Every time you are at port of entry in US, it is a very long wait for the immigration process and takes forever for the CBP officer to speak to you and let you go. Recently, my experience entering US on B1/B2 visa at San Francisco Airport was very seamless with the Automated Passport Control (APC) Kiosk. Let me share …
What is SSSS on Boarding Pass ? Why you get it? How to Fix it ? FAQs
I am frequent traveler and travel a lot for work and vacation as well. Recently, at the airline check-in counter, when I was flying to US from Singapore, the printed boarding pass had some additional big capital letters saying “SSSS”. I was like…what is this ? The staff told that I need additional screening as the system determines this randomly …
L1 Blanket Visa Stamping in Canada – Experience at Ottawa, Full Guide
If you are planning for visa stamping in Canada, you might wonder what you need to do step by step, how to plan for it, including hotel, Canada visa, travel, stay, etc.. Jose, one of our readers, has taken a lot of effort to document every step of his experience, so that many of our readers can benefit. Thanks a …
F1 CPT Rules: ICE, SEVP, Federal Regulations References- 1 Year, Day 1
Many F1 Students on Day 1 CPT from Univ. of Farmington, which is a fake school created by federal agents, were recently arrested for not maintaining F1 status and engaging in unauthorized employment, etc. In the past, we have written articles that tells if you can get CPT from Day 1 for second masters, but it does not give full …
H1B Registration Requirement Final Rule Info, Process, Start Date, FAQs
DHS and USCIS has been working on streamlining the process of H1B Visa lottery system for quite sometime and as part of that they published in December H1B Pre-registration rule for NPRM(Notice for Proposed Rulemaking) with public to give comments until Jan 3rd. DHS and USCIS has been swift on this one to review the comments and publish the final …
Day 1 CPT – F1 Foreign Students Arrests in US – Univ. of Farmington
Many of you are aware of the past issues from fake universities such as Trivalley State University, University of Northern New Jersey that impacted many hundreds of F1 students. On the same lines, earlier today ICE arrested many F1 foreign students in multiple cities, who all were attending a fake school created by federal agents called “University of Farmington”, which …
USCIS News: Premium Processing Resumes for H1B 2019 Cap Petitions
As you all know, USCIS has suspended premium processing for H1B visa 2019 petitions until Feb 19, 2019. Earlier today, USCIS announced in a press note that they are opening up premium processing for certain petitions from next week. Below is the summary. H1B Premium Processing Resumes for FY 2019 Petitions – News Summary Below is short summary of the …
H4 EAD News: New Court Brief by Save Jobs USA Summary – Jan 2019
As you all know H4 EAD Lawsuit, and Rule removal History, it has been going on for a while. In Dec 2018, court revived this case and asked all parties in the litigation to submit their briefs with defined dates. Save Jobs USA is the first one to submit replacement opening brief supporting their case. It is a pretty lengthy …
Need New H1B Visa Stamping after Transfer? Re-stamping ? H4? FAQs
Many of the H1B holders in US or in their home country, go through something called H1B Visa Transfer Process, when they wish to change employers. One of the common questions that comes to mind is the validity of their H1B Visa stamping on their passport. Do they need get new visa stamp ? If they need to renew H1B …
H1B Grace Period 60 Days USCIS Rule – Job Loss, You Quit, H4 EAD, FAQs
Some of the unfortunate H1B holders go through situations, where their company does a layoff as part of cost cutting, merger or acquisition…in the past, there was no concept of grace period and H1B holders were out of status upon job termination or layoff…but, in Jan 2017, USCIS made effective a set of rules that helps certain employment based non-immigrants …
