Articles regarding US Immigration and Visas like H1B Visa, H4 Visa, F1 Visa, L1, L2 Visa, Green Card, and other aspects
One of the biggest myths international students with F1 visa, who are entering US for the first time, have is that if they get F1 visa stamped in their home country, they are all set to enter to USA and study…unfortunately, that is not true…instances like deportation of F1 students, who failed to convince the CBP …
Updated : January 3, 2016 About 14 students left Hyderabad, India to America few days ago on their journey to pursue their higher education dreams in US…after a long flight, they were interrogated for over 14 hours at the port of entry in US…and finally deported to India…the only thing that is common for all these …
Update : This Omnibus bill to increase the H1B and L1 petition Fee passed both US House of Representatives and US Senate on Friday ( Dec 18th, 2015). It was also singed by President Obama to be law soon. It is official, check USCIS Guidance on H1B and L1 Fee increase until 2025 Congress is …
Many students have been waiting for the STEM OPT Extension rule that was cancelled by a federal court earlier this year. As you know the New OPT Extension rule for STEM graduates was in review with OMB for some time and it was approved by OMB on October 14th. The actual proposed rule will be …
Updated : October 16th, 2016 There has been quite a bit of anxiety among thousands of current and prospective F1 students regarding the 17 Month OPT STEM Extension rule cancellation since August 12th , 2015. We had quite a bit of unofficial information from AILA, prominent attorneys giving us details and status on this, but …
In general, students are passionate about financial markets. International students on F1 Visa studying in the US are no different. Some F1 students might have invested in stocks in their home country before moving to the US for higher education. They may want to continue investing in stocks to understand the US financial markets and …
Updated : October 5th, 2015 It has been crazy and shocking news for many of the F1 students working on OPT with the federal judge issuing judgment saying that the 17 month OPT STEM extension rule will be vacated ( cancelled) from February 12th 2016 as US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) did not follow …
Updated : October 5th, 2015 There has been so much of news and confusion around the 17 month OPT extension cancellation by US District court. Some feel the news is fake as the document does not have signature…Below is the summary. To clarify, the news is real and there is so much of press coverage. This …
If you were one of the unlucky ones not picked in whopping 233,000 H1B 2016 Lottery Applications , you might be already wondering when is the next H1B season going to start. Also, some of you may be studying in US and some working abroad and planning to work in US next year. This page …
If you are lucky enough to be selected in the H1B Visa Lottery, you will go through the steps after the H1B Lottery by working with your employer to submit the H1B visa petition to USCIS. Once you get the H1B Petition approved, you may wonder about the next steps. This article will cover the …