by admin | Feb 19, 2019 | F-1/M-1, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, L-1, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will implement a revised edition of Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status beginning on March 11, 2019. The revised Form I-539 will require the following: Every...
by admin | Feb 19, 2019 | General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News
After a government shutdown that lasted for 35 days, President Trump signed a fiscal year 2019 spending bill on February 15, 2019 that was passed by Congress. Specifically regarding immigration, the spending bill provided funding for the Department of Homeland...
by admin | Feb 15, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. Back on September 11, 2018, USCIS had announced that it was extending a previously...
by admin | Feb 15, 2019 | Bulletin, Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, Immigrant Visas, Immigration News, Latest News
The Department of State (DOS) has issued its March 2019 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, there were steady advancements for all priority dates. EB-1-Worldwide: China: Priority date of February 22, 2017 (Advancement of 14 days) India: ...
by admin | Feb 13, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
The H-1B cap season for fiscal year 2020 will begin on Monday, April 1, 2019. As expected in previous years, the H-1B cap demand is anticipated to be high this cap season as well. How can H-1B employers prepare for this H-1B cap season? H-1B employers should reach out...
by admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, L-1, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas, Visas
Beginning on March 1, 2019, the United States State Department will only conduct H and L visa interviews in China at three locations: the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, and the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai. As such, H and L visa interviews...
by admin | Feb 6, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
Since March 2015, the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) program for spouses of H-1B beneficiaries (H-4) has been in place, offering H-4 spousal work authorization. However, in early 2017, the Trump Administration announced its intentions to review and reconsider...
by admin | Feb 1, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
On Thursday, January 31, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted for public inspection a final rule that will make significant changes to the H-1B cap process. As mentioned in a previous article, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services...
by admin | Jan 30, 2019 | Employment Based Immigrant Visa, General Immigration, General News, H-1B, Immigration News, Latest News, Non-Immigrant Visas
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will be resuming premium processing services for pending FY 2019 H-1B cap cases starting on Monday, January 28. Since April 2, 2018, premium processing had been suspended for FY 2019 H-1B...
by admin | Jan 29, 2019 | General Immigration, General News, Immigration News, Latest News
The United States Senate and House of Representatives passed a spending measure that temporarily ended the partial government shutdown through February 15, 2019. As mentioned in previous articles, a handful of immigration functions were affected by the partial...
