Many countries refund sales tax, Goods and Services Tax(GST), or Value Added Tax(VAT) to tourists for any of the goods they purchase in the visiting country. For instance, Singapore refunds GST on purchases done by tourists, and UAE offers VAT refunds for tourists. These refunds are aimed at boosting tourist spending in the country. Also, …
As most of you know, USCIS announced last week, July 30th, 2024, that they would need to conduct a second round H1B lottery for the Fiscal Year(FY) 2025 season as they did not receive a sufficient number of H1B petitions from the first round selected applications. Today, they announced that they have completed the second …
Since USCIS announced that they would run a second-round lottery for the H1B Visa 2025 season, many have been waiting and anxious about their chances of selection. Though USCIS has not yet made any official announcement yet, we are seeing selection notices and notifications for the same trickle in. In this article, we will examine …
Many of you who submitted H1B registrations for the H1B Visa 2025 season earlier in March and were not selected in the first round H1B Lottery might have been very curious about the possibility of a second round lottery. You are in luck, as USCIS made an official press release earlier today indicating that they …
Similar to previous years, USCIS held an H1B Lottery for H1B visa Fiscal Year(FY) 2025 season as well. This week they announced the total number of registrations that were submitted for this fiscal year and shared some metrics. In this article, we will review those numbers shared by USCIS and review insights around the same, …
As most of you know, USCIS implemented new changes for the H1B Lottery process for the Fiscal Year(FY) 2025 Season that will help reduce the fraud during H1B registration period. Unlike previous years, this year, for the FY 2025 season, they released the H1B Lottery results quietly on a Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, evening instead …
As most of you know, USCIS started accepting H1B Visa registrations for the Fiscal Year(FY) 2025 season on March 6th, 2024, and ended on March 25th, 2024. Many have been eagerly waiting for the H1B lottery results for the FY 2025 season. In the last few years, USCIS has been silently sending lottery selection results …
USCIS made an announcement earlier today indicating the closure of the H1B registration period for the H1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Season and summarizing all the changes that they have implemented for the FY 2025 season in areas such as Fees, Online Filing, organization Accounts, changes to filing location, etc. This article will summarize all …
Last year during the registration process for the H1B Visa Fiscal Year(FY) 2024 season, we had 781K H1B Registrations filed. Of the total registrations submitted, there were over 108 applicants, each of whom submitted at least 25 H1B Registrations. Think about it…In all reality, how can a genuine person get 25 Job offers from 25 …
A bipartisan US Border Security bill was recently introduced in the Senate. It is a huge bill, which is 370 pages long, that addresses many things, ranging from funding for Ukraine to giving more green cards. In the interest of our readers, in this article, we will cover only the key provisions in the Bill …