Rabindra Singh

Yesterday, March  29, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule, Implementation of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act, that will expand premium processing service for Forms I-539, I-765 and certain EB-1 and EB-2 I-140s.  This rule is effect...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today a final rule that will expand premium processing service for Forms I-539, I-765 and certain EB-1 and EB-2 I-140s.  USCIS intends to begin implementing, through a phased approach, premium processing availability of Form I-539, Form I-765 ...

The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Mexico have resumed limited processing of nonimmigrant visas and have reported changes to NIV processing at specific posts.  TN appointments are now only available in Mexico City, Ciudad Juarez, and Guadalajara. Previously scheduled TN appointme...

A foreign national with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics can bypass the U.S. Department of Labor’s PERM labor certification application process and self-petition for first preference classification without a job offer. Similarly,  a U.S. empl...

On March 2, 2022, Ukrainians were formally added to the Department of State (DOS) list of Homeless Nationalities.  9 FAM 504.4-8(E)(1) defines ‘Homeless Cases’ as: “Generally, a homeless visa applicant is one who is a national of a country in which the United States has no consular representa...

Registration Process To file H-1B petitions subject to the FY2023 cap for an employee, you must first electronically register and pay a $10 fee for each electronic registration. The electronic registration includes basic information about the employer and employee. This year, registrations must be s...

The initial registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon eastern standard time (EST) on March 1 and run through noon EST on March 18, 2022.  If United States Citizenship and immigration Services (USCIS) receives enough registrations by March 18, it will randomly selec...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through noon Eastern on March 18, 2022.  During this period, prospective petitioners and representatives will be able to ...

Confirming that an exceptionally high number of employment-based immigrant visas are available this fiscal year (October 2021 through September 2022), recently USCIS posted an alert advising certain Adjustment of Status (AOS) applicants to consider upgrading from EB-3 to EB-2 preference classif...

Confirming that exceptionally high number of employment-based immigrant visas are available this fiscal year (October 2021 through September 2022), on Friday, January 21st, USCIS posted an alert advising certain Adjustment of Status (AOS) applicants to consider upgrading from EB-3 to EB-2 preference...