The day President Trump took office, he signed 26 Executive Orders(EO) and revoked 76 Biden executive actions. While there were quite a few executive orders focused on various aspects of immigration, one that impacts all of the non-immigrant visa holders, such as H1B, H4, L1, F1, and other visa holders, is the ending of birthright …
In October 2023, the US Department of Homeland Security(DHS) published a proposed rule in the federal register to modernize the H1B visa program with many changes. DHS published the final rule of the same proposed rule with changes in the federal register after reviewing comments submitted by the public on December 18th, 2024. This article …
Since the Biden administration took office, they have been doing some policy changes, some regulatory changes, and some changes to their internal processes to reduce the overall processing time and backlogs. As part of that, they first announced in March 2022 their plan to increase the automatic extension period for Employment Authorization Document(EAD) from 180 …
Many of you who submitted an H1B Registration during the H1B Visa Fiscal Year(FY) 2025 and were not picked in the first two rounds of the H1B lottery were hoping for a third-round lottery. Well, there is no hope now, as USCIS announced yesterday that they reached the H1B Cap for the FY 2025 season …
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 …