Generally, a foreign national is limited to a maximum duration of stay of six years in H1B status, but the law provides several exemptions to this limit. Most common exemptions include extensions in three and one-year increments. This article focuses on extensions in one-year increments...
Answer No, there is no family-based category that allows a green card holder to sponsor a parent for a green card. Generally, only a U.S. citizen can sponsor a parent for a family-based green card under the immediate relative category. (03.Dec.2024)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys...
Answer You do not need to add your spouse to your pending or approved I-140. When you are eventually eligible to file your I-485 adjustment-of-status application, or file for an immigrant visa at a consular post, you will be able to include your spouse at that...
Answer No. Unfortunately, there will not be a third round of selections from the H1B lottery. The USCIS announced on Monday, 02.Dec.2024 that the H1B cap was finally reached. (03.Dec.2024)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For information on our FREE...
The USCIS has received enough petitions to reach the H1B cap for fiscal year 2025, but the next lottery is not too far away! Contact us to start your registration process....
Today, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, if a report of immigration medical examination and vaccination record (form I-693) is required for an adjustment of status application (form I-485), it must be filed at the same time as the I-485. Failure to...
On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had updated guidance on determining the legal and physical custody requirements of a child of one or more U.S. citizen parents for purposes of qualifying for derivative citizenship. Derivative citizenship...
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Federal Register notice designating Lebanon for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Lebanese nationals continuously residing in the U.S. since 16.Oct.24 & physically present in the U.S. since 27.Nov.24 can apply if otherwise eligible. Read our overview of TPS....
Answer Assuming your wife's I-485 was filed based as your dependent, normally nothing would need to be filed for your spouse in this situation. (26.Nov.2024)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For information on our FREE online services, click here. Access...
Answer The U.S. Department of State’s visa reciprocity schedule lists civil documents, such as birth and marriage certificates, that are acceptable alternative documents based on one's country of birth. (26.Nov.2024)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For information on our FREE...
