Plan/ Schedule to apply H1B visa FY 2013

February 8, 2012
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If you are planning to work in America on H1B visa, it is very important that you plan the process as it could get hectic at the eleventh hour. If you currently work for a company and the same company is sponsoring your H1B visa, your immigration attorney would be behind you with proper planning [...]

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Change of Status (COS) – F1, H1B, L1, H4, L2, F2 – FAQs – All you need to Know !

January 28, 2012
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What is Change of Status? When an immigrant enters US, that alien is given a visa category. This is mentioned in the I-94 that is issued at PoE (Port of Entry). Immigration laws allow the alien to move from one visa category to another (say from H-4 to H-1 or F-1 to H-1 or L-1 [...]

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The Beast called 221g – Process and FAQs

January 28, 2012
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Any person planning to travel to US has to go through an interview process at the US embassy/consulate, and as part of the interview process, the officer reviews all the submitted document and information and makes the call whether to approve or reject the visa. As part of the process, they often issue 221g when [...]

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Good Bye 2011 ! What to expect in 2012 ?

December 31, 2011
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It has been quite some time, since I have written an article. Well, I don’t have any excuses…Life and Luck has not smiled much at me in Year 2011…Hope it changes in 2012… Status of our Blog in 2011 Unfortunately, I have not been able to contribute much to the blog in year 2011 due [...]

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Flash News : H1B visa FY 2012 Cap reached. Next filing April 1, 2012

November 23, 2011
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USCIS  released a press note saying that they have received enough number  of H1B petitions for fiscal year (FY) 2012. i.e, they have notified that  November 22, 2011, will be  the final receipt date for H1B petitions filed towards FY 2012 quota.  Also, as you know, Masters degree quota cap was reached on October 19, [...]

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Travel, Stay, Lessons – H1B visa Stamping experience 2011 in Chennai

October 18, 2011
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One of our awesome readers, Karthik, shared his H1B visa stamping experience in detail with lot of information about travel, stay and preparation. Firstly, Congrats to Karthik and Thanks to him for taking time to write and share his experience with our readers. You can share yours as well here I’ve been following this website [...]

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Choosing MBA School – Brand vs Program, Faculty, Cost. MBA Goal ?

August 18, 2011
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When you plan to apply for MBA program at a Business school in America, you hear people giving you all sorts of advice for choosing the school. Most of them would advice you to get an MBA from an Ivy league Business school like Harvard or from a top 10 B-school like  Stanford…but it many [...]

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August 15th, H1B visa 2012 – 3500 filings in 2 weeks. Bad US Economy !

August 15, 2011
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If you were wondering why there wasn’t an update on H1B visa FY 2012 cap numbers last week, the fact is that USCIS did not update them. Anyways, just now, USCIS updated H1B cap count numbers, here are the numbers since last update by USCIS. They have released cap count considering all petitions filed until [...]

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L1A Visa Stamping Experience 2011, Chennai

August 7, 2011
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Recently a good friend of mine, Babu attended L1A visa stamping at Chennai. He was kind enough to write up and share his experience with our readers. Thanks to Babu ! Background L1-A Visa stamping I am a resident of Hyderabad, since there were no dates available in Hyderabad so I went to Chennai Consulate [...]

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Apply L2 Visa EAD card – Documents Checklist, Sample Cover letter

August 6, 2011
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One of my very good friend Babu applied to get EAD Card for his wife, who is on L2 Visa and got it successfully without any issues.  One of our blog readers asked few questions regarding the same. He was kind enough to answer them and share the sample cover letter template. Thanks to Babu [...]

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