Satheesh Kumar Ilu 
The US Department of State, to address the delays with US Visa processing, announced the interview waiver, aka Dropbox stamping, as an option for certain eligible applicants. This interview waiver option was introduced in 2021 and was extended until December 31st, 2023. Update: The US Department of State made changes to the Dropbox Visa Appointment …
Since the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has cleared the rule to run the pilot program for H1B Visa stamping within the US, many of you have been waiting for the official regulation text. Today, the US Department of State has published the regulatory text on the federal register outlining the pilot program details. This article …
Many of you have been waiting for the third-round lottery news for the H1B Visa Fiscal Year(FY) 2024. Today, USCIS officially announced that they have reached the H1B cap for the FY 2024 Season. In this article, we will review the news announcement and some insights around H1B FY 2024 season. USCIS News: H1B FY …
Biden Administration released its Fall 2023 regulatory agenda last week, which outlines its key priorities for the upcoming year. This article will review the main regulatory items around Visa types such as H1B, H4, L1, F1, and Green Card as prioritized by the Biden Administration. Background: Regulatory Agenda or Unified Agenda The Regulatory Agenda or …
If you are a professional working in the US on a work visa, such as an H1B Visa or an L1 Visa, you may be considering getting a Green Card (GC) at some point as it removes many of the work visa-related restrictions. There is an annual limit of 140,000 for employment-based green cards that …
Earlier this week, on October 30th, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order 144110 focused on Artificial Intelligence(AI) called “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence“. While the majority of the Executive Order(EO) is focused on safeguards to innovate AI in a responsible and secure way, there are sections of it that focus …
The H1B Visa program is one of the most sought-after work visa programs for anyone planning to build a career in the US. Due to significant demand, some bad actors try to leverage the loopholes in the system to their advantage, like submitting multiple H1B Registrations to increase their chances in the H1B visa Lottery. …
USCIS announced yesterday in a press release that they are exempting the standard biometrics services fee for anyone filing Form I-539 starting from October 1st, 2023. In this article, we will look at the background of biometrics and what it means for applicants applying for Extensions or Change of Status(COS) for H4, L2, F1, and …
The Government of Canada announced a special program in June 2023 to attract H1B Visa holders currently living in the US. They opened the program on July 16th, 2023, and it hardly lasted a day to fill the entire 10,000 slots. They closed the system on July 17th, 2023. One of our community members, Sriram K, applied …
As most of you know, USCIS announced that they would conduct a second-round lottery for H1B Visa 2024 season last week. In fact, they conducted a second-round lottery over the weekend and started to notify selected applicants starting late Friday evening. USCIS did not give any official update, but we had many users and attorneys …