Satheesh Kumar Ilu 
Starting from Today, October 15th, 2019, US Department of State will apply new public charge rule guidelines to assess all visa stampings done at US Consulates and Embassies across the world. In short, from today, the Consular Officer or Visa officer assessing your US Visa application, during visa interview, will evaluate your application based on …
As many of you know the Public Charge Rule impacting H1B, H4, F1, L1 and many other visa holders is set to be effective from October 15th, 2019. In fact, USCIS even released new forms like I-539 with Public Charge info. In the past couple of months, we had over a dozen lawsuits nationwide. After …
As many of you know, USCIS in mid Aug 2019, released the final version of the Public Charge rule that impacts H1B, H4, L1, F1 visa holders, including many other visa types. It is set to be effective from October 15th, 2019. USCIS has released new version of the forms late yesterday. If you are …
Earlier today H4 EAD lawsuit case oral argument was held at 9:30 AM EST. Below is the summary, key argument points. If you need background, you can read H4 EAD Lawsuit History article to get details on the timeline. First, Save Jobs USA got the chance to present their case. Below are the key points …
Let’s quickly look at the background of both HR 1044 and S.386 Bills and their history before we jump into the amendment for your context. History of HR 1044 Bill History, S 386 Bills : Back in early July 2019, HR 1044 Bill to Remove Per Country Limits was passed in House and was introduced …
If you are applying for a US Visa for the first time, you need to apply for Biometrics & In-person Visa Interview appointments. But, if you are applying for its renewal, a biometrics appointment and interview appointment are not required; you just need an appointment to submit relevant documents. In the past, before September 2019, …
Since the introduction of the New I-539 Form with Biometrics, many of the H4 Visa Holders, who have filed H4 extensions / Change of Status along with their spouse’s H1B Petition in premium processing, have been waiting for their petition decision…Majority of them applied for H4 EAD, and were waiting for decision to continue working …
Any foreigner planning to go to America needs to get a US Visa at an American Consulate/ Embassy in their home country. If they are applying for a Non-immigrant Visa, then the US Visa/ Consular Officer would look at the intent of the visa applicant, if it is either non-immigrant or immigrant and either issue …
Couple of users went through H1B, H4 visa stampings and some good tips regarding things like smart watch, issues with DS-160, fixing them that are good to know. Thanks a lot to our readers Aswin and Anonymous (for privacy) for taking time to share their detail visa stamping Experiences with community. We appreciate it ! …
USCIS, DHS published final version of the ‘Public Charge’ rule, officially titled “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds” in late 2019. But it was blocked by many courts until late January 2020. After Supreme Court Judgment on Public Charge rule lawsuit, USCIS announced that it will be effective from February 24, 2020. In the public charge …