Apr 12 2018
今年申请H1B的各位申请人，想必都已经成功递件到了移民局，正在等待H1B的抽签结果揭晓。递交了H1B申请后，可能有些申请人会发现，自己的学生身份或者OPT快要过期。那么这段时间是否还能继续留在美国？ 宋和孟律师事务所（Song & Meng, PC）常常收到有关F1/OPT和H1B过渡、衔接[…]
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Apr 06 2018
On April 6, 2018, USCIS announced that it has reached the 65,000 H-1B visa Regular Cap and the 20,000 visa H-1B Masters Cap for the 2019 Fiscal Year. After completion of the H-1B lottery selection process, USCIS will reject and return filing fees for all unselected cap-subject petitions that are not duplicate filings. USCIS will continue […]
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Jan 01 2018
2017年1月，川普正式入驻白宫。由于曾在竞选期间多次做出对移民不利好的发言，使得川普的正式上台在移民群体内人心惶惶。上台伊始，改革方案历经多次泄密乌龙，真假莫辨。之后颁布针对中东国家的旅行禁令，撤销DACA（非法移民的工作许可），在舆论上都掀起了大波澜。转眼间，2017年已近尾声。宋和孟律师事务所[…]
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Nov 28 2017
如果你已经获得了H1B身份，首先恭喜你在H1B的申请道路上过关斩将，获得了自己的一席之地。宋和孟律师事务所的孟小洁律师提醒申请人，在获得H1B身份后，仍然要对自己的工作情况保持关注，对工作环境和职责的变化保持敏感，因为关于H1B职位的一些“重要变化”(Material Change)，按要求是需要向[…]
Read MoreU.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 […]
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 14 2017
2017年8月30日，宋和孟律师事务所的律师应邀拜访了位于Laguna Niguel的加州处理中心（California Service Center），参观了该中心的内部设施和运作，也参与了移民局及劳工部等多个政府部门的交流会。美国境内一共有五大处理中心，各自承担不同类型和不同地区的移民申请审理职[…]
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 […]
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 07 2017
今年的H1B抽签已经尘埃落定，移民局共收到199,000份申请。虽然较之去年已经少了将近4万份，但是，相比于8万5的名额而言，还是超出了一倍多。 现在H1B收据发放已经进入尾声，那么，没有抽上签的同学，如何合法地留在美国呢？宋和孟律师事务所的孟小洁律师在这里给大家介绍以下几种方式，希望能有一款适合你[…]
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