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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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USCIS Proposes Registration Fee for H-1B Cap filings
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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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Link: https://travel.state.
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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New, Increased fees for International Students, Exchange Visitors, and SEVP-Certified Schools
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
Starting on June 24, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security will formally increase some fees, as well as add new fees charged by…
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USCIS Announces Adjustment of Status Filing Charts from the July 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:After the U.S Department of State published the July 2019 visa bulletin, the USCIS has clarified further with the announcement that in connection…
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U.S. Department of State Publishes July 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways
U.S. Department of State’s July 2019 visa bulletin contains very interesting and useful information not only about the July visa number demand, but…
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U.S. Department of State Starts to Collect Social Media Identifiers from U.S. Visa Applicants
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*Pasricha & Patel Takeaways*
U.S. Department of State has announced that starting on May 31, 2019, it has updated its non-immigrant and immigrant visa application forms (specifically,…
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USCIS updates its criteria for rejecting form I-129
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-updates-rejection-criteria-form-i-129
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS is reminding petitioners that starting on August 5, 2019, it will begin rejecting Form I-129 petitions that do not include the…Click Here To Read The Full Article
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OFLC Announces Schedule for Electronic Filing of Prevailing Wage Requests in the Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System
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Link: https://flag.dol.gov/announcements
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
Starting on Monday, June 10, 2019, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) will begin accepting online filings of the Prevailing Wage Determination…
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USCIS Moves Ahead with Digital Transformation to eventual full eFiling
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has announced its new digital transformation initiative called eProcessing in its efforts to speed up and transition into…Click Here To Read The Full Article
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USCIS Reminds Applicants that Certain Nonimmigrants can File Form I-539 Extension of Stay Online
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/
news/alerts/certain- nonimmigrants-can-now-file- form-i-539-online Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS is reminding users that certain nonimmigrants may be eligible to file form I-539 online.Click Here To Read The Full Article
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USCIS Texas Service Center to Start Accepting Certain I-129 H-1B Petitions
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has announced that starting on May 20, 2019, the Texas Service Center will begin to process form I-129 petition for nonimmigrant worker, for certain…Click Here To Read The Full Article
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USCIS completes data entry of H-1B quota cases filed as part of year 2019 lottery
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*Pasricha & Patel Takeaways: *USCIS has confirmed that it has completed the data entry of the H-1B quota cases that were selected in this year (fiscal year…
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USCIS Announces Adjustment Of Status Filing Charts From The June 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo
*Pasricha & Patel Takeaways: *Following the publication of the June 2019 Visa Bulletin by the U.S. Department of State, the USCIS has subsequently announced that with regards…
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