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US district court: Spouses of H-1B visa holders aren’t entitled to automatic renewal of work permitsTo mitigate the difficulties arising owing decades-long green-card backlog for those immigrants from certain countries, such as India, the ...
- Indian nationals formed the biggest chunk of EB-5 applicants in FY19
The EB-5 investor program provides US citizenship to applicants once they invest $900,000 in any of a few specific opportunities. The inves...
- US to allow faster processing for certain categories of visas and green card
The HR 8377 Bill provides for funding to allow the federal government to continue to operate till December 11. A part of the bill, Emergenc...
- H-1B: US judge stops USCIS from implementing visa fee hike
Under the new rules, filing fees for H-1B high skill visas would increase by 21% to $555 and those for L1 visas by 75% to $850. In what wou...
- USCIS issues temporary relaxation for H-1B spouses waiting for work authorisation cards
However, inordinate printing delays in issue of EAD cards and settlement of a class action lawsuit initiated by an Indian citizen, has led ...
- Lawsuit challenging US non-immigration visa fee hike filed in US district court
“USCIS’ dramatic fee increases will immediately devastate vulnerable populations and our organizational plaintiffs who serve them. The plan...
- H-1B visa approvals soar to highest in quarter to June since Trump became President
The data is for the quarter ended June 30, days after Trump suspended new non-immigrant visas, including the H-1B and L-1, through a Presid...
- New executive plan? Donald Trump offers confusion, contradictions on immigration order
The latest confusion about Trump's thinking started with a Telemundo interview earlier this month in which the president said he would soon...
- US has just over 580,000 H-1B visa holders, says USCIS
The H-1B population size has come under the scanner recently with unemployment levels in the US increasing on account of the coronavirus in...
- H-1B seekers don't have to give detailed info of work stint
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which administers the country's immigration system, will stop asking H-1B v...
- H-1B electronic registration process completed, says USCIS
The petitions were randomly selected from the registrations submitted properly and petitioners will be notified no later than March 31, ...
- USCIS announces H-1B registration account creation
Representatives may add clients to their accounts at any time, but both representatives and registrants must wait until March 1 at noon Eas...
- At 18,607, USCIS denied fewer H-1B visas in Q1 of FY20
The USCIS follows an October-September financial year. The USCIS, which administers the visa process, said it had received 77,899 new petit...
- At 18,607, USCIS denied fewer H-1B visas in Q1 of FY20
The USCIS follows an October-September financial year. The USCIS, which administers the visa process, said it had received 77,899 new petit...
- 23 per cent petitions seeking H1-B visas were denied in 2019: MEA
According to H-1B petition statistics of the USCIS, 84.8 per cent of the total H-1B petitions processed and completed in Fiscal Year 2019 (...
- US okayed more H-1B visas this year despite stricter scrutiny
The US has approved a higher number of H-1B applications (both for initial visas and visa extensions for continued employment) this year, s...
- H-1B premium processing starts from June 10
USCIS announced that the immigration agency will offer premium processing in a two-phased approach to better manage these requests.
- June to heighten job worries for H-1B spouses
The Obama administration had introduced a rule known as H-4 EAD rule in May 2015, largely to help deal with a massive green card backlog fo...
- US restricts job options for international STEM students under OPT extension
International students are eligible for a 12 month optional practical training (OPT) under which they can work in the US.
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