Yesterday, April 27th, 2021, USCIS issued a major policy guidance on “deference to prior determinations”. It changes the way USCIS officers adjudicate H1B, L1 extensions and other visa extensions applications. While this is not a totally new policy by Biden administration, it is essentially reversal of previous president Trump era policy that was put in …
As per USCIS news, starting from April 12th, 2021, they started to accept online form for OPT, STEM OPT extensions filed by F1 visa students. USCIS organized an online webinar to explained the process and clarify many of the common questions. As there is no recording available for public, we have compiled all the common …
If you are an F1 student in US, your options to work are either CPT, OPT or STEM OPT. Applying for Curricular Practical Training (CPT) is very simple and does not involve working with USCIS. Unlike, for Optional Practical Training (OPT) or STEM OPT Extension F1 student needs to submit an application for Employment Authorization …
We shared on March 27th, 2021 that H1B 2022 Registration Lottery results are out as many of our users shared their selection notices from H1B Lottery. In fact, we did not receive any official confirmation from USCIS on the H1B Lottery on March 27th or even day after. Today, March 30th, 2021, USCIS released a …
As many of you know the H1B Visa 2022 season started earlier this month with the H1B Registration Process starting on March 9th, 2021 until March 25th, 2021. Starting from March 27th, 2021, we have many users sharing that they have been selected in H1B Registration lottery in our social media groups and one of …
Yesterday, March 18, 2021, US House of Representatives passed a Bill called ‘American Dream and Promise Act of 2021’. This bill is not new and was passed in previous 116th congress as H.R.6 in House, but never got attention in US Senate and was a dead bill in past. The big difference now with the …
When you apply for US Visa stamping at a US Consulate, the first thing you need to check is the eligibility to get visa stamping. Many a times, you may have all the documents and qualify to apply for a visa, and even get a interview slot…but in situations like COVID or when US national …
USCIS announced on March 10th, 2021, that they will no longer apply the new public charge final rule published by previous Trump Administration in Aug 2019. In this article we will cover the background, what it means for Adjustment of Status applicants, H1B Visa, H4 Visa, F1 visa and other applicants going forward. Before we …
USCIS starts to accept H1B Visa registrations for FY 2022 season starting from today, March 9th, 2021. They have announced the H1B 2022 Registration Dates earlier in Feb 2021. As we have done in the past, in this article, we will give predictions on how many H1B registrations we can expect for this upcoming H1B …
US Consulates in India are not fully open yet for regular operations. They are giving limited H1B, H4, L1, B1/B2 slots across all the US consulates in Chennai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad and US Embassy in New Delhi. Many of the community members were generous to contribute anonymously all these experiences that are listed …