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USCIS Accepting H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2017 as from April 1, 2016
Release Date: March 16, 2016 WASHINGTON – On April 1, 2016, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2017 cap. U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in occupations that require highly specialized knowledge in fields such as science, engineering and computer…
Report says H1B visas do not drive down wages!
According to a report by the American Immigration Council, H1B visa does not drive down the US wages. The myths associated with the H1B visas are really mind-blowing, especially when we, practitioners know exactly how strict are the H1B rules. Excerpt from the report mentions: How do H-1B visas impact wages? Despite suggestions to the…
USCIS transferring cases from VSC to NSC – no need to panic!
USCIS recently began transferring certain casework from the Vermont Service Center (VSC) to the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) to balance workloads and decrease processing times. The NSC will now process some: • Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, for petitioners requesting H-1B nonimmigrant classification; • Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, for the H-4 nonimmigrant…
Who can get a U visa?
The U visa is given to those who were victims of certain qualifying crimes and have been helping the law enforcement in the case. Qualifying Criminal Activities Abduction Abusive Sexual Contact Blackmail Domestic Violence Extortion False Imprisonment Female Genital Mutilation Felonious Assault Fraud in Foreign Labor Contracting Hostage Incest Involuntary Servitude Kidnapping Manslaughter Murder Obstruction…
USCIS Affirmative Asylum Scheduling Bulletin
The USCIS has released an affirmative asylum Scheduling on March 11, 2014. The Bulletin states that since December 2014 USCIS started prioritizing cases and did give a chart on processing times on affirmative asylum. Their priority are as follows: 1.) Applications that were scheduled for an interview, but the interview had to be rescheduled at…
Eb2 Priority Date India Predictions 2016
A lot of people are speculating what are we going to see on EB2 India for 2016. While it has become and more difficult to predict the dates for such a long time, we have tried to at least predict the 2016 Visa Bulletin on a monthly basis. This is based on the number of…
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