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On June 26, 2018, in a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled to uphold ...
July Visa Bulletin 2018 : Noteworthy Movement for EB-2 and EB-3 India, Substantial Retrogression for EB-3 China
Every month, the United States Department of State releases a visa bulletin that informs immigrant ...
Visa Bulletin June 2018
Earlier this month, the Department of State released the June visa bulletin. The monthly visa ...
Policy Memo to Change Rules Regarding Unlawful Presence for F, J & M Nonimmigrants
On Tuesday, May 11, 2018, the USCIS published a memo that may change how unlawful ...
H-1B Policy Memo Unlawful, Claims Lawsuit
A lawsuit filed on May 1 with the US District Court for the District of ...
Visa Bulletin For May 2018: EB-3 India Sees a substantial Surge, EB-1 China/India Remains The Same
Released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) in April, the May 2018 visa bulletin ...
Although Demand Is Still Strong, Number Of H-1b Petitions For FY 2019 Drops
As announced by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, on April 12, for the second ...
Visa Bulletin for April 2018: EB-3 India Advances Forward Considerably, Cutoff Date Imposed on EB-1 China (Mainland) and India
The Visa Bulletin for April 2018 was made available on March 9, 2018, by the ...
DACA Expiration Date Set by Trump Passes with an Air of Uncertainty
Last year in September, the Trump administration decided to end DACA giving Congress up to ...
Rise In H-1B RFEs Affects U.S. Companies
In 2017, the number of RFEs (request for additional evidence) issued by USCIS have seen ...
Understanding the Monthly Visa Bulletin USA
The United States Department of State releases the monthly visa bulletin. Every month, many foreign ...
February 2018 Visa Bulletin: Modest Advancements
The February 2018 Visa bulletin showed modest movement just like the previous months. There are ...
January 2018 Visa Bulletin: Moderate Movement of Cutoff Dates
Overall movement in the January 2018 Visa Bulletin is modest. China (mainland born) and Other ...
December 2017 Visa Bulletin Movements | Predictions & Analysis
On November 13, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the visa bulletin for December ...
Donald Trump DACA-What Is DACA, The Program Trump Seeks To End?
On September 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced their decision to end the DACA program ...
Understanding the B Visitor Visa: How to Acquire a B-1 or B-2 Visitor Visa ?
The B visa is a non-immigrant visa that the United States government issues to foreign ...
E-3 Visa-Understanding the USA E-3 work Visa Process for Australian
The E-3 classification is a nonimmigrant worker visa program, which is only available to Australian ...
Donald Trump’s Travel Ban: U.S Supreme Court Partially Upholds The Travel Ban
President Trump’s executive order barring foreign nationals of certain countries from entering the United States ...
The Diversity Green Card Lottery-Still One The Best U.S Immigration Programs
On the 2nd of May 2017, fourteen million anxious individuals all around the globe including ...
Donald Trump Signs Executive Order On H-1B Visas To Buy American, Hire American
One of the main selling points of President Trump’s campaign was his vow to reduce ...
Reasons For The Decrease In H-1B Visa Filing
Introduction To many, it comes as no surprise that there has been a decrease in ...
Federal Judges Halt Donald Trump’s Revised Travel Ban
A nationwide order issued by Judge Derrick K. Watson on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, temporarily ...
US President Donald Trump Signs New Travel Ban Executive Order
In response to the suspension of the executive order signed in January, the president signed ...
Developments Regarding President Donald Trump’s Travel Ban In USA
President Donald Trump may not have been in office for long, but he has stirred ...
President Trump’s Executive Order concerning Immigration & Limiting Refugees into the United States
What is it about? On Friday, 27th January, the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. ...
USCIS Announces Highly Anticipated Final International Entrepreneur Parole Rule
On Friday, January 13, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially announced the final International ...
H-1B Cap For FY-2018 Opens On April 1 2017
April 1stis fast approaching. This is the earliest date on which employers can start filing ...
USCIS Announces Extension of The Parole for Immediate Relatives of U.S Citizens
The USCIS’s decision to the extension of the parole program’s eligibility to include immediate relatives ...
US Immigration Visa Predictions For 2017
The Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State releases the visa bulletin (this ...
DHS Final Rule on Retention of Immigrant Workers & Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers
Analysis And Overview Of The Changes And System Fixes The United States Citizenship and Immigration ...
The Impact Of United States Presidential Election, 2016 On Immigration
When it became clear last Tuesday Donald trump was most likely going to be the ...
Understanding the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program
What Is An EB-5 Visa? Established 1990 as the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program by Congress ...
Implications Of A Hillary Clinton Or Donald Trump Presidency On US Immigration Policies
With the U.S presidential elections almost here, the whole world watches to see who will ...
Understanding The H-1B Requirements & H-1B Visa Cap
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa issued by the United States, and allows U.S. ...
DHS Proposed Rule On Parole For Foreign Start-Up Entrepreneurs: Potential Benefits & Limitations
Although immigrants make up just about 13% of the population of the United States, over ...
October 2016 US Visa Bulletin Movements
This is the analysis of the current trends and the future projections for the several ...
Changes to Visa Bulletin Allow for Early Filing of Permanent Residence Applications
On September 9, 2015, the Department of State and USCIS jointly announced new procedures of ...
Short-term Placement of H-1B Nonimmigrants
In continuance with our discussion on filing H-1b amended petition when there is change in work ...
Short-term Placement of H-1B nonimmigrants
In continuance with our discussion on filing H-1b amended petition when there is a change ...
New Guidance Filing Amended H-1B Petitions for change in work site
USCIS Guidance on When to File an Amended H-1B Petition after the Simeio Solutions Decision ...
USCIS Alert: Premium Processing Temporarily Suspending for H-1B Extensions
Starting May 26, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will temporarily suspend premium processing ...
DHS Extends Eligibility For Employment Authorization To Certain H-4
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director León Rodríguez announced today that, effective ...
President announced Immigration Reform
On November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions to crack down ...
President Obama to Announce Immigration Actions Tomorrow November 20th at 8 pm (ET)
President Obama will give a live address tomorrow at 8 pm (ET) to lay out the ...
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill and Its H-1B Provisions
The CIR bill was introduced in the Senate yesterday, if the bill passes in its ...
Work Authorization For Certain H-4 Dependents – DHS
A welcome news for H-4 dependent spouses, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced ...
USCIS Reaches FY 2015 H-1B Cap – Updates
USCIS announced on April 7 that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions ...
Deductions from H-1B Nonimmigrant’s Wage
The H-1B visa is one of the nonimmigrant work visas that allow US employers to ...
August Visa Bulletin – Good News For India Applicants Under Second Preference
The US Department of State (USDOS) has published August Visa Bulletin. Every month, the USDOS ...
FY 2015 H-1B Cap Reached – USCIS
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number ...
Immigration Services during Government Shutdown
The United States government is experiencing its first shutdown after 1996. It means that hundreds ...
H-1B Quota for FY 2014 / H-1B Lottery System Procedures
As you all know the H-1B season is fast approaching, the H-1B Quota for FY ...
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
After putting Immigration issues on a back burner in his first term, Mr. Obama in ...
H-1B Cap for FY 2014 has been reached. No more petitions will be accepted after today 4/5/2013.
The H-1B cap has reached as per an official announcement by USCIS today afternoon. They ...
Visa Interview Waiver Program
As part of President Obama’s initiative to reduce travel restrictions and increase tourism, early this ...
CBP to Rollout New Arrival/Departure Record Process for Foreign Visitors
Come April 30, 2013, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will roll out new ...
DHS Announcement-Deferred Action for Certain Young Immigrants
On June 15, 2012, DHS announced that certain young people who entered the U.S. before ...
H-1B Cap Count for FY 2013
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it continues to accept H-1B nonimmigrant petitions that ...
FY 2012 H-1B Cap Count
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ICE Raid Targets University of Northern Virginia
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided the Annandale offices of the University of Northern Virginia ...
USCIS Initiatives to Promote Startup Enterprises and Spur Job Creation
On Aug. 2, 2011, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas ...
H-1B Count as of Apr 8 -USCIS Continues to Accept H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitions
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it continues to accept H-1B nonimmigrant petitions ...