Articles regarding US Immigration and Visas like H1B Visa, H4 Visa, F1 Visa, L1, L2 Visa, Green Card, and other aspects
As many of you know, US has banned travelers from India since May 4th, if you have stayed in India for 14 consecutive days before your travel. You need to be part of exceptions or get a National Interest Exception (NIE) to travel to US. Due to COVID situation, US Consulates in India are operating …
As many of you know during the Trump era, there were many policy changes that were implemented, which increased issuances of Request for Evidence (RFE), Notice of Intent to Deny(NOID) for all kinds of applications. Also, the processing times have increased significantly for many of the Green Card related forms. USCIS as part of the …
The Immigration Bill, HR 3648 also called “The Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) ACT of 2021”, which is aimed at removing Green Card per-country caps based on country of birth, was introduced in House on June 1st, 2021. We have created this page to track all the latest news updates, …
Many professionals working in the US on a non-immigrant visa like H1B, L1 aspire to get a Green Card (GC), which makes them permanent residents in the US. Getting a green card opens up opportunities as these professionals are not bound by visa restrictions to pursue their dreams like starting a company or switch companies. …
As many of you know US has banned entry of travelers from India and other countries as a proactive measure to control the pandemic situation. Also, the US travel ban applies to Schengen Area, UK, Ireland, China, Iran, Brazil, and South Africa. One thing that is common across all these countries travel bans is National …
In early May, USCIS mentioned as part of H4, L2 Processing Delays Lawsuit that they plan to suspend Biometrics for H4, L2, E Visa filings for couple of years. USCIS released an official press release yesterday, May 13th, 2021, confirming the same. This article covers all the details from the press release, how they will …
As many of you know there are extreme amount of delays with the H4 and L2 Processing times due to the Biometrics Requirements with I-539 form that was introduced by Trump Administration. This delays directly impact H4 EAD and L2 EAD Processing times and many have lost jobs. To address this issue, American Immigration Lawyers …
As the COVID situation in India is getting worse with surge in coronavirus cases, President Biden has signed an executive order on Apr 30th, 2021, that will restrict entry of travelers from India. In this article, we will review the US travel ban on India travelers, which US visas it applies to, who are exempt, …
Yesterday, April 27th, 2021, USCIS issued a major policy guidance on “deference to prior determinations”. It changes the way USCIS officers adjudicate H1B, L1 extensions and other visa extensions applications. While this is not a totally new policy by Biden administration, it is essentially reversal of previous president Trump era policy that was put in …
As per USCIS news, starting from April 12th, 2021, they started to accept online form for OPT, STEM OPT extensions filed by F1 visa students. USCIS organized an online webinar to explained the process and clarify many of the common questions. As there is no recording available for public, we have compiled all the common …