USA Immigration News

US Federal government received comments on new rule for STEM students October 27, 2015

Comments on new STEM student rule is flooding the federal inbox

Merely after a week of the federal government’s proposal for expanding the time for overseas STEM students to work in the US on the student visa they had received almost 3000 comments that are supporting the proposed changes by Obama Administration. In the new set of rules, the US seek changes to the OPT program.The ...

L-1 visas will impact IT companies in India until corrective measures taken October 26, 2015

L-1B visa will effect IT companies of India unless corrective measures are taken

It has been seen a spurt in the grant of L-1B visas which is meant for the professionals with the specialized knowledge, and in it will put an adverse effect on the IT companies of India unless the corrective measures are taken.According to the Managing Director of the Law Group, in these recent times getting the L-1B ...

US immigration has removed the additional fees for L-1 and H-1B visa October 23, 2015

US immigration has scrapped the additional fees for L-1 and H-1B visa

US immigration department has removed the extra fee of $2,250 for the L-1 visa and $ 2000 fee for the H-1B visa that are paid by the superior employers with the elevated percentage of the foreign workers.The fee was considered prejudiced as it was mainly affecting the IT companies of India. Commonly known as the ‘Out...

Short term fix might be applied to the non professional employees visiting to the US October 23, 2015

There might be short term fix for the non professional workers visiting the US

In the US, the employment immigration has been divided into five categories which is called as Preferences and that are based on the requirement of the employer for the skills, education and knowledge and some of the categories are having more strict and accurate standards than the others.One of the five immigrant visa...

Great news for foreign students who seek to work in the US October 21, 2015

Good news for foreign students who seek to work in the US

DHS proposal of expanding the program which permits the overseas students with STEM degrees to work in the US came at the same time along with the President Obama’s executive action on the immigration reform in November. The changes are aiming at increasing the time under the OPT that the overseas students might work...

New system for confirmation of filing eligibility announced by USCIS October 21, 2015

USCIS announced new system for confirmation of filing eligibility

USCIS has announced a new system for confirming when the individuals might file the Adjustment of the Status applications every month.Until now, the Department of State’s Visa Bulletin was containing only one set of dates for determining when can the individual will be eligible for filing the Adjustment of the Status...

More Number of Russian are applying for US Green Card Lottery October 20, 2015

The entry date for the US Diversity Visa Lottery for the year 2017 began on 1st October 2015. The closing date for the entries is 3rd November 2015.According to the Spokesman of the US Embassy, Will Stevens, over 10,000 Russians took part in this year’s US green card lottery when compared to the 2012 year lottery.Aro...

US President's executive action will raise the number of work permits for overseas workers October 20, 2015

President Obama's executive action would raise the number of work permits for overseas workers

It has been revealed that US President’s executive action will grant thousands of work permits for US to the applicants of US green card, even if the applicant living in the US illegally. The program will raise the number of overseas citizens who would be able to get the document of employment authorization (EAD) and...

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