Articles regarding US Immigration and Visas like H1B Visa, H4 Visa, F1 Visa, L1, L2 Visa, Green Card, and other aspects
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.
Article discuses on How early can you apply for H1B visa stamping after petition approval, When can you enter US on H1B visa after Visa stamping with US Consulate reference links for clarity.
Article about procedures to do at school before you travel to your home country from US like getting new I20, getting letter, applying for TA, registering for classes, informing ISO office, etc
Summary of the Employ America Act 2009 – 2010 by Sanders and Grassley. Links to original bill by Sanders and other immigrationvoice.org links to stop the voting.
Few companies : Broadgate Inc., Logic Planet Inc., DVR Softek Inc., TechServ Alliance and the American Staffing Association sued USCIS on enforcing the new H1B rules/ guidelines that were published by USCIS in early January, 2010.