Satheesh Kumar Ilu 
If you live in US on a Non-immigrant Visa like H1B, F1, L1, etc. there are many situations, where you will say people talking about “being in lawful status”, “going out of status”, “being in period of authorized stay”, or “accruing unlawful presence”…It is important to understand the differences so that you can maintain your …
Many of the H1B visa applicants, who filed in FY 2020 quota have been waiting for their results. Some have been lucky to get picked in the H1B Visa Lottery, where as some have been unlucky. Many of the unlucky ones are still waiting for the results from USCIS regarding their H1B Visa 2020 Petition…One …
Any Bill introduced in the US Congress to become a law in the US needs to go through certain steps in the US House and US Senate and then go to the President to be signed for becoming a law in the US. This article covers all the topics like who can introduce a …
If you live, work in America on a non-immigrant visa such as H1B Visa, L1 Visa and plan to apply for green card to become permanent resident in US, per country numerical limitation or cap is an important factor that determine how soon you will get your green card. Many efforts have been made in …
Earlier today a piece of news story was reported by Reuters on setting 15% H1B cap by country and very specifically India due to the trade tensions and tariffs. Based on that one piece of news by Reuters, many media agencies picked that up and the same is republished based on that. I recall the …
Since 2019, as most of you know, after the new I539 form for H4 extension/ COS with Biometrics, there was a huge delay in the H4 processing times. Even if you were to file an H4 extension or Change of Status(COS), concurrently with H1B in premium processing, the delays were the same. In the past, …
As many of you know with the introduction of New I-539 Form with biometrics for H4 Holders, the processing time for H4 visa extensions and Change of Status applications has drastically increased, even if they are filed with H1B in premium processing. While, there is no legal requirement that USCIS has to process H4 and …
Many of you are going through the H1B process for the first time, as you applied for H1B Visa 2020 Season earlier in April. Some of you may be wondering, how does an H1B approval notice look like ? What information does it have ? How does the official approval look like ? How does …
Since the New I-539 form with Biometrics this year, many of you have been waiting for H4 Approval timelines and we absolutely had no data. Our reader community have been actively contributing their experiences in comments and many user directly to us, you can check all of it at : H4 Extension Biometrics Experiences with …
In 2018, the Trump Administration published a regulation to increase the overall screening and vetting process. The regulation included options such as asking additional social media questions from applicants when completing US Visa Online Applications, such as DS-160 and DS-260 forms. Since then, when anyone plans to apply for a US Visa, they are mandated to fill …