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July 2025 Visa Bulletin – Very Minor Forward Movement

The U.S. State Department has released the July 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the tenth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year.  The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the slowing forward movement (compared to last month) in almost all employment-based [...]

By |2025-06-19T17:37:14-04:00June 19th, 2025|Articles, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

Guide to H-1B Cap-Exempt Employers and How to Make Strong Case for Cap Exemption

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 [...]

By |2025-06-19T18:00:45-04:00June 14th, 2025|Articles, H-1B, News, News Alert|

June 2025 Visa Bulletin – Finally Some Forward Movement in EB-2/3 ROW and China

The U.S. State Department has released the June 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the ninth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year.  The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is that there is (finally!) some forward movement [...]

By |2025-05-15T13:33:35-04:00May 14th, 2025|Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

May 2025 Visa Bulletin – Stuck In the Mud and No Movement

The U.S. State Department has released the May 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year.  The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the lack of pretty much any movement across the [...]

By |2025-04-12T18:18:32-04:00April 11th, 2025|News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

H-1B Alternatives: What Are The Available Visa Options?

Many of our readers are aware that USCIS has received sufficient number of H-1B cap registrations to fill the annual H-1B quota and they have completed the random lottery to allocate the available visa numbers.  Selected registrants should already have been notified.  [...]

By |2026-03-29T17:58:08-04:00March 31st, 2025|Articles, Employees, Employers, H-1B, News|

Understanding the New Alien Registration Requirements: Who Must Register, Penalties for Non-Compliance, and Parental Responsibilities

On March 12, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) titled “Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration.” Under the new rule, starting April 11, 2025, non-U.S. citizens staying in [...]

By |2025-03-27T11:11:42-04:00March 27th, 2025|Articles, News, News Alert, Policy, Trump 2, USCIS|

April 2025 Visa Bulletin – Continuing Minor EB2/EB3 Advancement

The U.S. State Department has released the April 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year.  The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the continuing minor (1-1.5 months) forward movement in Final Action dates for [...]

By |2025-03-20T12:33:11-04:00March 20th, 2025|AOS, Articles, I-485, News, News Alert, Visa Bulletin|

The Visa Interview Waiver Process and Eligibility Explained

  The U.S. Department of State (DOS) rules require every nonimmigrant visa applicant between ages of 14 and 79 to apply in person and be interviewed by a consular officer (see 9 FAM 403.5-2 , the “FAM”).   But there are certain specific [...]

By |2025-09-11T12:22:33-04:00February 25th, 2025|Articles, News, News Alert, Travel, Visa Processing|

March 2025 Visa Bulletin – Minor EB2/EB3 India and China Advancement

The U.S. State Department has released the March 2025 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the fiscal year.  The headline in the month’s Visa Bulletin is the minor (1-1.5 months) forward movement in Final Action dates [...]

By |2025-02-13T07:38:18-05:00February 13th, 2025|News|

The F-1 OPT Cap-Gap Rule: Extension of Post-Completion OPT and F-1 Status for Eligible Students Applying for H-1B Cap

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 [...]

By |2025-01-30T12:56:09-05:00January 29th, 2025|Articles, F-1, H-1B, News, Students|

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