USCIS started accepting H1B registrations for the fiscal year(FY) 2024, starting on March 1st, 2023, and it ended on March 20th, 2023. It was initially supposed to end on March 17th, 2023, but they extended it due to some system issues during one of the days. Many of you might be curious about the H1B …
USCIS continues to implement the premium processing options for various types of applications filed with them, which was part of the HR 8337 bill, which passed in October 2020. They announced on March 6th, 2023 that they are making premium processing available for F1 students applying for OPT and STEM OPT. The original Sep 2020 …
Despite the recent continuous tech layoffs, America is still the destination for high-skilled workers to pursue their professional careers. Getting an H1B Visa to work in the US is the biggest challenge and uncertainty many international students and professionals face today. The demand for H1B visas continues to soar every year, with over 484,000 H1B …
As many of you know, if you want to apply for a US Visa renewal, you need to exit America and get the US Visa Stamping done either in your home country or another country that allows third-country nationals to get stamping in their country. Due to long visa appointment wait times across the world, …
USCIS released a press note today indicating they will accept registrations for H1B cap-subject petitions for H1B Visa 2024 season starting from March 1st. In this article, we will summarize the key points from the press release, what to expect and how the overall process would work for H1B Fiscal Year 2024 season. If you …
The US Department of State announced a waiver of US Visa interviews for certain non-immigrants back in Dec 2021 that lasted until December 31st, 2022. Today, they made a significant announcement extending the same until December 31st, 2023. This article will summarize the key points from today’s US Department of State press release. Background: US …
In the last few weeks, there were some massive layoffs in the tech industry like Twitter(3000 jobs) , Salesforce(1000), Stripe (1000+), etc. The macroeconomic factors are not favorable and companies are cutting back on costs. Many people save money for black swan events like these. But, sadly, money does not help non-immigrant visa holders on …
As most of you know H1B Visa is one of the most sought temporary work visas and there was a tremendous amount of demand for fiscal year(FY) 2023 with a whopping 484K H1B Registrations submitted. As with everything else in life, not everyone plays a fair game and there are few who try to take …
As most of you know, in the past, if you qualify for an interview waiver or dropbox appointment, there was no direct way to change the appointment to regular to apply for an expedited or emergency appointment. The US Embassy in India suggested that you had to answer a question wrong to change that to …
Earlier today, there was a Facebook Live session with the Head of US Consulates in India Mr. Don Heflin. In that session, he outlined the US Embassy & Consulates’ current situation and plans for the rest of 2022 and 2023. In this article, we will summarize the key points and guidance given by him regarding …