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 | Jul 19, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
As noted in a previous article, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a revised Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, and a new Form I-539A, Supplemental Information for Application to Extend/Change...
by admin | Jul 19, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
According to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), H-1B denials have skyrocketed since fiscal year (FY) 2015. Analyzing data from USCIS’s H-1B Employer Data Hub, NFAP found that denial rates for new H-1B petitions have quadrupled between FY 2015...
by admin | Jul 12, 2019 | Bulletin, Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its August 2019 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, there is a significant backlog worldwide for EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3. EB-1-Worldwide: China: Priority date of July 1, 2016 (Regression of 312 days) India: ...
by admin | Jul 11, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, Family Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News
On July 10, 2019, the House passed a bill that would eliminate the per-country cap on green cards, which would mean that the amount of time any new applicant waits for a green card would be equalized, regardless of where the applicant was born. Under current...