As a result of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 travel disruptions and border closures, many Visa Waiver Country nationals are in the United States within an ability to depart the U.S. before their 90-day authorized period of stay (I-94) expires. There are limited (but expanding) options for getting relief for Visa Waiver Country nationals stuck in the U.S. [...]
USCIS has just announced that March 20, 2020 they are immediately and temporarily suspending premium processing service for all Form I-129 and I-140 petitions until further notice due to the Coronavirus/Covid-19 pandemic. Immediate Suspension of ALL Premium Processing Services Effective today, March 20, 2020, USCIS will not accept any new requests for premium processing. They [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the April 2020 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of much forward movement [...]
USCIS has just announced that effective April 1, 2020, they are temporarily suspending premium processing for H-1B cap petitions which are selected under the H-1B lottery. Please note that this suspension applies only to H-1B cap petitions filed under the annual H-1B cap season and it is expected that the premium processing service will be reinstated for all cap [...]
In a surprising move, on March 11, 2020, President Trump issued a proclamation by which he is seeking to suspend travel to the U.S. from a number of European countries starting Friday, March 13, 2020 for a period of 30 days. During its release, this ban was labeled "total" and although it is very broad [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the March 2020 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the immediate [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the February 2020 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the very slow forward movement across the backlogged [...]
The new H-1B work visa “cap” season is set to begin with substantial changes to the process, the timelines and the chances for success. Over the past year or so, [...]
Spring and early summer are generally busy period for recent foreign college graduates as far as employment immigration is concerned. On one hand, foreign college graduates are either applying for their initial term OPT, their 24-month STEM extensions (if they qualify) or their H-1B work visas under the H-1B cap. Our office fields many questions [...]
Ever since USCIS started requiring interviews for employment-based I-485 adjustment of status applications in October of 2017, a very common question, especially nationals of India and China whose priority dates are not current is, "What happens to my I-485 after the interview and until my priority date is current?" Interviewed I-485 Cases Normally Transferred to [...]
