by admin | May 4, 2017 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General News, H-1B, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On May 3, 2017, USCIS announced that it has completed the data entry of all fiscal year 2018 H-1B CAP petitions that were selected. All H-1B CAP petitions that were not selected will begin to be returned. Unfortunately, the high volume of H-1B CAP filings prevents...
by admin | Apr 12, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On April 7, 2017, USCIS announced that the H-1B Cap for fiscal year 2018 had been reached. What this means is that USCIS received over 65,000 petitions for the congressionally mandated regular visa cap and over 20,000 petitions for the congressionally mandated...
by admin | Apr 12, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Non-Immigrant Visas
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its May 2017 Visa Bulletin. For the categories that are not current, there continues to be slow advancement for EB-2 and EB-3 categories. Notably, EB-2 India has made no advancement since the April 2017 Visa Bulletin....
by admin | Apr 3, 2017 | General News, H-1B, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
Beginning on April 3, 2017, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will take a more targeted approach when visiting worksites of H-1B petitioners and H-1B employees. As a part of an ongoing initiative to deter and detect H-1B fraud and abuse,...
by admin | Mar 16, 2017 | General News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its April 2017 Visa Bulletin. For the categories that are not current, there continues to be slow advancement for EB-2 and EB-3 categories. Notably, EB-3 India has made an advancement of 2 days after a period of no...
by admin | Mar 7, 2017 | General News, Immigration News, Latest News
On March 6, 2017, President Trump signed a newly revised Executive Order titled, “Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States.” The newly revised Executive Order is set to supersede the January 27, 2017 Executive Order and come...
by admin | Mar 5, 2017 | General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News
In light of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) recent immigration enforcement memoranda, additional scrutiny in all areas of immigration should be expected, particularly at the border. When traveling internationally, it is important for everyone to be...
by admin | Mar 4, 2017 | General News, H-1B, Immigration News
Yesterday, USCIS announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions beginning on April 3, 2017 for as long as six months. Importantly, this suspension will even apply to all FY2018 cap-subject H-1B petitions. This includes NEW...
by admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, H-1B, Immigrant Visas, Non-Immigrant Visas
The number of petitions that may be filed for this year’s H-1B 2018 Cap season is anticipated to surpass last year’s 236,000 applications. With the large pool of applicants, it is important to know how to keep yourself ahead of the game—or at least give yourself a...
by admin | Feb 15, 2017 | Immigration News
Many foreign nationals breathed a temporary sigh of relief when the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to lift the temporary restraining order placed on President Trump’s entry ban on February 9, 2017. However, the relief is temporary. A federal district...
