Articles regarding US Immigration and Visas like H1B Visa, H4 Visa, F1 Visa, L1, L2 Visa, Green Card, and other aspects
USCIS announced the final rule to increase the application fee they charge for various immigration and naturalization services.  In fact, about 90% of its budget comes from the fee paid by applicants for immigration benefits. They review it every 2 years or so to keep up with the costs and inflation. Overall, the average application …
Getting lucky and being picked in the H1B Lottery is one part and the long wait that comes after filing the H1B petition is another different thing. Many applicants may or may not know that they can check the H1B Visa processing times on USCIS website by USCIS Service Centers. This article is a guide …
On Aug 13 2010, President Obama signed Border Security Bill into law. Besides bunch of other things, this law increases the fees that need to be paid by certain H1/L1 petitioners. Following President Obama’s signature, USCIS released details on the new fee structure: – The new fees will be applicable on any H1 or L1 …
Updated : September, Â 2015Â USCIS had a conference call today to discuss the implementation of the H1B and L1 Fee increase by $2000. As most of you know, president Obama signed the fee increase into law last week Friday. The public law 111-230 signed by president will be in effect immediately. Read H1B and L1 …
There has been so much buzz all over the news and blogosphere about the H1B and L1 Â $2000 fee hike for petitions. The bill was passed last week in Senate and it was passed in House today. They say the rule is any revenue generating bill has to be passed in house. Anyways, there was …
Recently few days ago senate passed a bill that says H1B visa fee increase by $2000… As I was reading economic times today, they highlights the impact of the H1B and L1 fee increase to Indian software companies.  The tricky part is, American based companies like Microsoft and Intel are not impacted by this because …
H1B Visa processing by USCIS can vary greatly depending on the service center you filed with and the processing type you chose. When you apply for an H1B petition with USCIS for the first time, or transfers, or extensions, you may wonder about the processing times, delays, typical processing times, if there is an SLA, …
There was a bill that was introduced on August 5th by Claire McCaskill joined Senator Charles E. Schumer to help the border support costs. They say this will help for better border security and other stuff.  You can watch the video and read the original article. Updated : The bill was passed by House on Aug …
There has been so much talk about Arizona immigration law (SB1070 ) all over the nation and in all the news channels, news websites, blogs everywhere. There is so much information and it is very confusing for a layman and especially international like who is on H1B or F1 visa. I will share summary of …
Article explains how to check H1B visa application status on USCIS site. It has screenshots of various status that USCIS shows like H1B approval, RFE(request for evidence), Denial, Initial processing, Premium processing, etc.