Answer Unfortunately, the priority date from an employment-based case cannot be ported to a family-based case. Any family-based petition would be issued a brand new priority date. (23.Oct.2017)In frequent sessions of our Chat, Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law in...
Answer Ordinarily, once a person changes to H1B status, any remaining period of OPT is lost and cannot be regained. (23.Oct.2017)In frequent sessions of our Chat, Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law in real time. For details on chat participation,...
Answer Generally speaking, travel while a COS to H-4 is pending will automatically result in the application being considered abandoned. One in this scenario could enter on the existing H1B visa (assuming the visa and H1B petition are still valid, and one will be returning to...
Answer No, not all nonprofits qualify to hire cap-exempt H1B workers. In general, nonprofit and government research organizations qualify. Not-for-profit universities and their nonprofit affiliates are also cap exempt. (23.Oct.2017)In frequent sessions of our Chat, Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the...
In August 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it would expand the use of in-person interviews for adjustment-of-status (form I-485) applicants in employment-based cases. Following the announcement, however, there remained a few lingering questions as to precisely whom this rule change would...
