The U.S. State Department has released the November 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the second Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the fact that there is no movement at all in [...]
The Department of State has announced the DV-2026 Diversity Visa (a.k.a. “green card”) lottery dates. The dates for electronic entry submission for this year’s lottery are between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 2, 2024, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), on Thursday, November 7, 2024 (extended from the previous deadline on [...]
While few, if any, of our clients and readers spent too much time planning and celebrating, October 1st is an important date as it marks the beginning of the new government fiscal year. The beginning of [...]
October 1 is the first day of the government fiscal year and also the date when H-1B “cap” applicants in the U.S. have their status changed automatically to H-1B. This is a reminder that employees who may not have been [...]
Many of our readers know that the H-1B visa is a critical and very common work visa used routinely by U.S. employers to hire skilled foreign nationals. The H-1B visa has an annual cap for first-time visas set at 85,000 per year and it [...]
USCIS has updated the process for green card renewal applicants with a revised Form I-797, Notice of Action for Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card where applicants seek to renew an expiring green card. Starting September 2024, USCIS has extended the period during which a receipt notice will be valid for proof of lawful [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the October 2024 Visa Bulletin which is the first Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the fact that despite [...]
This year’s busy H-1B cap season included many H-1B employee candidates who hold F-1 status and who are employed in the U.S. pursuant to F-1 optional practical training (OPT) status. Out of these F-1 visa holders, many [...]
USCIS premium processing is a valuable service offered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency, designed to expedite the adjudication process for certain immigration applications. This article goes into the details of USCIS premium processing, outlining its benefits, eligibility criteria, and how it can be utilized to navigate the immigration process more [...]
USCIS has just completed the second round of the H-1B cap selection lottery and notified the selected applicants. The August 2024 selection round was due to the fact that a (significant) number of H-1B cap registrations [...]
