by admin | Aug 21, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On August 15, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has finished returning all H-1B petitions that were unselected for the FY 2020 cap. Petitioners should receive their returned petitions with filing fee checks by...
by admin | Aug 21, 2019 | Bulletin, Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its September 2019 Visa Bulletin, which has been reproduced below. However, during the Department of State Liaison Committee’s August 16, 2019 monthly check-in with Charlie Oppenheim, the committee was made aware that the...
by admin | Aug 13, 2019 | General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On Monday, August 12, 2019, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a final rule that clearly defines the long-standing public charge inadmissibility law. According to section 212(a)(4) of the...
by admin | Aug 9, 2019 | General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’s (USCIS) director, Ken Cuccinelli, announced on August 9, 2019 that agency will close all of its international field offices except for seven. Currently, USCIS has 20 field offices worldwide, including in...
by admin | Aug 2, 2019 | F-1/M-1, General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) unit of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has officially launched on-site inspections of the STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) employment of certain F-1 trainees. The purpose of these...
