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September 30

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Scott Girard
Tags: Fees, H1B, USCIS
Date: September 30, 2020
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BREAKING: Judge Blocks USCIS Fee Increases

On Tuesday, a federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction, preventing USCIS from increasing filing fees that were scheduled to go into effect on Friday, October 2, 2020. This means that as long as the injunction is in place, USCIS fees will stay the same as they are now and not incr...

September 24

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Rabindra Singh
Date: September 24, 2020
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NEWS FLASH! OCTOBER 2020 VISA BULLETIN IS OUT

Highly anticipated October 2020 Visa Bulletin is now out and is available at: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2021/visa-bulletin-for-october-2020.html All of the Final Action and Application Filing Dates have advanced at a very rapid pace, in anticipation of ...

September 01

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Rabindra Singh
Date: September 1, 2020
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DOS AUTHORIZES U.S. CONSULAR POSTS TO GIVE “HIGH PRIORITY” TO K VISA CASES

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has authorized U.S. consular posts to give “high priority” to K visa cases such as K-1s [foreign-citizen fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen] and K-3 [foreign-citizen spouse of a United States (U.S.) citizen] Applicants should check the website of their nearest U.S. E...

August 25

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Rabindra Singh
Date: August 25, 2020
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U.S. CONSULAR POST UPDATE: TEMPORARY WAIVER OF IN-PERSON INTERVIEW FOR A NONIMMIGRANT VISA IN THE SAME CLASSIFICATION

On August 25, 2020, the Department of State (DOS) temporarily expanded the ability of consular officers to waive the in-person interview requirement for individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa in the same classification. Previously, only those applicants whose nonimmigrant visa expired within...

August 21

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Scott Girard
Date: August 21, 2020
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BY THE NUMBERS: USCIS FURLOUGHS WILL RESULT IN MASSIVE CASE PROCESSING DELAYS AND BACKLOGS

In about one week, USCIS plans to furlough roughly 13,400 of its 20,000 employees due to “budget shortfalls.” This is more than two-thirds, or 67%, of its workforce. The furloughs appear to be agency-wide, meaning no office or service center will be spared. The effects of the furloughs would gri...

August 20

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Rabindra Singh
Date: August 20, 2020
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ONLY 10 DAYS LEFT: WILL USCIS REMAIN FULLY FUNCTIONAL STARTING AUGUST 30, 2020?

As many are aware, USCIS is set to furlough 13,000 of its employees starting August 30, 2020. This action will further harm the U.S. economy and bring the legal immigration system to a halt. On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee...

August 19

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Uncategorized
Date: August 19, 2020
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GLOBAL IMMIGRATION REVIEW FEATURED PERM ARTICLE BY OUR FOUNDING PARTNER

HSD Immigration is glad to share that Global Immigration Review featured an Article titled “Familial Relationship” Within The Context Of PERM Labor Certification Application by our Founding Partner, Rabi Singh. To read full Article, please visit Global Immigration Review’s website at: https:...

August 16

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Rabindra Singh
Date: August 16, 2020
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EXERCISE CAUTION: USCIS TO IMPLEMENT NEW VERSION OF FORM I-765 EFFECTIVE AUGUST 25, 2020

Applicants should exercise caution when submitting applications for Employment Authorization Document (EAD) during fourth week of August 2020. Note that USCIS will not accept Applications for EAD on or after August 25, 2020, if you do not file them with the updated edition of Form I-765 and I-765WS ...

August 14

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Rabindra Singh
Date: August 14, 2020
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NEWS FLASH!: USCIS CONDUCTS 2ND H-1B CAP LOTTERY FOR FY2021

Today, August, 14, 2020, USCIS conducted a second H-1B Cap Lottery/Random Selection (H-1B Lottery) for FY2021 to utilize the unused H-1B visa numbers. The first H-1B Lottery was conducted toward the end of March 2020 and submitted Registrations were put in “Selected” and “Submitted” status. ...

August 08

Posted By: HSD immigration
Posted In: Rabindra Singh
Date: August 8, 2020
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NEWS FLASH! DOS ‘NOT’ TO REQUIRE APPLICANTS TO COMPLETE NOR PRESENT THE DS-5540

On August 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced that it will NOT require Visa Applicants to complete nor present the DS-5540, Public Charge Questionnaire, while the preliminary injunction ordered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) remai...

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