Satheesh Kumar Ilu 
Since Trump Administration took office, they have put in more policies for H1B compliance, including Executive order of Buy American, Hire American that had brought in more and more scrutiny of the H1B petitions and practices by H1B employers regarding usage of H1B program, including more USCIS Administrative Site Visits for H1B program compliance. As …
If you are in the US as an F1 student and working in either OPT or STEM OPT, it is critical for you to have the ability to drive to work or move around. Many of the OPT students, who have applied for an H1B Petition with USCIS and were picked in the H1B lottery, …
Many of the foreign working professionals in US on non-immigrant visas such as H1B visa or L1 visa usually apply for Green Card to become permanent resident in US. Per country numerical limits for issuance of green cards is one of the biggest factors that determines how soon they will be able to get their …
The demand for H1B visas in the US continues to be at its peak, with a continuous H1B lottery every year, over the last 10 years. According to the USCIS H1B data for their FY 2024 annual report, there were 427,091 H1B petitions filed with USCIS, indicating the total H1B holders working in the US. This …
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, …