First time in USA as F1 Student – Airport Pickup – How to arrange transportation ?

I still remember my first airport pick up experience as international student, it was crazy…I was very happy that I scheduled an airport pickup with International students office and Indian Students association… I would have been totally lost without it…Let me share the importance of arranging for an airport pickup and how to get that …

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H1B Visa Rejection Rate, RFEs, 2012 Report – History from 2003 to 2011

With USCIS official press release, all prospective H1B applicant for fiscal year( FY) 2013 are eagerly waiting for their petitions to be filed. If you have not, check out the H1B visa 2013 lottery prediction article, it has some insights with past date. Anyways, National foundation for American Policy (NFAP), which is a non-profit organization, …

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Plan/ Schedule to apply H1B visa FY 2013

If you are planning to work in America on H1B visa, it is very important that you plan the process as it could get hectic at the eleventh hour. If you currently work for a company and the same company is sponsoring your H1B visa, your immigration attorney would be behind you with proper planning …

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Change of Status (COS) – F1, H1B, L1, H4, L2, F2 – FAQs – All you need to Know !

Change of Status COS FAQs

What is Change of Status (COS) ? When a non-immigrant or an international student/ worker enters US, that alien is given a visa category. This is mentioned in the I-94 that is issued at PoE (Port of Entry). Immigration laws allow the alien/ international student/ worker to move from one visa category to another, with …

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