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Updated Form I-9 and its Instructions

March 18, 2020Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new version of Form I–9, Employment Eligibility Verification which is used

Mar

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

March 12, 2020Lawquest AdminCovid-19, US Immigration

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...

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, 2020Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

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...

Mar

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

March 2, 2020Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

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...

Feb

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

February 24, 2020Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

On December 6, 2019, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will be implementing the online registration

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, 2020Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

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

Feb

H-1B Lottery- What is it?

February 3, 2020Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

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...

Dec

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

December 31, 2019Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

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...

Oct

Crisis level delays in USCIS Processing Under Trump

October 11, 2019Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

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. ...

Oct

H-1B RFEs – Understanding Key Issues

October 11, 2019Lawquest AdminUS Immigration

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,...

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