCIS has introduced a pre-H-1B electronic registration process.  Under this new process, the petitioning employers...
Read More
24
Feb

Gearing up for the H-1B Cap FY2021 Registration–Steps to Create and Manage an Employer Registration Account

February 24, 2020
On December 6, 2019, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will be implementing the online registration
Read More
04
Feb

Poorvi Chothani participated as a speaker at The Global Investment Immigration Summit 2020 held on February 1, 2020 at St. Regis in Mumbai.

February 4, 2020
Poorvi Chothani participated as a speaker at The Global Investment Immigration Summit 2020 held on February 1, 2020 at St. Regis in 
Read More
03
Feb

H-1B Lottery- What is it?

February 3, 2020
H-1B Program H-1B is a temporary non-immigrant work visa issued to foreign nationals by the U.S. government. H-1B visais considered for speciality occupations that require theoretical and practical knowledge in specialized fields such as in IT, finance, accounting, architecture, engineering, mathematics, science, medicine, etc.and at least abachelor’s degree or higher in the specific speciality or...
Read More
31
Dec

What is a L-1 blanket petition and how can a company get one?

December 31, 2019
The L-1 visa for non-immigrant intracompany transferees allows U.S. based employers to have certain foreign employees transferred from related foreign entities to work in the U.S. by filing a petition on behalf of such employees with the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services). The petition for an L-1 non-immigrant visa is generally filed for...
Read More
11
Oct

Crisis level delays in USCIS Processing Under Trump

October 11, 2019
The American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) analysed the recently published data on processing times of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) which has reached crisis level delays under the Trump administration in processing immigrant and non-immigrant petitions. These delays are having grave impact on families, vulnerable populations, and U.S. businesses that depend on timely adjudications. ...
Read More
11
Oct

H-1B RFEs – Understanding Key Issues

October 11, 2019
An RFE (Request for Evidence) has long been viewed as an unwelcome, and often times, onerous step as it adds uncertainty to, and prolongs, the visa application process.  In the past 2 years, employers have been seeing an increasing number of RFEs issued by the USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) in H-1B cases,...
Read More
11
Oct

USCIS finalizes changes to H-1B Lottery

October 11, 2019
DHS has announced a final rule for a more effective and efficient H-1B visa program. The final rule (1) adds a pre-registration process to the H-1B lottery, and (2) reverses the order in which the H-1B lottery is run to maximize the number of visas awarded to applicants with advanced degrees from U.S. colleges and...
Read More
1 … 4 5 6 7

Recent Comments

    DISCLAIMER: The rules of the Bar Council of India do not permit advertisement or solicitation by Advocates in any form or manner.

    This website www.lawquestinternational.com and the contents thereof are merely for informational purposes and not in the nature of solicitation or an advertisement. Similarly, any content posted by LawQuest on this website shall not be construed as legal advice. LawQuest takes no liability for consequences of any action taken by you relying on the content posted on this website.

    By visiting this website, you confirm and acknowledge that you have voluntarily sought the information relating to and/or posted by LawQuest and there has been no solicitation/advertisement/inducement by either LawQuest and/or its members.

    I AGREE TO PROCEED

    We are using cookies to give you the best experience. You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in privacy settings.
    AcceptPrivacy Settings

    • DISCLAIMER

    DISCLAIMER

    The rules of the Bar Council of India do not permit advertisement or solicitation by Advocates in any form or manner.

    This website www.lawquestinternational.com and the contents thereof are merely for informational purposes and not in the nature of solicitation or an advertisement. Similarly, any content posted by LawQuest on this website shall not be construed as legal advice. LawQuest takes no liability for consequences of any action taken by you relying on the content posted on this website.

    By visiting this website, you confirm and acknowledge that you have voluntarily sought the information relating to and/or posted by LawQuest and there has been no solicitation/advertisement/inducement by either LawQuest and/or its members.