USCIS announced yesterday in a press release that they are exempting the standard biometrics services fee for anyone filing Form I-539 starting from October 1st, 2023. In this article, we will look at the background of biometrics and what it means for applicants applying for Extensions or Change of Status(COS) for H4, L2, F1, and …
The Government of Canada announced a special program in June 2023 to attract H1B Visa holders currently living in the US. They opened the program on July 16th, 2023, and it hardly lasted a day to fill the entire 10,000 slots. They closed the system on July 17th, 2023. One of our community members, Sriram K, applied …
As most of you know, USCIS announced that they would conduct a second-round lottery for H1B Visa 2024 season last week. In fact, they conducted a second-round lottery over the weekend and started to notify selected applicants starting late Friday evening. USCIS did not give any official update, but we had many users and attorneys …
Everyone who has applied for H1B registration for FY 2024 season has been waiting patiently if there would be a second-round lottery for the FY 2024 season or not. On July 27th, 2023, USCIS announced they plan to conduct a second round lottery. In this article, we will cover all the latest news (official & …
Last month at Collision 2023 conference, the Government of Canada announced a special program to attract H1B Visa holders currently living in the US and facing any issues related to immigration, or nearing their end of term, to come and work in Canada. This program opened to the public on July 16th, 2023, and is …
As most of you know, USCIS conducted H1B Lottery for the fiscal year(FY) 2024 season during last week of March 2023, and many have been eagerly waiting to know the total count of H1B registrations, how many were selected, and other common statistics related to the H1B Visa 2024 season. USCIS updated its H1B registration …
As you know, USCIS started sending out H1B Selections from Friday, March 24th, 2023 late evening. We had lottery results trickling in over the weekend, and finally today we have official news from USCIS. Earlier today, USCIS released a press note indicating that they have completed the first round lottery for H1B FY 2024 season …
USCIS started accepting H1B registrations for the fiscal year(FY) 2024, starting on March 1st, 2023, and it ended on March 20th, 2023. It was initially supposed to end on March 17th, 2023, but they extended it due to some system issues during one of the days. Many of you might be curious about the H1B …
USCIS continues to implement the premium processing options for various types of applications filed with them, which was part of the HR 8337 bill, which passed in October 2020. They announced on March 6th, 2023 that they are making premium processing available for F1 students applying for OPT and STEM OPT. The original Sep 2020 …
Despite the recent continuous tech layoffs, America is still the destination for high-skilled workers to pursue their professional careers. Getting an H1B Visa to work in the US is the biggest challenge and uncertainty many international students and professionals face today. The demand for H1B visas continues to soar every year, with over 484,000 H1B …