It appears that the current administration will soon have USCIS issue a new regulation regarding H-1Bs. There are three elements of the new regulation that are the most significant: 1) The regulation will be published as an “interim final rule,” which would allow it to go into effect immediately without public input but also makes
Many of you may not be aware of the 30/60 day rule. The Department of State in its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) has a section on willful misrepresentations. Part of this section describes how to determine willful misrepresentations in the case of people who enter the US on a non-immigrant visa but then undertake activities
For those seeking an H-1B, the most important criteria that must be met, is that the occupation that they are applying for be a “specialty occupation”. USCIS has listed four methods of determining if a position is a specialty occupation: A bachelor’s degree or higher degree or its equivalent is normally the minimum requirement for
What Happens if the Visa Stamp in your Passport Expires or is revoked? Are you required to leave the United States? Or are you allowed to stay? Many people seem confused as to what a visa stamp is for, what an I–94 is for, etc. Therefore, every once in a while, we think it is