Satheesh Kumar Ilu 
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 …
Some of you, who grew up in Asia and countries like India, Thailand might be used to bargaining before you buy something or hire something….It could be as simple as bargaining the rate for taxi or auto rickshaw…Also, it could be in instances like buying stuff on the street…sometimes, it could be like buying stuff …
As I previously shared about my frustrations of filling DS-160 form for H1B visa stamping and how to avoid them…I would like continue to share some of my insights from my H1B visa stamping experience, including the visa interview. Background : I was going for H1B visa renewal stamping (5th year on H1B visa). My …
USCIS published a rule for H1B filings in late December, 2010, Read this article “ H1B Employer to register before filing “. It has moved from “Notice of Public rule Making (NPRM) to next step. It is published in the federal register and will be open for public comments for the next 60 days. i.e. …
Couple of our readers, Ramakanth, Devansh Sharma, were gracious to share their experiences preparing documentation for Visitor Visa(B2) for their parents to visit USA, including visa interview questions. Thanks to them for taking time to share his experience with our readers. If you have any experience as well, please send it to redbus2us(at)gmail.com Visitor Visa (B2) for …
Some of you might be curious to see how a rejection letter would look like, if you were not selected in H1B lottery. A good friend of mine sent me a copy of the same to share with our readers. If you look closely, USCIS says that they returned the associated fees to the petitioner. …