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USCIS Confirms that it will continue to follow the Dates for Filing Charts for both Family-based and Employment-based immigrant visas for January 2020
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo
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With the publication of the January 2020 Visa Bulletin by the U.S. Department of State, the USCIS has continued its policy and instructed filers…
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Analysis of the New H-1B Electronic Registration Process
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The H-1B Electronic Registration Process will be effective for Fiscal Year 2021. This is a significant change to how the H-1B lottery has been…
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USCIS Announces Implementation of H-1B Electronic Registration Process for Fiscal Year 2021 Cap Season
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has announced that it will implement an electronic registration requirement for H-1B petitioners that wish to submit H-1B cap petitions starting…
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USCIS Confirms that it will follow the Dates for Filing Charts for both Family-based and Employment-based immigrant visas for December 2019
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways: With the publication of the December 2019 Visa Bulletin by the U.S. Department of State, the USCIS has continued its policy and…
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U.S. D.C. Court of Appeals Allows a Lawsuit that Challenges the validity of the H-4/EAD program to continue
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
On November 8, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the lower district court’s initial grant…
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Court temporarily blocks the implementation of Presidential Proclamation that would have required health insurance proof for arriving immigrants to the U.S.
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
As of November 11, 2019, a nationwide temporary restraining order has been issued by the United States District Court for the District…
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USCIS Proposes Fee Adjustments to Various Petitions
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-proposes-adjust-fees-meet-operational-needs
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
The Department of Homeland Security and the USCIS have announced that it is proposing rule changes to the USCIS fee schedule. More specifically,…
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USCIS Adjusting Premium Processing Fee
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-adjusting-premium-processing-fee-0
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has announced that starting on Monday, December 2, 2019, the fee for the form I-907 premium processing will increase to $1,440.00 from…
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U.S. Department of State Publishes November 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo
LAW IMM Takeaways:
With the publication of the November 2019 Visa Bulletin by the U.S. Department of State, the USCIS has followed up by stating that…
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US Department of State Publishes October 2019 Visa Bulletin, and USCIS Designates Which Petitions they will start to accept
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Link: https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Bulletins/visabulletin_october2019.pdf
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
Upon the publication of the October 2019 Visa Bulletin by the U.S. Department of State, the USCIS has quickly announced that with…
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USCIS Proposes Registration Fee for H-1B Cap filings
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has published a rule proposing that all H-1B petitioners who wish to enter the H-1B cap lottery next year (Fiscal Year 2021)…
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Update on September 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
Charlie Oppenheim, who is the Chief of Visa Controls Office at the Department of State has provided…
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USCIS closes most of its international field offices but leaves 7 international field offices in operation
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-will-adjust-international-footprint-seven-locations
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
On August 9, 2019, USCIS announced that it will reduce its international offices from twenty (20) down to seven (7) as part…
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US Department of State Publishes September 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Link: https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Bulletins/visabulletin_september2019.pdf
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
U.S. Department of State’s September 2019 visa bulletin reflects the dramatic change in the USCIS demand pattern for adjustment of status…
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USCIS completes the process of returning unselected fiscal year 2020 H-1B quota petitions to petitioners
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has confirmed that it has completed the return of all of the fiscal year 2020 H-1B quota petitions to the petitioners.
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USCIS announces Expansion of the Definition of the Public Charge Rule
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Link: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-reminds-us-schools-cpt-opt-are-not-interchangeable
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has announced a Final Rule that expands the definition of "Public Charge" to cover more kinds of public benefits received, and…
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USCIS Makes Major Changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/new-rulemaking-brings-significant-changes-eb-5-program
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
On July 24, 2019, USCIS will publish a final rule that introduces a number of major changes to the EB-5 Immigrant Investor…
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U.S. Department of State Publishes August 2019 Visa Bulletin
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gov/content/dam/visas/ Bulletins/visabulletin_ august2019.pdf Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
U.S. Department of State’s August 2019 visa bulletin is reflective of its recent forecast that there would be only slight forward…
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Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) reminds U.S. Schools about the differences between CPT and OPT
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Link: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/sevp-reminds-us-schools-cpt-opt-are-not-interchangeable
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) has published a reminder notice to U.S. schools and programs…
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