F1 Visa Renewal Experience with STEM OPT using Dropbox – India

F1 Visa Stamping Renewal using Dropbox Interview Waiver Experience

Many students avoid traveling during STEM OPT, if their F1 visa stamp has expired on their passport. They are worried that there would be issues with F1 stamping and they cannot come back…while some of the fear is true and understandable, but there are positive outcomes as well. Below is an experience shared by our …

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H1B Historical Data – Lottery vs 85K Quota, Masters vs Regular Split

USCIS H1B Historical Data and Stats

As part of the H1B Registration Process regulation document, DHS revealed many of their internal H1B statistics data regarding petitions filed, overall lottery numbers, premium petitions, US masters vs Regular quota filings, etc. This H1B data used to be only provided on request and not widely published to everyone. Now, it is officially published. Below …

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H1B Visa Pre-registration Requirements Proposed Rule, Lottery, Analysis

H1B Visa Pre-registration Rule USCIS for Lottery News and Analysis

As announced in Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda, DHS and USCIS published the proposed new H1B petition pre-registration rule in Federal Register for public review and comments. It had an expected date of Oct 2018 for Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), but got delayed to December. Actual proposed rule document is 139 pages. We will …

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