by admin | Jun 28, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has submitted a proposal to impose a fee on employers who register for the H-1B cap starting next year. Under current rules, an employer that submits an H-1B cap petition is subject to the following fees: Form I-129 filing...
by admin | Jun 20, 2019 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The Department of State is now requiring visa applicants to disclose five years of social media and contact history. These new questions related to social media use, prior email addresses, and prior phone numbers have been added to the Forms DS-160 and DS-260, the...
by admin | May 24, 2019 | General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
USCIS has completed data entry for all fiscal year (FY) 2020 H-1B cap-subject petitions that were selected in the computer-generated random selection process. USCIS will begin returning all H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected and will issue an...
by admin | May 10, 2019 | F-1/M-1, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
In August 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a memorandum that altered agency policy regarding the calculation of unlawful presence for F, J, and M nonimmigrants and their dependents. A federal district court judge has...
by admin | May 3, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
A new Presidential Memorandum directs the Department of State (DOS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide recommendations to tighten B-1 and B-2 visitor visa enforcement. Specifically, the Memorandum directs DOS and DHS to do the following:...
by admin | Apr 19, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) provided additional guidance about the adjudication of spousal petitions involving minors. The guidance instructs USCIS officers to conduct an additional interview for certain I-130 spousal petitions...
