Starting May 26, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B Extension of Stay petitions until July 27, 2015. During this time f

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director León Rodríguez announced today that, effective May 26, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is

On November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions to crack down on illegal immigration at the border, prioritize deporting felons not families, and require certain undocum

President Obama will give a live address tomorrow at 8 pm (ET) to lay o

The CIR bill was introduced in the Senate yesterday, if the bill passes in its current version it will kill the IT Consulting Business Model. Some of the important elements of the bill that ne

A welcome news for H-4 dependent spouses, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B principal workers would become eligible to work. Prior t

USCIS announced on April 7 that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year (FY) 2015. USCIS has also received more than the lim

The H-1B visa is one of the nonimmigrant work visas that allow US employers to bring aliens professionals to work in “Specialty Occupation.” According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigr

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2015.  USCIS has al

The US Department of State (USDOS) has published August Visa Bulletin. Every month, the USDOS publishes Visa Bulletin that provides information about the cut-off dates to immigrants who have applie