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USCIS Provides Email Address to Report Receipt Numbers Not Recognized in
Feb 28, 2018 12:00 am

In the recent past, there have been several complaints from the petitioners/applicants that the online status is not updated with regard to the rec...

H-4 EAD: DHS to issue Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by June 2018.
Mar 1, 2018 12:00 am

DHS intends to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by June 2018 to remove from its regulations certain H-4 spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants as a c...

10 Tips for filing CAP H-1B Petitions
Mar 5, 2018 12:00 am

USCIS will begin accepting H-1B applications subject to the FY 2019 cap on April 1, 2018. With the recent changes in the immigration policies by th...

USCIS Will Temporarily Suspend Premium Processing for Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B Cap Petitions
Mar 20, 2018 12:00 am

USCIS will temporarily suspend premium processing for all FY 2019 cap-subject petitions, including petitions seeking an exemption for individuals w...

H-1B RFE’s issued based on USCIS memo on Contracts and Itineraries Requirements for H-1B Petitions Involving Third-Party Worksites
Mar 20, 2018 12:00 am

California Service Center started issuing RFE’s on the H-1B petitions filed requesting copies of the contracts and work orders between all th...

USCIS Policy Memorandum on Multiple Filings- Similarity of job will result in denial even if filed by unrelated companies.
Mar 29, 2018 12:00 am

USCIS issued a Policy memorandum wherein a decision of the Administrative Appeals office was adopted. As per the Policy Memo, any petition filed by...

USCIS Reaches FY 2019 H-1B Cap
Apr 6, 2018 12:00 am

USCIS has reached the congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for fiscal year 2019. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petit...

USCIS received 190,098 H-1B Petitions for FY 2019
Apr 12, 2018 12:00 am

On April 11, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap and ...

SEVP Will Terminate SEVIS Access for the Silicon Valley University
May 8, 2018 12:00 am

Silicon Valley University (SVU), in San Jose, California, voluntarily withdrew its SEVP certification, effective April 30, 2018, and the schoolR...

FDNS Site Vists and a sample FDNS Site Inspection Questionnaire
May 31, 2018 12:00 am

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began its Administrative Site Visit and Verification Program (ASVVP) in 2009. Under the program, ...