Since Trump Administration took office, they have done many changes to the H1B program to increase oversight and combat fraud. As a result, and we have seen a big spike in the overall RFEs with these changes. One of the most common H1B Visa RFEs that USCIS has been issuing to F1 students on OPT or STEM OPT in recent …
Top 20 Clients for Major Outsourcing MNCs – Onsite H1Bs – DOL Stats
Since Trump Administration took office, they have put in more policies for H1B compliance, including Executive order of Buy American, Hire American that had brought in more and more scrutiny of the H1B petitions and practices by H1B employers regarding usage of H1B program, including more USCIS Administrative Site Visits for H1B program compliance. As part of these initiatives, for …
Apply H1B after 6 Years to Recapture unused Time – USCIS Rule
The demand for H1B visas in US continue to be at its peak with H1B lottery in the last few years. USCIS is introducing New H1B Registration Rule from FY 2021 season to reduce costs and streamline operations. In this context of high demand for H1Bs, being counted towards H1B cap in the past has become more and more important, …
H1B Visa 2020 Lottery Results – Reject Notices Arrive – Sample by User
Many of the H1B visa applicants, who filed in FY 2020 quota have been waiting for their results. Some have been lucky to get picked in the H1B Visa Lottery, where as some have been unlucky. Many of the unlucky ones are still waiting for the results from USCIS regarding their H1B Visa 2020 Petition…One of our users recently got …
H1B Cap – 10 to 15% Limits for India, Others – Is it True ? Can they do?
Earlier today a piece of news story was reported by Reuters on setting 15% H1B cap by country and very specifically India due to the trade tensions and tariffs. Based on that one piece of news by Reuters, many media agencies picked that up and the same is republished based on that. I recall the news story of 130K USD …
H1B 2020 Approval Notices – Regular, Premium – Shared by Users
Many of you are going through the H1B process for the first time, as you applied for H1B Visa 2020 Season earlier in April. Some of you may be wondering, how does an H1B approval notice look like ? What information does it have ? How does the official approval look like ? How does a H1B approval notice with …
H1B 2020 Lottery Results, Timeline – Premium Processing vs. Regular
I see many people, who filed for H1B Visa 2020 season, worried about not picked in lottery, and some filed in regular processing wondering when they will get their receipts. In this article, we will cover below topics: How would I know, if I am selected in H1B Lottery? When will we know H1B lottery results for FY 2020? Timelines …
Sample H1B Reject Notice FY 2019 – Lottery Selected, Not Properly Filed
As many of you are waiting for the H1B Visa 2020 lottery results and awaiting receipt notices, one of our readers shared their H1B reject notices from FY 2019, which was rejected due to a clerical error by attorney. As you can see, the person was really lucky to get selected in H1B Visa Lottery, but was unfortunate as their …
USCIS News: H1B 2020 Lottery Completed, Received 201,011 Petitions
USCIS announced today, April 11th, 2019 that they completed H1B visa Lottery for 2020 quota. Below is the summary of the press release. Summary of USCIS Press release on H1B 2020 Lottery Completion : H1B 2020 Lottery Completed : USCIS mentioned that they have conducted H1B lottery on April 10th . They have received 201,011 petitions for FY 2020 Quota …
USCIS News: H1B Visa 2020 Cap Reached for Regular Quota
As you all USCIS started accepting H1B 2020 petitions from April 1st. USCIS just announced a press release indicating that they have reached enough number of petitions for the regular quota (i.e. 65,000 ). Let’s review the news summary by USCIS. Summary of USCIS News – H1B 2020 Cap Reached for Bachelors : Regular Quota Full : USCIS announced that …
