As most of you know, at the moment, there is no automatic extension for H4 EAD or L2 EAD. In the last few years, thousands of H4 EAD and L2 EAD holders have lost jobs as they did not get their EAD application approved on time, despite having valid I-94 and their spouse’s extension at …
Even though the US Travel Ban was lifted this week, the US Consulates in India have not resumed regular operations yet. Back in June 2021, there was a live online session with head of US consulates that gave insights on US Visa appointments situation. Similar to that, there was a Facebook Live event today with …
America has a travel ban in place for about 33 countries that include EU Schengen Area, UK, Ireland, South Africa, India, China, Iran, and Brazil. The last travel ban by the Biden administration was on Travelers from India due to a surge in COVID cases in India on April 30th. As situations are getting better …
As many of you know, since the start of the COVID pandemic there were few travel bans put up by the US that are applicable for 33 countries that include EU Schengen Area, UK, Ireland, South Africa, India, China, Iran, and Brazil. The most recent one was by Biden on April 30th, 2021 that banned …
As many of you know H1B Visa has crazy demand and we had H1B Lottery for the last consecutive 9 years. Previous Trump administration published a final rule during their last few months in office, where the H1B lottery would be based on wage levels. It was later challenged in court and ultimately, there was …
Many of you have been waiting for the USCIS update on the H1B Visa 2022 Season, if there would be a second lottery or not. Finally today, USCIS updated that they have conducted a second round H1B Lottery and selected 27K petitions. We will cover the summary of the news and updates on the second …
As most of you know, there is a travel ban in place for someone traveling to the US from countries like China, Iran, Brazil, South Africa, Europe / Schengen Area, UK, and Ireland. On April 30th, Biden signed proclamation that banned Travelers from India to US as well. Though the COVID situation seems to be …
In general, you need a US Visa or be exempt from the Visa requirement to enter America. But, when there is a presidential proclamation that bans entry of travelers to the US, you cannot enter America, unless you are exempted or fall under National Interest Exception(NIE). In this article, we will review the details about …
Biden Administration released their first regulatory agenda last week since they took office in Jan 2021. The Regulatory Agenda or Unified is the list of items that the US Federal Govt. publishes twice a year to outline their plans in the next months. These are the prioritized list of the current administration planned actions. There …
Since the US has banned travelers from India due to the presidential proclamation in place, you need to get National Interest Exception(NIE) and travel within 12 months. Some of you may apply for US Visa at a Consulate based on NIE, some of you may already have visa and just apply for NIE to travel. …