U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing on October 3rd, 2017, for all H-1B visa extension of stay petitions. Premium processing is now available for all types of H-1B petitions. H-1B visas provide skilled workers for a wide range of specialty occupations, including information technology, engineering, and mathematics. When a petitioner requests the […]
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Oct 16 2017
Department of State released the November 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within the U.S. for November 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based […]
Read MoreU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 28th, 2017, that it will begin expanding in-person interviews for certain permanent residency applicants on October 1st, 2017. USCIS began to phase-in interviews for the following permanent residency applications: Adjustment of status applications based on employment (Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status). […]
Read MoreU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) resumed premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 cap starting September 18th, 2017. Premium processing has also resumed for the annual 20,000 additional petitions that are set aside to hire workers with a U.S. master’s degree or higher educational degree. When USCIS […]
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Sep 17 2017
Department of State released the October 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within the U.S. for October 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based […]
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Aug 14 2017
Department of State released the September 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within U.S. for September 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on July 24th, 2017, that it will resume premium processing for certain cap-exempt H-1B petitions effective immediately. The H-1B visa has an annual cap of 65,000 visas each fiscal year. Additionally, there is an annual “master’s cap” of 20,000 petitions filed for beneficiaries with a U.S. master’s […]
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Jul 12 2017
Department of State released the August 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within U.S. for August 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference […]
Read MoreU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that starting Monday, June 26, the agency will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed for medical doctors under the Conrad 30 Waiver program, as well as interested government agency waivers. The Conrad 30 program allows certain medical doctors to stay in the United States on a temporary […]
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Jun 12 2017
Department of State released the July 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here. Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within U.S. for July 2017. Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference […]
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