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October 2019 Visa Bulletin – Mixed Bag of Recovery and Delays; First Bulletin for New Fiscal Year

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 [...]

By |2019-09-18T08:06:19-04:00September 18th, 2019|AOS, Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

What to Do After H-1B Petition Denial: How and When to Submit I-290B MTR/Appeals?

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) [...]

By |2019-09-21T15:40:51-04:00September 15th, 2019|Articles, News, News Alert|

September 2019 Visa Bulletin – Retrogression and Unavailability for Many EB Categories; Last Bulletin for Fiscal Year

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 [...]

By |2019-08-15T21:18:32-04:00August 15th, 2019|AOS, Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

August 2019 Visa Bulletin – Cutoff Dates for EB-2 and EB-3 ROW; Additional Retrogression for EB-1

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 [...]

By |2019-07-11T15:23:25-04:00July 11th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS Reverses Position on FB-2A: Will Use Final Action with “Current” Dates Allowing I-485 Filings

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 [...]

By |2019-06-30T17:10:08-04:00June 30th, 2019|Articles, News, News Alert, USCIS, Visa Bulletin|

Should I Bring an Attorney With Me to the USCIS Interview?

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 [...]

By |2019-06-28T10:28:13-04:00June 28th, 2019|Articles, News, News Alert, USCIS|

July 2019 Visa Bulletin – FB-2A is Current Allowing I-485 Filings; EB China Advances Well While EB India Unchanged

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 [...]

By |2019-06-30T16:39:20-04:00June 13th, 2019|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

How to Handle Specialty Occupation H-1B RFEs?

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 [...]

By |2020-02-18T21:26:26-05:00May 29th, 2019|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

How to Handle Wage Level I H-1B 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.   [...]

By |2019-05-30T09:57:43-04:00May 28th, 2019|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert|

H-1B Cap Data Entry and Receipting Completed

Many of our readers are aware that as of April 5, 2019, USCIS had received a sufficient number of H-1B cap-subject petitions to fill the annual fiscal year (FY) 2020 H-1B quota (total of 201,000 cap applications). USCIS has just announced that as of May 17, 2019 they have completed the intake process and the [...]

By |2019-05-17T14:52:55-04:00May 17th, 2019|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

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