Tag: H1B

USCIS announced its resumed premium processing on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, for all fiscal year (FY) 2019 H-1B cap petitions. For those currently waiting for USCIS review, or who have received a request for evidence (RFE), you can request for premium processing at the time of RFE response submission. For our current clients, if you […]

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2018年12月3日,国土安全部(DHS)公布了一份关于H1B抽签制度改革的草案,目前在收集公众评议阶段,截止时间是2019年1月2日。 这份关于H1B的抽签改革方案,国土安全部雄心勃勃地想在2019年的H1B申请季就投入使用。距离政府收集公众评议的截止时间还剩最后两天了,对于还在观望中的各位读者,[…]

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By Xiaojie (Marta) Meng, Alex Kim On December 3, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposed regulation in the Federal Register that would impose an internet-based registration requirement for cap subject H-1B petitions. A. DHS is Proposing Amendments to Introduce an Electronic Registration Requirement for H-1B Petitions and to Change the Order […]

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自从川普上台后,移民政策的重磅炸弹就没有断过。2018年7月又是美国移民局多是非的一个月,从6月28日移民局扔出重磅的NTA(Notice to Appear,遣返出庭通知)备忘录,几乎要大规模的把合法移民变成非法;7月13日又发布新政表示,凡是9月11日以后收到的申请,都根据新政策,在移民局官员的[…]

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过去的几天里,宋和孟律师事务所陆续看到今年受名额限制的H1B的申请费支票被移民局兑现。这意味着今年的H1B抽签结果已经开始逐步揭晓。。 宋和孟律师事务所在这里先祝贺各位已经发现自己支票被兑现的同学,也借此机会跟大家介绍下抽签结果揭晓的流程,希望可以帮助各位同学在等待期间安心稍许。 谁会得到通知? 虽[…]

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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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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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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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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[…]

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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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