The U.S. State Department has just released the October 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the first Visa Bulletin for the FY2020 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is that [...]
An unfortunate fact about the current H-1B climate is the historically high request for evidence (“RFE”) and denial rates for H-1B petitions. Government data and research by many organizations (see National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the September 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the last Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the August 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the introduction [...]
The two weeks since the release of the July 2019 Visa Bulletin have created much confusion with in the FB-2A category and especially with respect to which dates would USCIS use in determining who can [...]
With a very few exceptions, an in-person interview with USCIS adjudicator is a required step in the review process for all employment and family I-485 adjustment of status and all N-400 naturalization applications. An interview is required for many [...]
Beginning June 10, 2019, New Zealand has been added as an E visa treaty country which makes its nationals eligible to obtain the E-2 treaty investor (and the E-1 treaty trader) visa classification (see Public Law 115-226). Spouses and unmarried [...]
The U.S. State Department has just released the July 2019 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the FY2019 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is [...]
Our readers and clients who have been involved in the H-1B program and especially over the last 12+ months must have experienced or at least heard about the "specialty occupation" requests for evidence (RFE) which have been and continue to be issued by USCIS. Our office has been receiving and handling numerous such RFEs [...]
Our readers and clients who have been involved in the H-1B program over the last couple of years (and especially those participating in the H-1B cap filing season) must have experienced or at least heard about the Wage Level I requests for evidence (RFE) which have been and continue to be issued by USCIS. [...]
