Satheesh Kumar Ilu 
Earlier today, there was a Facebook Live session with the Head of US Consulates in India Mr. Don Heflin. In that session, he outlined the US Embassy & Consulates’ current situation and plans for the rest of 2022 and 2023. In this article, we will summarize the key points and guidance given by him regarding …
As most of you know, USCIS received 484K H1B registrations for H1B Fiscal Year(FY) 2023 season and they selected about 127,600 in the first round. Since then, many have been speculating that there is likely going to be a second-round lottery for FY 2023 season similar to the previous H1B FY 2022 season. Today, all …
As you know, getting a US Visa appointment in India is very hard as the demand far exceeds the supply. There were a few calls organized by the US Embassy and US Consulates in India in recent months outlining the outlook of visa appointments for various visa types. You can check the recent update at …
USCIS provides the ability to work in the US on EAD (Employment Authorization Document) for certain visa holders and applicants. Also, certain EAD Category codes get 180 days of Automatic Extension as well during renewals. Despite having 180 days of the automatic extension, one of the major issues is the delays related to the EAD …
Last year in November 2021, there was a Facebook Live Q &A session on US Visa Appointments situation in India organized by US Embassy. In that session, Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs for India, Mr. Don Heflin took the time to answer questions about US Visa appointments, the overall Consulates operations situation in India. On …
USCIS announced official H1B 2023 first-round lottery results on March 29th, 2022 indicating that they have completed the H1B lottery first round and notified all selected applicants. What they did not announce was the total number of filings and other metrics. They quietly updated their H1B Registration page in late April 2022 with the H1B …
USTravelDocs India announced a significant update that allows US Visa Interview Waiver, also called Dropbox, applicants to submit documents at any location starting from April 4th, 2022. In this article, we will review complete details about the announcement, like how it would work, changes to the Dropbox confirmation message, changes in appointment letters, responses from …
As many of you have been waiting for the official USCIS update on H1B Visa 2023 season, today USCIS announced that they have completed the first round H1B lottery and notified all the selected applicants. Also, they have given guidance on how to file H1B petitions and how they will handle them for receipts notices, …
As many of you know the H1B Visa 2023 season started earlier this month with the H1B Registration Process starting on March 1st, 2022 until March 18th, 2022. This year, USCIS took longer than the previous years to give out results. Last year, we got results, within a couple of days. This year, results came …
Every year, 85,000 new H1B Visas are issued by USCIS to meet the annual H1B cap. If we look at the H1B cap reach dates from Fiscal Year(FY) 2004 until FY 2026, we notice that an H1B Lottery was conducted every year for the last 13 consecutive years. Having a lottery every year for H1B registrations …