As stakeholders are no doubt aware, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Trump Administration has taken a narrow view of the educational requirements that are permitted for a position to be considered a specialty occupation for H1B purposes. Specifically, the USCIS has...
The dates for filing (DF) chart is to be used for all family- and employment-based categories in the December 2018 Visa Bulletin, per the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) update to its adjustment-of-status filing charts webpage. This is the third month in a row...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the December 2018 Visa Bulletin. There is a bit of movement for most of the oversubscribed categories, including in the employment-based, first preference (EB1) category. All cutoff dates referenced refer to the dates in the final action...
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Answer There is no minimum required wait time before applying for a B-1/B-2 visitor visa. The criteria considered by the consular officer is whether you can sufficiently demonstrate nonimmigrant intent and ties to your home country. (12.Nov.2018)In frequent sessions of our Chat, Sheela Murthy and other...
Answer Your form I-485 cannot be changed after the application has been approved. If you are married before the I-485 is approved, your spouse potentially can file her I-485 as your derivative beneficiary, even after your case has been approved. If you get married even 1...
Answer Question 23 of the N-400 asks for any citations. A speeding ticket is a citation, and therefore you should answer yes to the question. For question 29, which asks for details of any such citations, you should provide the details of the ticket/s. In addition,...
Answer You can only work based on an H1B receipt notice if you are in valid H1B status at the time the petition is filed. If you are changing from H-4 to H1B status, you must wait for the H1B petition to be approved before you...
President Donald Trump recently announced that he intends to revoke birthright citizenship through an executive order. However, this appears to be little more than political posturing, as legal experts nearly all agree that the President has no ability to alter this legal right provided by...
This afternoon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court's decision to block the Trump Administration from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. For the time being, the DACA program remains in place. The Administration is expected...
