What is the Visa Bulletin? Published monthly by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), the Visa Bulletin provides information on visa availability and cutoff dates which determine which immigrant visa (green card) applicants are eligible to complete the final stages of the green card application process and which green card applications can be approved. The [...]
A U.S. visa stamp refusal under “administrative processing” means that the U.S. Consulate is unable to approve and issue the visa stamp immediately and needs additional time for review of the application or other [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the December 2023 Visa Bulletin which is the third Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is lack of pretty much any movement in almost all employment [...]
USCIS premium processing is a valuable service offered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency, designed to expedite the adjudication process for certain immigration applications. This article goes into the details of USCIS premium processing, outlining its benefits, eligibility criteria, and how it can be utilized to navigate the immigration process more [...]
Navigating the H-1B work visa program can be a daunting task for both employers and foreign professionals. USCIS's adjudication standards change from time to time based on political and other factors making the H-1B program subject to varying degrees of scrutiny. This scrutiny is most often exercised during the Request for Evidence (RFE) process [...]
USCIS has released a proposed rule which seeks to change the H-1B visa program regulations. The changes are generally positive and seek to allow greater flexibility for petitioners and to strengthen the H-1B cap lottery program. Also, the proposed [...]
USCIS has announced (and already implemented) that certain work authorization documents (EAD) will be issued with validity of up to 5 years; a significant increase from the current 2-year maximum. Similarly, advance parole documents (issued separately or together as [...]
Many nonimmigrants in the U.S. have been eagerly awaiting news about the proposed introduction of a process to allow U.S. visa stamp issuance from within the U.S. On October 17, 2023, the Department of State (DOS) announced that they are planning to lay out more details about the process with possible start date of a [...]
The U.S. State Department has released the November 2023 Visa Bulletin which is the second Visa Bulletin for the new fiscal year. The headline in the upcoming month’s Visa Bulletin is lack of pretty much any movement in almost all [...]
October 1 is the first day of the government fiscal year and also the date when H-1B “cap” applicants in the U.S. have their status changed automatically to H-1B. This is a reminder that employees who may not have been [...]
