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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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U.S. Department of State Starts to Collect Social Media Identifiers from U.S. Visa Applicants
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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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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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US Department of State Publishes June 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Link: https://travel.state.
gov/content/dam/visas/ Bulletins/visabulletin_ june2019.pdf Pasricha & Patel Takeaways: U.S. Department of State’s June 2019 visa bulletin shows only slight movement in the employment-based preference categories. In particular, the employment-based…
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USCIS Updates its Adjustment of Status Filing Charts for the May 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo
Pasricha & Patel, LLC Takeaways:
U.S. Department of State’s May 2019 visa bulletin still shows steady movement in the employment-based 3rdpreference visa category for not only Indian…
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CBP Introduces New I-94 Numbering System starting in May 2019
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Link: https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/i-94
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that starting in May 2019, the I-94 arrival numbers that are assigned to each international…
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USCIS completes lottery selection for fiscal year 2020 H-1B quota cases
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways
USCIS has announced that on April 10, 2019, it has completed the random drawing and selection process for the Fiscal Year 2020 H-1B quota…
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Adjustment of Status Filing Charts from the Visa Bulletin
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
U.S. Department of State’s April 2019 visa bulletin continues to show robust movements in the employment-based 3rd preference category, in particular for Indian…
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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for All H-1B Petitions
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-resumes-premium-processing-all-h-1b-petitions
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has announced that it is resuming premium processing for all H-1B cases starting on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. This means that when…
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USCIS Continues to Update Its Fee Payment System Used in Selected Field Offices in the U.S.
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Link: https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-updates-fee-payment-system-used-field-offices
Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
As part of the USCIS’s continuing efforts to modernize and update its operations, USCIS has been updating its applicants’ payment systems in selected field offices…
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US Department of State Publishes March 2019 Visa Bulletin
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
U.S. Department of State’s March 2019 visa bulletin continues to show meaningful movements in the employment-based preference categories. In particular, the employment-based 3rd visa preference category…
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USCIS resumes premium processing for H-1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018
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Pasricha & Patel Takeaways:
USCIS has announced that it is resuming premium processing (expedited 15-day processing time) for those H-1B petitions that were filed on or before December 21,…
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USCIS Clarifies Guidance on Spousal Petitions Involving Minors
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USCIS clarifies its guidelines that (a) the age requirements for a petitioner filing an Affidavit of Support for a spouse in conjunction with a concurrently…
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USCIS will publish revised form I-539 and new form I-539A and add a biometric requirement effective March 11, 2019
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https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-publish-revised-form-i-539-and-new-form-i-539a
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USCIS has just announced that starting on March 11, 2019, they will not only publish a revised Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change…Click Here To Read The Full Article
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Federal prosecutors unseal indictments naming 19 people linked to Chinese 'birth tourism' schemes that helped thousands of aliens give birth in US to secure birthright citizenship for their children
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SANTA ANA, Calif. – Following the arrests this morning of three defendants who allegedly operated “birth tourism” outfits that catered to Chinese clients, federal authorities today unsealed…
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