Satheesh Kumar Ilu 
I heard so many things from my friends, who worked in India, that corporate life in India is much different from America…I never had a chance to experience it as I left to America right after my undergrad…incidentally, our company has off-shore development center in India and I am here in India experiencing the corporate …
Not everyone are lucky to get H1B visa stamping at first attempt…Some of you might have got 221(g) query from the Visa Consular officer ( blue, white, yellow) asking to submit documents. The most frustrating thing about 221(g) blue form is that there is no way to track your application…You just have to wait….it can …
Students planning to apply for Spring 2012 would be wondering what would be an ideal plan to apply for next Spring….Last year, I have spent quite some time trying to explain the deadlines and give a sample plan. You must read this article :Application Deadlines Spring, Plan – MS in USA . Uing the same …
Many of the H1B visa petitioners ( employers) and the employees are curious about what exactly happens at the USCIS service center after a H1B visa application is submitted. Let me share with you the high level process on USCIS’s side as mentioned by them. Steps at USCIS Service Center after Submitting H1B Petition : …
When I first moved to America for education, I lived in the south…after my education I moved to Midwest for work…I lived in quite a few states and also traveled to quite a few states…every state is different, the lifestyle of locals is different…Let me share some of my experiences and explain how to mingle …
USCIS gives a set of guidelines to petitioners explaining the steps to be followed by them to avoid rejections or issuance of RFE ( request for evidence). USCIS keeps adding new guidelines or modifying existing ones. Below is the list of those guidelines. It is very important for employers and employees to know these rules …
As I got a 221(g) query for H1B Visa stamping at Chennai, they gave me a blue form with list of documents to submit. My original perception about drop box was that there would be a dropbox and you just drop off your documents packet in that box…Guess what ? There is nothing as such… …
USCIS did a press release on Friday about accepting H1B visa petitions for Fiscal year 2012. Nothing has drastically changed from the H1B visa 2011 press release. Summary of the press release by USCIS for H1B visa FY 2012 : USCIS will accept H1B visa petitions for FY 2012 from April 1, 2011 H1B cap …
One of our readers, Ivan, asked me below question over email , just sharing the answer as it can be helpful for those filing for H1B visa 2012 Quota I was an International student on F1 visa. Now I am under my OPT which expires December 27th, 2011. I finally found somebody willing to sponsor …
Almost after one year of initial proposal of Startup Visa act of 2010 & EB6 Visa, the bill was re-introduced as ‘Startup Visa Act 2011’ on March 14th, 2011, adding some new terms to include H1B visa holders and also more options. Summary of the Startup Visa Act 2011 Bill: Main aim of the bill …