Answer Generally speaking, a person is charged against his country of birth, not country of citizenship. Unless you are married to someone who was born in a country other than India, you likely will have to use India as your country of chargeability. (21.Dec.2015)In frequent sessions...
On October 07, 2015, a proposed update of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) online policy manual was released. This is a centralized policy manual, with new online sections added sporadically. The latest proposed addition pertains to grounds for filing discretionary waivers of inadmissibility, based...
Later today, Congress is expected to approve a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through Tuesday, December 22, 2015. More importantly, it appears Congress is poised to pass an omnibus bill later this week that will fund the government through September 2016. The omnibus...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) visa bulletin for January 2016 moves the final action (FA) cutoff date for employment-based, second preference (EB2) for India to February 1, 2008. The dates for filing (DF) cutoff date chart, which cannot be utilized for January 2016 EB...
Answer There is no law requiring the use of an attorney for immigration cases. There are, however, many things that can and do go wrong when cases are prepared without proper legal advice. Some companies do H1Bs internally, but very few try PERMs on their own....
Answer The beneficiary of an I-130 petition is not automatically prohibited from entry on valid a valid B-1/B-2 visitor visa. That being said, U.S. immigration officers at a port of entry have a great deal of discretion in determining whether or not to admit a foreign...
Answer It is risky to leave the initial sponsoring employer prior to the 180-day mark. Simply filing the H1B would not automatically result in the loss of the I-485. But, if one does not plan to return to the sponsoring employer upon issuance of the green...
Congress approved a spending bill this afternoon that will fund the federal government's operations through the evening of Wednesday, December 16, 2015. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law later this evening.This bill delays a possible government shutdown, at least for a few...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the January 2016 Visa Bulletin. The dates for filing (DF) chart remains virtually unchanged in the employment-based categories. As expected, however, there is some movement in the final action (FA) chart. For those born in India, the cutoff date...
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has been considering the steps needed to improve the PERM labor certification (LC) process. These efforts are a response to President Obama's executive action seeking to improve the immigration process. The OFLC, which is part of the U.S....
