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#H1BVisa Premium Processing Suspended for Extensions, Transfers until Feb 19th, 2019. Read Summary and Impact Analysis.

USCIS announced earlier today that premium processing will be suspended for most of the H1B Visa petitions starting September 11th, 2018 until Feb 19th , 2019. Below is a summary of the update and how it will impact various H1B holders and prospective H1B seekers like F1 students, OPT, etc. Summary....
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USCIS Update on #F1Visa #STEM #OPT Working at Third Party Client Site

Earlier this year, there were some changes to the USCIS website that said STEM OPT Workers cannot work at third party worksites. There was conflicting information on USCIS website vs. ICE website on this topic and some DSOs were not issuing I20s for students with third party worksite option. Let’s...
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#F1Visa Unlawful Presence USCIS New 2018 Memo Summary and Impact

USCIS originally posted a draft policy memo on May 10th that changes the way they calculate unlawful presence for F, J and M Visa holders. After public comment review ended, USCIS published the final policy on August 9th, 2018 that took effect from the same day i.e. Aug 9th, 2018. This new F1 unlawf...
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#H1BVisa Stamping Experience - Did you miss DS160 for your spouse and recognise that in last minute - here is the solution !

Mistakes happen when are you applying for visa, it could be for various reasons either not knowing or you missed it..anyways, for some of them like DS-160 you have an option to fix it. Kul Bhushan was also in similar situation during his interview. Thanks to him for sharing his experience with all o...
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Summary of recent USCIS New Policy on Notice to Appear (NTA) guidance and impact for #H1BVisa and #L1Visa Holders

USCIS issued a new policy memo on July 5th with effective date of June 28th , with updated guidance on issuance of Notice To Appear ( NTA). This policy memo gives authority to USCIS to issue NTA without consulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for general Employment based petitions like....
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USCIS New Policy on Issuing RFE and NOID. Impacts #H1BVisa Petitions

USCIS announced a policy memo on July 13th giving more power to the USCIS’ adjudicators of various kinds of petitions. The new policy memorandum basically cancels/ revokes previous USCIS policy on issuance of Request for Evidence (RFE) and Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) from 2013. Let’s look at...
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What do do, if you lose your passport on Vacation - Real experience

Imagine you plan a nice two week trip to Cover Best of Europe and you lose your passports on 3rd day of your trip in Europe. Quite scary right. Suruchi and her husband were in same situation. Thanks to her for sharing their experience with us, so that we all know how to handle such situations. Backg...
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#H1BVisa and #L1Visa Administrative Site Visit Questions for Employees

Since Trump Administration took office, there have been many changes to the way H1B petitions, L1 visa cases are processed and more scrutiny. USCIS has indicated that they will increase site visits to detect fraud and violations as part of the Trump’s Policies and changes to strengthen H1B Program...
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USCIS News : #H1BVisa FY 2019 Lottery Data Entry Complete. Next steps after Lottery.

Many of you, who are yet to hear back from USCIS on your H1B petition, have been awaiting this news update. USCIS announced today that the Data Entry is completed for H1B Petitions filed for FY 2019 quota. Below is the quick summary and what to expect next. Summary : H1B 2019 USCIS Data Entry Comple...
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Spring 2018 Regulatory Agenda - #H1BVisa, #H4EAD , #F1Visa Changes

US Federal Government published their Spring 2018 Regulatory agenda that basically outlines the priorities of the current government on various regulations. This is similar to the Fall edition of the Unified regulatory agenda, but published in Spring. Our interest here on our blog is more from immig...
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Sample #I20 shared by user with #H1BVisa Picked in Lottery and on #STEM #OPT

As we have posted H1B Sample Receipt Notice for H1B Visa 2019 season, many of you on F1 visa might wonder, how does an I20 look, if your H1B gets picked in lottery and does it have the H1B visa case number with EAC / WAC or not. One of our users ( keeping name anonymous) was kind enough to ...
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Sample #H1BVisa Receipt Notice from FY 2019 Quota

Many of you applying H1B visa for the first time might wonder, how the H1B Visa 2019 Receipt notice might look like. One of our readers was kind enough to share his receipt notice. Thanks a lot to him for sharing it with us. Keeping the user info anonymous for privacy reasons. It is no different fro...
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#SEVP Portal and #SEVIS Update for #F1Visa Cap Gap Students for #H1BVisa Lottery Selection Result

There have been lot of frantic discussions on the blog with various sorts of information from students who have called help desk, talked to DSOs, what they see in SEVIS. There have been some recent changes with SEVIS and recent launch of SEVP Portal this year that make some of these changes automati...
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#H1BVisa FY 2019 Lottery Completed

The most awaited number by many, with tons of calculations using LCA numbers and other correlations on comments, etc. have come to an end. USCIS released a press note indicating that they have received 190,098 H1B petitions for FY 2019 quota. Below is the press release summary. Summary of USCIS H1B....
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#H1BVisa Cap Reached for FY 2019 Quota. Read Summary

USCIS did a press release now that they have reached H1B Visa FY 2019 quota cap. This year, they first updated their H1B updated page for FY 2019, then sent the email update to all the subscribers of H1B updates and then finally released the press note of the same. In any case, the message is no dif...
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Summary of #H1BVisa Changes by Trump and USCIS in last one year

Since Trump administration has taken office, there have been many changes introduced to tighten the loopholes of the H1B program and increase oversight. These changes introduced by Trump Administration and USCIS will have a significant impact for the H1B FY 2019 season’s approvals, we could see th...
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