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USCIS to Accept October 2018 Visa Bulletin “Filing Dates” – I-485 Filing Opportunity for India and China

In a somewhat surprising move, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) have announced that for October 2018 they will accept the “Filing Dates” for employment-based I-485 applications.    This means that a number [...]

By |2018-09-20T16:10:42-04:00September 20th, 2018|AOS, Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS Increases I-907 Premium Processing Filing Fee Starting October 1, 2018

The Department of Homeland Security has announced that they are increasing the I-907 premium processing service filing fee to $1,410.   The new premium processing filing fee increase will become effective for all requests mailed, postmarked or otherwise filed on [...]

By |2018-09-06T11:34:59-04:00September 6th, 2018|Articles, Employers, Fees, H-1B, I-140, News, News Alert|

USCIS Temporarily Suspends Premium Processing of Most H-1B Petitions

USCIS has announced that effective September 11, 2018, they are temporarily suspending premium processing for most H-1B petitions until February 19, 2019.   All H-1B new employment, transfers and amendments filed with the California or Vermont Service Centers are affected.   Only H-1B [...]

By |2018-08-28T14:35:55-04:00August 28th, 2018|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

H-4 EAD Update: Plans to Rescind H-4 EAD Remain, Timing Uncertain

What is the status of the H-4 EAD rescission rule?  This is a very common question we have been hearing over the past months and, unfortunately, while the government still appears intent on rescinding the H-4 EAD work permit, [...]

By |2018-08-23T10:36:27-04:00August 23rd, 2018|Articles, H-4 EAD, News, News Alert|

Visa Bulletin Update: EB-1 Cutoff Date to Remain for Few Months; EB-2/3 India to Recover in October

Our office has obtained an updated set of expected cutoff date movements over the next several months as we end fiscal year 2018 on September 30, 2018 and enter the fiscal year 2019.  [...]

By |2018-08-17T13:21:14-04:00August 17th, 2018|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

September 2018 Visa Bulletin – EB-2 and EB-3 ROW Cutoff Date Introduced; EB-2/3 India Further Retrogression

The U.S. State Department has just released the September 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the last Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the cutoff [...]

By |2018-08-17T13:27:26-04:00August 9th, 2018|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

August 2018 Visa Bulletin – EB-1 ROW Cutoff Date; EB-3 China Advances Significantly; No Movement for EB-2/3 India

The U.S. State Department has just released the August 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the eleventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is [...]

By |2018-07-17T03:49:17-04:00July 15th, 2018|EB-2, EB-3, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

July 2018 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 China Retrogression; EB2/3 India Advance Notably

The U.S. State Department has just released the July 2018 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the FY2018 fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is the significant retrogression in EB-3 China [...]

By |2018-06-21T12:44:45-04:00June 15th, 2018|AOS, Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

USCIS Changes Policy on Unlawful Presence Trigger for F, J and M Nonimmigrants

Update (May 3, 2019):  The Policy Memorandum has been blocked by a preliminary injunction. In a Policy Memorandum dated May 10, 2018 and effective as of August 9, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is changing the way it treats non-immigrants who are in the U.S. on F, J and M status and, specifically, [...]

By |2019-05-09T08:27:28-04:00May 16th, 2018|Articles, F-1, News, News Alert, Students|

USCIS Completes Data Entry and Receipting of H-1B Cap Petitions for FY2019

Many of our readers are aware that as of April 6, 2018, USCIS had received a sufficient number of H-1B cap-subject petitions to fill the annual H-1B quota (total of 190,000 cap applications). As USCIS has been issuing receipt notices for the H-1B cap cases which are being selected for processing, we wanted to provide [...]

By |2018-05-15T16:22:48-04:00May 15th, 2018|Articles, Employers, H-1B, News, News Alert|

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