Effective October 1, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will increase the investment and revenue thresholds under the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER). This adjustment mandated every three years…
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New Opportunities: USCIS to Accept Parole Applications for Undocumented Spouses Starting August 19
Categories: Citizenship , Citizenship Green Cards , Green Cards
This article was written by Sheetal A. Patel and published in New India Abroad’s weekly e-paper on July 27, 2024. Visit New India Abroad and go to page…
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New Policy Implementations from the Biden Administration to Protect Certain Undocumented Immigrants
Categories: Citizenship , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Services
The Biden administration has announced new policies that would offer legal status to a wide array of immigrants living in the United States without the proper and necessary documentation. This…
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Policy Updates Regarding Family-Based Immigrant Visas
Categories: Attorneys , Citizenship , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Services
Beginning on May 22, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a new update in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding family-based immigrant petitions. This policy update explains how…
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A Quick Guide to Indian Ownership of Business Entities in the United States
Categories: Indian Startups , Startup Law , Startups
Expanding a startup business into the United States can be a lucrative prospect for Indian founders. Understanding the complex landscape of U.S. business entities and ownership regulations prior to taking…
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Service Agreements – Five Critical Provisions
Categories: Commercial Transactions , Corporate Law , Software Agreements , Technology Law
As a busy business owner, you juggle many responsibilities. However, slowing down to review key provisions in service agreements can save you from costly surprises, inadvertent breaches of contract, and…
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CCPS (Indian) vs. Convertible Preferred Stock (American)
Categories: Indian Startups , Startup Law , Startups
As of 2024, Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares (“CCPS”) have become the default form of equity offered to venture capitalists and other sophisticated investors in the early financing rounds of an…
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USCIS Announces Updates for the Fiscal Year 2025 H-1B Cap Registration Process
Categories: Citizenship , H-1B Visa , Law Firm , Lawyers
On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that enough electronic registrations were received during the initial registration period to reach the numerical allotments (H-1B cap)…
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USCIS Incorporates Department of Labor’s Definition of “Science or Art” Into Its Policy Manual
Categories: Attorneys , Citizenship , EB-2 , EB-3 , Law Firm , Lawyers
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy guidance in their policy manual announcing the adoption of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s definition of “science or art”…
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THE END OF THE NON-COMPETE?
Categories: Attorneys , Law Firm , Lawyers
Celebrations of free market capitalism on one side, and accusations of egregious agency overreach on the other. The Federal Trade Commission’s long expected ban on employer enforced non-compete provisions is…
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The Board Rules Delaware: Delaware Chancery Court Curtails Founder's Control Over Board of Directors
Categories: Attorneys , Business Law , Corporate Law , Law Firm , Legal Services
The preeminent authority of the Board of Directors of a Delaware corporation (the “Board”) is statutorily conferred by Section 141(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), which dictates…
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USCIS Outlines New Update on the Validity Period for Form I-693
Categories: Citizenship , Citizenship Green Cards , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Services
On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, that was properly completed and signed off…
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USCIS Sets May 2024 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts For the Visa Bulletin
Categories: EB-1 , EB-2 , EB-3 , EB-4 , EB-5 , F1 , F2A , F2B , F3 , F4 , Immigration Law , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Services
Sheetal A. Patel of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, explains the adjustment of status filing charts for the Visa Bulletin
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USCIS Expands Automatic Extension of Certain Employment Authorization Documents to Improve Access to Work Permits
Categories: Citizenship , immigration attorneys , Immigration Law , Lawyers
On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced a temporary final rule (TFR) that will increase the automatic extension period for certain timely filed renewals for…
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New Citizens Will Be Able to Request Social Security Updates Through Form N-400
Categories: Attorneys , Citizenship , Citizenship Green Cards , immigration attorneys , Immigration Law , Lawyers
On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the integration of the Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE) program to the new version of the Form N-400, Application…
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Court Denies Temporary Restraining Order Request to Halt USCIS Fee Increase
Categories: Attorneys , Business Immigration , immigration attorneys , Immigration Law , Law Firm , Lawyers , Legal Services
Samantha Moody (an EB-5 immigrant investor), the American Immigrant Investor Alliance, and IT Service Alliance had previously jointly filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of…
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USCIS Updates Policy Clarifying Mobile Biometrics Collection
Categories: Attorneys , Citizenship , immigration attorneys , Immigration Law , Law Firm , Lawyers , Software Agreements , Technology Law
On March 7, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services added clarification in the USCIS Policy Manual on existing policy regarding mobile biometrics collection services to benefit requestors who live…
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